Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:27:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [96.233.227.34] (HELO 80.1.128.10.in-addr.arpa.noptr.antlabs.com) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4976760 for cni-announce@cni.org; Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:44:17 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <24C800A5-A5DC-4929-9C80-600480385262@cni.org> From: Joan Lippincott X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-28-616361723 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: EDUCAUSE Live 10/23/09 - Strategies and Implications for Open Access X-Original-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:42:32 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-28-616361723 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It's Open Access Week and on Friday, EDUCAUSE will feature two leaders =20= discussing the movement. This session is free but registration is =20 required. Joan Lippincott --------------------------- "Throwing Open the Doors: Strategies and Implications for Open Access" http://www.educause.edu/live0919 1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Friday, October 23. No charge, but =20 registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing. Speakers:Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University Heather Joseph, Executive Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic =20= Resources Commission (SPARC) Summary: In the past decade, the proliferation of Web 2.0 tools for sharing and =20= creating knowledge, coupled with the creation of open-access journals, =20= databases, and archives across the web, has begun to redefine the =20 concept of =B3openness=B2 in higher education. Advocates of the open-=20 access campaign argue that free, virtual access to scholarly works and =20= research advance scientific discovery and lead to faster knowledge =20 dissemination and richer research collaborations, throwing open the =20 doors that once restricted knowledge sharing and exploration. Critics =20= of the movement have doubted its economic sustainability and raised =20 concerns about its impact on peer review. Regardless, open access =20 requires a new examination of campus copyright and publishing policy. =20= Join us as we discuss the strategies and definitions behind open =20 access and its implications for campus IT, librarians, administrators, =20= and policy offices. --Apple-Mail-28-616361723 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It's Open Access Week and = on Friday, EDUCAUSE will feature two leaders discussing the movement. =  This session is free but registration is required.
Joan = Lippincott
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"Throwing = Open the Doors: Strategies and Implications for Open = Access"


1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Friday, October = 23. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future = (re)viewing.

Speakers:Tracy = Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell = University
Heather Joseph, Executive = Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Commission = (SPARC)

Summary:
In the past decade, = the proliferation of Web 2.0 tools for sharing and creating knowledge, = coupled with the creation of open-access journals, databases, and = archives across the web, has begun to redefine the concept of =B3openness=B2= in higher education. Advocates of the open-access campaign argue that = free, virtual access to scholarly works and research advance scientific = discovery and lead to faster knowledge dissemination and richer research = collaborations, throwing open the doors that once restricted knowledge = sharing and exploration. Critics of the movement have doubted its = economic sustainability and raised concerns about its impact on peer = review. Regardless, open access requires a new examination of campus = copyright and publishing policy. Join us as we discuss the strategies = and definitions behind open access and its implications for campus IT, = librarians, administrators, and policy = offices.

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