Health Information Advocate Speaks During Open Access Week

Pat Furlong, Founding President and CEO of the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), will speak to Columbus audiences on two occasions during Open Access Week.  The first will be on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at the Worthington Public Library in Old Worthington, 820 High Street, Worthington, OH from 7:00-8:30 p.m.  (Please park on the street [...]

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Brown Bag on Creative Commons Licensing

Next up for Open Access Week on Wednesday, October 20:  A brown bag at Knowlton School of Architecture, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., Room 258, from noon-1:00 p.m. when Melanie Schlosser will speak on Creative Commons licensing. Creative Commons licenses allow a copyright holder to keep his or her copyright but allow copying and distribution of [...]

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Dr. Rob Kirby Speaks at October 19 Open Access Week program

Open Access Week programs continue on Tuesday, October 19 when Dr. Rob Kirby, Professor Emeritus–UC Berkeley and a member of the editorial board of Mathematical Sciences Publishers speaks on “Implications of Open Access for Mathematics Publishing”  in Thompson Library, Room 165 at 10:30 a.m. Within the world of publishing, Dr. Kirby is known for his [...]

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Open Access Week 2010 Activities Start on October 18

Open access publishing is a movement that encourages making scholarly resources more freely available over the internet. Open Access Week is a global event where members of the academic and research community teach, learn, and share information about this publishing model.  Ohio State University will celebrate Open Access Week 2010 with programming throughout the week [...]

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