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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 or in one of the Worthington City lots).  The second opportunity to hear Ms. Furlong will be on Thursday, October 21 at OSU’s Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18^th Ave. from 10:30 a.m.-noon in Room 070/090.

PPMD is a nonprofit organization that focuses on research, advocacy, and education for and about Duchenne muscular dystrophy.   As part of that advocacy, Ms. Furlong is an eloquent speaker on the importance of the public’s access to published medical research.

When Pat Furlong found that two of her children had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, she needed all the information she could find on how to treat and manage their disease.  Even though she is a nurse and her husband is a doctor, it was difficult to access research on how to treat their children’s condition.  It was then when Ms. Furlong became a proponent of open access publishing, a movement that encourages making scholarly journal articles more freely available over the internet.

Both programs are free and open to the public.

For more information about Open Access Week programming at The Ohio State University, contact Anne Gilliland, anne.gilliland@osumc.edu or visit http://go.osu.edu/openaccess.

Open Access Week at Ohio State University is sponsored by the Prior Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, the Knowlton School of Architecture, and the OSU Department of Mathematics.  It is supported with a Learning Technology grant from the Digital Union.  In addition, this project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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 work to provide mathematical information at more reasonable costs.  His opinion piece in the Notices of the AMS entitled Fleeced? discusses the high price of commercial journals (focusing, of course, on mathematics), alternatives (including society publications and preprint servers), and touches on issues such as authors of articles giving up  rights to their work and refereeing or editing these high-priced journals.  Please join us for this interesting and informative presentation.

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 that starts October 18.  All programs are open to the public:

Monday, October 18

Brown bag on “green” (self-archiving) publishing options and authors’ rights.

Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18^th Ave., Room 070/090 from noon-1:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 19

Dr. Rob Kirby, Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley and a member of the board of the non-profit Mathematical Sciences Publishers, will speak on affordable, sustainable models of scholarly publishing.

Thompson Library, Room 165, 1858 Neil Ave. Mall, 10:30 a.m.-noon

This talk will be streamed live.  Go to http://go.osu.edu/openaccess on October 19 to connect to the stream.

Wednesday, October 20

Brown bag on Creative Commons licensing.

Knowlton School of Architecture, 275 W. Woodruff Ave., Room 258, noon-1:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 20

Pat Furlong will speak to the community on the importance of open access publishing for patient and family information and education.  Ms. Furlong is Founding President and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a foundation that focuses on research, advocacy, education, and compassion for individuals affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Worthington Public Library (Old Worthington), 820 High Street, Worthington, OH 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Please park on the street or in Worthington’s city public parking areas.

Thursday, October 21

Pat Furlong will hold a second talk for university faculty students, and staff on the importance of open access publishing for patient and family information and education.

Science and Engineering Library, 175 W. 18^th Ave., Room 070/090 from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

For more information, visit http://go.osu.edu/openaccess or contact Anne Gilliland, anne.gilliland@osumc.edu.

Open Access Week at Ohio State University is sponsored by the Prior Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, the Knowlton School of Architecture, and the OSU Department of Mathematics.  It is supported with a Learning Technology grant from the Digital Union.  In addition, this project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Open access publishing is a movement that encourages making scholarly resources more freely available over the internet. The goal is to maximize the impact of research, particularly research that has been funded with public money.

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In 2010, Open Access Week will be October 18-24.   Save the date for this year’s programs, which will include:

• Monday, October 18.  Brown bag seminar, Sciences and Engineering Library, 090/070 from noon-1:00 p.m. on “green” (self-archiving) publishing options and authors’ rights;
• Tuesday October 19,  Dr. Rob Kirby, Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley and a member of the board of the non-profit Mathematical Sciences Publishers, will speak on affordable, sustainable models of scholarly publishing.  Thompson Library, 165, 10:30 a.m.-noon;
• Wednesday, October 20.  Brown bag seminar at Knowlton School of Architecture on Creative Commons licensing, noon-1:00 p.m.;
• Wednesday, October 20.  Pat Furlong will speak to the community on the importance of open access publishing for patient and family information and education.  Ms. Furlong is Founding President and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a foundation that focuses on research, advocacy, education, and compassion for individuals affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy.  Worthington Public Library (Old Worthington) 7:00-8:30 p.m.;
• Thursday, October 21.  Pat Furlong will hold a second talk for university faculty students, and staff on the importance of open access publishing for patient and family information and education.  10:30 a.m.-noon.

For more information on 2010 Open Access programming contact,  Anne Gilliland.

OSU Open Access Week programming is sponsored by the University Libraries, Prior Health Sciences Library, the National Library of Medicine, the Learning Technology Grants of the Digital Union, the Knowlton School of Architecture, and the OSU Department of Mathematics.

Open Access Day 2009 at OSU was a success.  We had a crowd of between 40 and 50 people (depending on who counted them and when) to hear a thought-provoking panel of speakers.  If you missed it, you can still go here to view the broadcast.  We’re already thinking about topics and formats for next year.  Some of the topics that caught my attention include how open access publishing may change the promotion and tenure process; the need for information about self-archiving options, including OSU’s repository, the Knowledge Bank; issues with regard to retaining and transferring the author’s copyright during the scholarly publishing process; and how open access publishing can assist with information needs in developing countries.