Open Access
Open Access Week is an international event organized by SPARC that aims to raise awareness and encourage greater participation in making open access a new means of disseminating scholarship.
Workshop
- Increase the visibility and impact of your research
Open access is revolutionizing how scholarly research is disseminated. Scholars supporting open access benefit from greater visibility, which can, in turn, increase the impact of their research. Learn of different initiatives at uOttawa to assist you in extending the reach of your research.
- Bilingual workshop for professors
Thursday, November 1st from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Vanier Hall, room 1042
Register here (via the Centre for Academic Leadership's Web site) - Bilingual workshop for professors
Webinars
- Panel discussion to launch Open Access Week
Join the online discussion for this webcast presented by SPARC and the World Bank.
- Monday, October 22 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Webcasts offered by Athabasca University
The complete schedule of webcasts offered by Athabasca University is available on their open access Web site.
- From Monday, October 22 to Friday, October 26 at 2 p.m. Eastern
University initiatives
- Author Fund
The Author Fund in Support of Open Access Publishing has been very successful since its launch in January 2010. More than 200 articles and book chapters have received funding. Consult the Author Fund publications collection in our institutional repository.
- Institutional repository
uO Research's goal is to collect, preserve and provide free and open access to research created by faculty members, researchers and graduate students. Worth noting, more than 1,200 graduate students have deposited their thesis since the launch of electronic theses in January 2011.
Open access news
Videos and resources
Videos
- Mona Nemer, Vice-President, Research
Presentation on the University's initiatives and on open access advantages produced by SPARC for Open Access Week 2010. - An Intro to Open Access
Short video showcasing the advantages of open access publishing produced by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries - Open Access 101
Video describing the rationale for open access and how to support this initiative. Produced by SPARC. - Open access described by André Brown, graduate student
A graduate student's perspective on the merits of open access. - RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age.
