Category Archives: OA Week 2012

Couldn’t Make it to the CUNY IT Conference?

Don’t worry, you can peruse some of the many presentations about open access right here on the blog! Jill posted her slideshow about the plans for a CUNYwide institutional repository earlier this week. And here are three of the presentations … Continue reading

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OA Week Wrap Up: Double Feature @ the Grad Center

To finish off Open Access Week @ CUNY we had a fantastic, well-attended day of presentation and conversation at the Graduate Center on October 26th. If you couldn’t make it, please feel free to browse through the presentations and handouts … Continue reading

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OA Week Wrap-up: John Jay and City Tech

We’re finally recovered from Open Access Week and are happy to share the great materials from events that happened across CUNY that week! On October 22nd and 25th, John Jay College hosted an Authors’ Rights Workshop. Check out their presentation … Continue reading

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Open Access Week Thought of the Day #5

Let’s end Open Access Week with a simply rallying cry: CUNY needs an open access institutional repository! Want some detail and texture?  Flip through my slideshow from the Open Access Week Double Feature:

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Open Access Workshop @ LaGuardia Community College on 10/23

Open Access: Good Citizenship in the Information Age The Library will participate in OA Week by offering this workshop to the College community. We will discuss open access, defining it and explaining how it impacts the work of faculty and … Continue reading

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The Stars of the Open Access Week Double Feature

We’ve already announced the Open Access Week Double Feature, the October 26 event consisting of a two-hour morning session about authors’ rights and a CUNY institutional repository and a two-hour afternoon session about open access curricular materials.  And now we’re … Continue reading

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Open Access Week Meetup/Mixer

Following Open Access Week events throughout NYC, we invite you to join us for a post-2012 OA Week mixer. Come if you’d like to meet up with folks who are interested in discussing free culture and new forms of publishing … Continue reading

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Authors’ Rights Workshop @ Queens College, 10/23

Celebrate Open Access Week 2012 at Queens College by attending this workshop about your rights as an academic author! Publishers often ask authors to sign away some rights as a condition of publication. When you publish your works, what rights … Continue reading

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Authors’ Rights Workshop @ John Jay, 10/22 and 10/25

Open Access Week is almost here, and here’s another great CUNY event coming up at John Jay! You know what you write, but do you know your rights? Join your colleagues at a FACULTY MEETING to discuss OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING … Continue reading

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Free Webinar 10/23: How to Make Your Research Open Access (Whether You’re at Harvard or Not)

Can’t get to any Open Access Week events this year? Or can’t get enough of them? You might be interested in attending this webinar or watching the archived version after the fact: How to Make Your Research Open Access (Whether … Continue reading

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