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Open Access Week 2011 at Brock
From October 24 to 28, the Brock community celebrated Open Access [2] Week.
Library Supports Brock Authors: OA Grant For "Author Fees"
The Library has made $10,000 available to assist researchers who want their work published in an Open Access journal. Click here for more details about this opportunity. [3]
Monday, 24 October 2011 from 12:00 to 1:00
Topic: Disseminating Research Through Open Access Journals
Speakers:
Dr. Keri Cronin, Editor, The Brock Review [4]
Dr. Julian Kitchen, Editor, Brock Education [5]
Facilitators: Tim Ribaric and Laurie Morrison
Monday, 24 October 2011 from 1:00 to 4:00
Webinar: New Directions in Scholarly Communication [6]
A discussion of the changing landscape of scientific publishing.
Facilitators: Monica Rettig and Therese Tisseverasinghe
Monday, October 24, 2011 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Webinar: DataCite Project (Details of archived webinar will be posted online [7])
DataCite Canada, a central registration centre for Canadian research data sets designed to make it simpler for researchers to access, share and manage their data.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 from 12:00 to 1:00
Topic: Public Access to Publicly Funded Research
Speakers:
Dr. Gary Libben [8], Vice President, Research, Brock University
Dr. Ryan Plummer [9], TREN, and Director, Brock Environmental Sustainability Research Unit (BESRU) [10]
Dr. Ana Sanchez [11], Community Health Sciences
Supporting Info: Access to Research: TriCouncil Guiding Principles [12]
Facilitator: Barbara McDonald
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 from 12:00 to 1:00
Webcast: Chad Gaffield [13], President of SSHRC [archived webcast from OISE Library [14]]
Facilitator: David Sharron