Open Access Day @ Duke University
To broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access| Host: | |
| Type: | |
| Network: | Global |
| Date: | Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
| Time: | 8:00am - 6:00pm |
| Location: | Duke University Libraries |
| City/Town: | Durham, NC |
Description
Celebrate Open Access Day, October 14th, 2008 with Duke libraries!
The founding partners are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once it knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society.
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SCHEDULE
Duke Talks about Open Access
2-2:30, in room 217, Perkins Library. Jamie Boyle, JD, Duke Law, co-founder Center for the Public Domain, chairman of the board for Creative Commons, co-founder Science Commons. Professor Boyle will focus on Creative Commons, an organization which is working to facilitate the free availability of art, scholarly and creative materials through online licenses that authors can attach to their work. William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School, Co-founder of the Center for the Study of Public Domain and the Science Commons.
2:30-2:45, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Richard A. Danner, JD, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law -- published Duke's law journals as open access journals for the past 10 years and posts faculty working papers using B-print
2:45-3:00, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Ricardo Pietrobon, MD, Phd, MBA Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director Bioinformatics Core DTMI, avid supporter of OA
3:00-3:15, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Josh Sommer, fellow in Duke’s Program on Global Health and Technology Access, co-founder Chordoma Foundation
3:15-3:30, in room 217, Perkins Library. Q & A
7-8 p.m., Perkins Link AND Medical Center Library (room 104) Open Access Webcast
The Webcast features:
**Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel laureate, Chief Scientific Officer at New England Biolabs, US, and a member of the PLoS Biology Editorial Board.
**Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D. founding editor-in-chief of PLoS Computational Biology, Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UC San Diego, Assoc. Dir. of the RCSB Protein Data Bank, Senior Advisor to the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Adjunct Professor at the Burnham Institute, and Co-Founder of SciVee.
Throughout the day, the libraries will feature short video clips on open access, make handouts about author rights, access to research, and copyright available, and distribute OA Day buttons.
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For more information about the speakers and other events, please contact:
Kevin Smith- Kevin.l.smith@duke.edu, 668-4451
Pat Thibodeau- patricia.thibodeau@duke.edu, 660-1150
The founding partners are SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for FreeCulture, and the Public Library of Science.
Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once it knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society.
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SCHEDULE
Duke Talks about Open Access
2-2:30, in room 217, Perkins Library. Jamie Boyle, JD, Duke Law, co-founder Center for the Public Domain, chairman of the board for Creative Commons, co-founder Science Commons. Professor Boyle will focus on Creative Commons, an organization which is working to facilitate the free availability of art, scholarly and creative materials through online licenses that authors can attach to their work. William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School, Co-founder of the Center for the Study of Public Domain and the Science Commons.
2:30-2:45, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Richard A. Danner, JD, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law -- published Duke's law journals as open access journals for the past 10 years and posts faculty working papers using B-print
2:45-3:00, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Ricardo Pietrobon, MD, Phd, MBA Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director Bioinformatics Core DTMI, avid supporter of OA
3:00-3:15, in room 217, Perkins Library. Panelist: Josh Sommer, fellow in Duke’s Program on Global Health and Technology Access, co-founder Chordoma Foundation
3:15-3:30, in room 217, Perkins Library. Q & A
7-8 p.m., Perkins Link AND Medical Center Library (room 104) Open Access Webcast
The Webcast features:
**Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel laureate, Chief Scientific Officer at New England Biolabs, US, and a member of the PLoS Biology Editorial Board.
**Philip E. Bourne, Ph.D. founding editor-in-chief of PLoS Computational Biology, Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UC San Diego, Assoc. Dir. of the RCSB Protein Data Bank, Senior Advisor to the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Adjunct Professor at the Burnham Institute, and Co-Founder of SciVee.
Throughout the day, the libraries will feature short video clips on open access, make handouts about author rights, access to research, and copyright available, and distribute OA Day buttons.
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For more information about the speakers and other events, please contact:
Kevin Smith- Kevin.l.smith@duke.edu, 668-4451
Pat Thibodeau- patricia.thibodeau@duke.edu, 660-1150
Other Information
- Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.
Event Type
This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
Admins
- Duke University Medical Center Library (creator)