Open Access Week 2012

Monday October 22 to Friday October 26 it is time for Open Access Week again. This year the focus is on the practical aspects of Open Access publishing.

 

Program

Open Access - a simple choice?

Date and time: October 22, at 10 am to 12 noon
Location: Salongen, KTH Library ( map)

Language: English

Speakers:


Thomas Wirth, professor of organic chemistry at Cardiff University and editor of Open Chemistry

Ulf Gedde, professor of polymeric materials at the School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology and editor of European Polymer Journal.

The speakers will make a presentation and discuss various aspects of Open Access. The audience is welcome to join in the discussion.
 

Thomas Wirth's presentation

Ulf Gedde's presentation

Discussion

Panel discussion with leading persons at Stockholm's largest universities

Time: October 23, at 1 to 5 pm

Aula Magna, Frescativägen 6, Stockholm University, Frescati ( map )

Language: Swedish

Participants:

Astrid Söderberg Widding, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Stockholm University

Peter Gudmundsson, President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Rebecka Lettevall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Södertörn University

Mats Wahlgren, Vice Dean, Karolinska Institutet

Lars Ågren, Senior Executive Vice President, Stockholm School of Economics

The representatives from the different universities will present their views on open access. The purpose is to give researchers the opportunity to ask questions and discuss what Open Access means, both to research in general and to individual researchers. How do the universities work with OA today? How do they prioritise between OA and publishing in prestigious journals? What factors surrounding a researcher’s publishing will be taken into account when appointing staff? How do the universities handle OA publication fees?
See the entire event (mainly in Swedish)

Open Access in practice

How do you do it? What should you consider?

The workshop focuses on practical issues.

In English

Time: October 24, at 10 am to 12 noon

Location: Kista, Forum, room 532
( map )

In Swedish

Time: October 24, at 1 to 3 pm

Location: Newton, Main Library, Osquars backe 31 ( map)

Open Access to Research Data

Time: October 25, at 1 to 3 pm

Location: Teknikringen 33, second floor (H1) ( map)

Language: Swedish

Anna Wetterbom from the Swedish Research Council (VR) talks about VR's requirements for a data publishing plan. Thereafter, KTH's archivist, Robin Roy, will talk about how research data is managed at KTH and how it is planned to be managed in the future.

Anna Wetterbom's presentation (pdf 576 kB)  (Swedish)

Robin Roy's presentation (pdf 170 kB)  (Swedish)