Open Access Week is a global event to raise awareness about Open Access, the movement toward making scholarly literature available online free of charge. This year Open Access Week runs from October 22-28. To celebrate, the Library is planning a range of activities, including a panel on Open Access journals featuring members of uWaterloo’s and Laurier’s academic community, a Data Management Day, and displays and giveaways in our locations.
The week’s activities are intended to provide students, faculty, and staff with a forum for considering the prospects of Open Access and for discovering the ways that the uWaterloo Library can support their Open Access activities.
Interested in learning more about Open Access publishing? Attend this brown-bag lunch-time panel on Open Access journals, featuring members of uWaterloo's and Laurier's academic community. Panelists include uWaterloo Chemistry Chair Dr. John Honek, uWaterloo English Professor Dr. Jay Dolmage, uWaterloo graduate student Carlie Leroux, and Wilfrid Laurier University Press Editor, Lisa Quinn. The panel will be facilitated by the Library’s Associate University Librarian for Digital & Discovery Services, Pascal Calarco. Bring your lunch and your questions! Desserts and coffee/tea will be provided.
Co-hosted by the Library and the Polar Data Catalogue, this is a day to raise awareness and explore the issues surrounding the discovery, access, and preservation of research data. Register on the Data Management Day website.
The Library encourages everyone to take advantage of the opportunities above during Open Access Week.
For more information, contact:
Communications and Liaison Librarian
Ext. 32446
University of Waterloo Library
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
519 888 4883
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