Join us at UBC as we take part in the First International Open Access Week.

Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication, and it’s gaining ever more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers throw their weight behind it.

UBC has joined SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), the Public Library of Science, Students for Free Culture, OASIS (the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook), Open Access Directory and eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries) – along with more than 120 institutions worldwide – to celebrate the First International Open Access Week.

Various events hosted by UBC Library will take place from Tuesday, October 20 through Thursday, October 22, 2009 in the Dodson Room, located on level three of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.  The event’s themes are: Open Access Around the World; Surfacing UBC Scholarship; and Journal Publishing.

Attend a workshop, participate in a panel discussion and hear from UBC colleagues about how they participate in the open access movement.  Come learn about open access and share your perspective!

For a schedule of events, and to register, go to www.library.ubc.ca/schol_comm/oa/start.html

For more information, contact Joy Kirchner at joy.kirchner@ubc.ca

The B.C. History Digitization Program, an initiative of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, is in the October 2009 issue of UBC Reports.

You can view the article here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2009/10/01/sharing-island-treasures/

A story about a digitization project supported by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre appears in the Cariboo Observer. The project involves the digitization of community newspapers, and also was supported by the Observer, the City of Quesnel and the Friends of Quesnel Museum.

You can view the story here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/quesnelobserver/news/63187607.html