21-22 November 2012 Goettingen (Germany)
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MedOANet poster at the OpenAIRE Conference

A poster collecting results from the three surveys conducted by MedOANet in April-June 2012 is going to be displayed at the OpenAIRE Conference in Goettingen (Germany).

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22-23 November 2012 Lyon, France
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MedOANet French National Workshop

The French Task Force for the MedOANet project met on November 22nd and 23rd at the Centre for Direct Scientific Communication (CCSD) in Lyon.

The aim of this two-day meeting was to bring together the main stakeholders and decision-makers involved in the Open Access movement from the French academic and scientific spheres to:

• Take stock of Open Access initiatives and policies in France and Europe
• Discuss current practices and design a national pathway in harmony with practices observed in the partner countries

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06 December 2012 Athens (Greece)
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Greek National Workshop

The National Documentation Centre of Greece (EKT) organizes the National Workshop on Open Access policies, which will take place on Thursday, December 6th, 2012 at the Auditorium “Leonidas Zervas” of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) in Athens. The workshop is part of the project activities of MedOANet (Mediterranean Open Access Network, www.medoanet.eu), which is led by EKT. The project addresses the necessity for coordinated strategies and policies which promote Open Access to research and knowledge, with a focus on six Mediterranean countries: Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal.

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29 January 2013 Rome (Italy)
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Italian National Workshop

The Italian National Open Access Workshop will be held in Rome on 29th January 2013, at the National Research Council. The workshop is part of the project activities of MedOANet (Mediterranean Open Access Network, http://www.medoanet.eu)

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16-18 October 2013 Athens (EL)
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MedOANet European Conference

The National Documentation Centre, in conjunction with MedOANet Project, is pleased to announce the 2013 International Open Access Conference @ EKT, the third in a series of international conferences on Open Access organized by the National Documentation Centre since 2008.

The event will take place at the National Documentation Centre / National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece, from 16 to 18 October 2013.

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18-19 May 2012 Belgrade, Serbia
open access

Fifth Belgrade International OA Conference 2012

The Fifth Belgrade International Open Access Conference 2012 is designed and is being prepared as a truly international event.

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23-25 May 2012 Bilbao, Spain
open access

La motricidad de los Repositorios de Acceso Abierto

Los repositorios institucionales de acceso abierto albergan, preservan y difunden la producción científica digital de una institución. Para que esto sea una realidad es necesaria la colaboración de todas las partes implicadas.

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28-29 May 2012 Dublin (IR)
open access

European Workshop for Research-led Teaching and Resource Sharing

This aim of the 2-day thought-leadership workshop is to stimulate a lively and engaging debate around the benefits and challenges that the concepts of Open Research and Open educational resources (OER) pose for higher education. This workshop will provide an opportunity to engage with experts in the European Teaching and Research repository communities, collectively sharing and exchanging ideas, while discussing the feasibility and potential benefits of linking research and teaching infrastructures within Europe.

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4-8 June 2012 Nairobi, Kenya
open access

SCECSAL XX Conference

In recent years libraries and information centres in Africa have witnessed transformation from print to digital information. This has heralded both opportunities and challenges in creation, processing, storage, dissemination and managing digital information.

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4-7 June 2013 Rome (Italy)
open access

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013)

The 5th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2013) was scheduled during the previous 4th QQML2012 Conference. QQML2009, QQML2010, QQML2011 and QQML2012 were successful events both from the number and quality of the presentations and from the post conference publications in Journals and Books. QQML2013 will continue and expand the related topics. It was also decided that the 6th QQML 2014 International Conference will be organized in Istanbul, Turkey.

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