27 January 2012 Athens (Greece)
project

MedOANet Kick-off meeting

MedOANet kick-off meeting, hosted by the National Documentation Centre in Athens.

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16 July 2012 Madrid (Spain)
project

MedOANet partner workshop

MedOANet partners workshop, hosted in Madrid by FECYT.

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22 October 2012 Madrid (Spain)
project

Spanish National Workshop

The Spanish National Workshop has been celebrated on October 22nd, 2012. It has been organized by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) as part of the International Open Access week agenda.

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22 October 2012 Braga (Portugal)
project

Portuguese National Workshop

The Portuguese National Workshop will be held at the University of Minho, Braga, on 22nd October 2012.
The main goal of this meeting is to gather the Portuguese Task Force members for the first time to debate the course of action regarding the Open Access in Portugal in terms of infrastructures and policies.

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8-9 November 2012 Ankara
project

Turkish National Open Access Workshop

National Open Access Workshop will be held in Ankara, Turkey, from November 8-9, 2012.

The Turkish National Open Access Workshop will take place at Hacettepe University Conference Center in Ankara from November 8-9, 2012.

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13 July 2012 Dublin
open access

Debate on Scientific Publishing and Open Access

Session of the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 Dublin (11th-15th of July) starting at 17.30
Alma Swan will be speaking!

From the webpage:
"This session will consider the issue of Quality Control in Scientific Publishing, both in the context of publication in for-profit journals and also in the context of a future move to Open Access journals. Against the backdrop of:

The proliferation of journals and the burgeoning of scientific publications,
Recent controversies over publication and subsequent corrections and retractions of flawed and fraudulent papers,

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11-17 August 2012 Helsinki, Finland
open access

Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering. 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly

The World Library and Information Congress 2012, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, will take place at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland.

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19-23 August 2012 Minneapolis (USA)
open access

Fisheries Networks: Building Ecological, Social, and Professional Relationships

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3-7 September 2012 Kuching, Malaysia
open access

DC-2012 Metadata for Meeting Global Challenge

DC-2012 will explore the global, national and regional roles of metadata in addressing global challenges such as food security, the digital divide, and sustainable development. Metadata plays a significant role globally in information systems shaping how we know, monitor and change social and governmental systems affecting everything from the environment, human rights and justice to education and peace.

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10-12 September 2012 Oxford (UK)
open access

Digital Research 2012

Digital Research 2012 features an exciting three-day programme bringing the community together to showcase today’s digital research practice and innovation and set an influential agenda for tomorrow - from Big Data Analytics and e-Infrastructure to Citizen Science and Software Sustainability. We welcome researchers, research technologists and developers at all stages of their careers.

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