Subject: JISC Open Access Conference – bookings now
open
The UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) wishes to invite
leading representatives of funding agency, university, author, publishing and
library communities to a conference to discuss how to progress Open Access. The
Conference is to be held at Keble College Oxford 27-28 September 2006. The
conference programme includes an opening keynote by the Director-General of
CERN, Dr Robert Aymar.
Progress
towards open access to research outputs has been significant in respect of both
repository development and the availability of open access journals.
Opportunities exist for authors to make their work available in outlets which
will yield higher citations and provide increased value from publicly or
charity-funded research. A number of academic organisations representing funding
agencies and universities have made policy statements supporting developments in
scholarly communication and JISC has supported these developments as part of its
strategic commitment to improve the effectiveness of scholarly
communication.
While much is being achieved, the momentum of change can
be maintained through a greater understanding of the priorities of different
stakeholders.
The event will be free of charge and places will
be limited. To find out more and to register for the Conference please go
to: www.jisc.ac.uk/openaccess.
Jane Charlton
JISC Events
Co-ordinator
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