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Announcement: Berlin Open Access Days and Exhibition on Open Access Venue: Freie Universitaet Berlin, 9 and 10 October 2008 Open Access (OA) is an umbrella term covering a multitude of activities which all have one main aim in common: to make cultural heritage and scientific knowledge available free-of-charge to users worldwide. This vision is based on the opportunities provided by electronic publishing and the Internet. All the major scientific organisations, most universities, research funders and some publishing houses have already taken measures in the spirit of OA. The aim of the Open Access Days in Berlin is to achieve further acceptance of OA in the German-speaking scientific sector. During the two-day event, the different ways of making knowledge openly accessible will be dealt with comprehensively in talks and workshops, at a podium discussion and at an exhibition devoted to OA. The Conference and Exhibition are aimed at two main target groups: The events on Day 1 will provide scientists, authors and science managers with an overview of the various ways of implementing OA and information on OA services offered by universities, research agencies and selected publishers. Introductory talks will be followed by presentations on such topics as the assertive negotiation of authors' copyrights and the extent to which OA and excellent science go hand in hand. During a podium discussion, representatives of the German science sector will give their perspectives on OA and discuss current challenges. Day 2 of the conference is geared especially towards the German-speaking Open-Access-Community. In workshops, experts from research agencies, OA repositories and journals and university presses will give their perspectives on and discuss different aspects of OA. The aim of these workshops is to develop joint OA implementation strategies in the various areas discussed. Topics will include Open Data (free access to research data), legal issues connected with the institutional implementation of OA, and challenges encountered when setting up and running OA journals, repositories and university publishers. In a wrap-up discussion session, the results of the workshops will be presented to all the participants. Exhibition on Open Access: A two-day Exhibition on Open Access will take place within the framework of the Berlin Open Access Days. The exhibition will give publishers, repositories, OA-journals and other OA-related projects the opportunity to present their products and services to a wide range of visitors from the German-speaking science sector. Further Information: http://open-access.net/de_en/communication/open_access_days/announcement/ The conference language is German. Organisers: the open-access.net information platform and the Center for Digital Systems at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, in cooperation with the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society. Contact person and coordinator: Rubina Vock (information platform open-access.net) rubina.vock(at)fu-berlin.de _______________________________ Freier Zugang zu Wissen Open-Access-Tage Berlin 2008 mit Open-Access-Messe www.open-access.net/openaccesstage/ Dipl.-Psych. Rubina Vock Freie Universität Berlin Center für Digitale Systeme (CeDiS) Informationsplattform open-access.net Ihnestr. 24 14195 Berlin E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0) 30 - 838 52779 Fax: +49 (0) 30 - 838 52843 Mobile: 01577 - 18 18 087
