Hello all, We are celebrating Open Access Week at Cambridge University with a series of activities, announcements and blog posts.
Today we have published the second in our series of ‘In conversation with…’ posts reflecting our meetings with funding bodies to answer researchers' questions about data sharing. ‘In conversation with Michael Ball from the BBSRC’ - answers many of the big questions about biological data sharing https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=337 <https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=337> We have also published the first blog of a series written by members of the Office of Scholarly Communication. Today’s blog is ‘A day in the life of an Open Access Research Adviser’ by Dr Philip Boyes. If you ever wondered what is involved in the work we do, read on - https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=340 <https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=340> Our big event will be 6pm - 7.30pm Friday evening with a co-branded Open Access Week and Cambridge Festival of Ideas event. http://osc.cam.ac.uk/panel-discussion-can-society-afford-open-access <http://osc.cam.ac.uk/panel-discussion-can-society-afford-open-access> You are welcome to join us for an entertaining evening where scholars, publishers, administrators and others discuss the question 'Can society afford open access?’ in the Main Lecture Room, Old Divinity School, St John's College, All Saints Passage CB2 1TP Open access disseminates research to the community, circumventing expensive publisher subscriptions. But there is a high cost associated with open access and it is not without risk. The panel consists of: Professor Stephen Curry, Structural Biology at Imperial College (Chair/Moderator) Dr Daniel Allington, Digital Cultures, University of the West of England Professor Peter Mandler, President of the Royal Historical Society Dr Theodora Bloom, Executive Editor, BMJ Dr Danny Kingsley, Head of Scholarly Communications, Cambridge University Danny Dr Danny Kingsley Head of Scholarly Communications Cambridge University Library West Road, Cambridge CB39DR P: +44 (0) 1223 747 437 M: +44 (0) 7711 500 564 E: [email protected] T: @dannykay68 ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3636-5939
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