Graduate Student Publications presents Open Access Week
October 9, 2009 - 1:30pm
GSA Graduate Student Publications and the UCLA Library are sponsoring a week of graduate student activities to celebrate the 1st Annual Open Access Week.
Open Access is a growing international movement that uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society.
Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication, and it's gaining ever more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers throw their weight behind it.
Graduate student specific events include:
Graduate Students Association Publications Panel on Open Access Journals
Monday, October 19, 1:00-3:00pm
Location: GSA Media Studio, Kerckhoff 138
This session will be especially for graduate student editors of GSA publications to introduce them to the benefits of moving their journals from print to online, to inform them about Open Access, and to showcase eScholarship services. This session will be hosted by Stacey Meeker, GSA Publication Director and will include discussions with Elise Proulx, Outreach and Marketing Coordinator for CDL’s eScholarship Publishing Program, Bonnie Tijerina, UCLA eScholarship Liaison and Sarah Cary, graduate student editor of Carte Italiane.
Students & Open Access
Thursday, October 22, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: GSEIS Building, Room 111
There are many reasons why students today are interested in increased access to scholarly work. A CALPIRG student will discuss the Open Textbook Movement and the impact that could have on students' education and a member of ASUCLA Academic Publishing will discuss a project in cooperation with the library to reduce the cost of course packs. In addition, we will have a student editor of the newly-created UCLA undergraduate journal, Stimulus: the Undergraduate Journal or Neuroscience.
Film Screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto
Thursday, October 22, 7:30pm
Location: James Bridges Theater (Melnitz 1409)
RIP: A Remix Manifesto is a documentary film about the emerging remix culture and its conflict with current copyright law. While focusing on musical mash-up artist Girl Talk, the film spans the history of copyright law and its transformation over the past century into its current form. The filmmakers champion the “Remix Manifesto”, derived from the writing of Lawrence Lessig (who also appears in the film), which calls for a new paradigm in how cultural materials can be reused, repurposed and remixed. This provocative film captures the spirit of evolving art forms and challenges the law to catch up.
Website: http://www.openaccessweek.org