<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">More than 200 sites around the globe will mark Open Access Week 2009, October 19-23, by sharing events and resources to raise awareness about the concept of Open Access—the idea that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. To show your support, and to find information on worldwide activities please visit </font><a href="http://openaccessweek.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://openaccessweek.org</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">To celebrate Open Access Week, </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><a href="http://DuraSpace.org">DuraSpace</a>,</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> which provides open technologies for durable digital content, has released a <a href="http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php">package of tools and resources</a> to help information managers everywhere make their digital information freely available, accessible and durable (</font><a href="http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://duraspace.org/oaweek.php</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">) that includes:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b> • Tools for Decision-makers:</b></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> DuraSpace Open Technologies spec sheets for DSpace, Fedora Commons & Mulgara</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b> • Inspiration</b></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">: Stories from DuraSpace/SPARC Open Access Week Contest Winners</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b> • Education:</b></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> Learn about DuraSpace Open Technologies with “All About Repositories” pre-recorded web seminars</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">More resources and news on plans for Open Access Week 2009 are also available through the Web sites of the organizers:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• SPARC - </font><a href="http://www.arl.org/sparc"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://www.arl.org/sparc</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• The Public Library of Science - </font><a href="http://www.plos.org/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://www.plos.org/</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• OASIS – </font><a href="http://www.openoasis.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://www.openoasis.org</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• Open Access Directory – </font><a href="http://oad.simmons.edu"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://oad.simmons.edu</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• SURF – </font><a href="http://www.surf.nl"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://www.surf.nl</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">• JISC – </font><a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">http://www.jisc.ac.uk</font></a></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; 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