[OWW-SC] Fwd: [fc-boston] Talk on Open Access/Public Library of Science Wed, 7:30, Harvard U.

[Mackenzie Cowell]

*Gavin Yamey on "Opening Up to Open Access: What can other disciplines learn
from the Sciences?"

*FYI: "Gavin Yamey MD, Senior Editor of PLoS Medicine (
http://www.plosmedicine.org) and Consulting Editor of PLoS Neglected
Tropical Diseases (http://www.plosntds.org), shares his experiences in the
open access movement and explores possible avenues for its expansion to
other fields, with a focus on the social sciences and humanities."

details below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elizabeth Stark < estark at law.harvard.edu>
Date: Mar 12, 2007 9:38 PM
Subject: [fc-boston]  Talk on Open Access/Public Library of Science Wed,
7:30, Harvard U.
To: freeculture-boston at hcs.harvard.edu

Hey Boston Free Culture Folks,

Thought you might be interested in coming to this event on Wednesday. Also,
we haven't forgotten about you-- we're planning a BFC digital music event
for April and a meetup in the near future. Details to come.

Elizabeth
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Gavin Yamey on "Opening Up to Open Access: What can other disciplines learn
from the Sciences?"*
*
Wednesday, March 14, 7:30pm*
Harvard University
Sever Hall Room 202
Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3.cfm?mapname=camb_allston&tile=F7&quadrant=B&series=W


What can academics do to ensure that their research results are included in
the growing "knowledge commons?"  Gavin Yamey MD, Senior Editor of PLoS
Medicine (http://www.plosmedicine.org) and Consulting Editor of PLoS
Neglected Tropical Diseases (http://www.plosntds.org), shares his
experiences in the open access movement and explores possible avenues for
its expansion to other fields, with a focus on the social sciences and
humanities.

The Public Library of Science (http://www.plos.org), an international
non-profit grassroots movement of scientists and physicians, is working to
change the status quo by campaigning to make the biomedical literature a
freely available global public good.  PLoS now publishes 7 open access
journals, and is urging traditional biomedical publishers to adopt more
socially responsive practices.  Will other fields follow in their
footsteps?

Dessert will be served. Sponsored by the Berkman Center (
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu ) and Harvard College Free Culture (
http://hcs.harvard.edu/freeculture<http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/freeculture/blog/>).
This is a lead up event to the 2007 Internet & Society Conference (
http://www.is2k7.org), which will be held on the Harvard Campus on June 1,
2007.

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