Project OS|OA hosted a seminar on Open Access journals on Thursday, March 9th.  David Moorman, who led SSHRC’s consultation on OA last spring was a feature presenter, along with a number of scholars who have been publishing Open Access journals and engaged in policy making at the international level for several years.

View the seminar.

Date: March 9, 2006 - 11am to 3pm
Location: Williams Waters Lounge - Woodsworth Residence - 321 Bloor St. W (corner of St. George and Bloor)

The goal of the seminar series is to foster discussions about the meaning, implications and impact of open access to scholarly publication and research collaboration at the University of Toronto and beyond. The sessions bring together active participants in OA as well as scholars who are interested in exploring the potential and getting involved with open access, both from a policy, philosophical and funding standpoints. The outcomes of the series is to create community of practices, ongoing discussions, and new initiatives.

Topics covered:

• KEY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FOR SCHOLARS
• SSHRC's OPEN ACCESS POLICY AND GUIDELINES
• PAYMENT, COPYRIGHT AND CITATIONS
• RISKS AND BENEFITS
• U of T CASE STUDIES AND SERVICES
  

You can see a detailed outline of the event or download a poster.

Guests included:

DAVID MOORMAN, Senior Policy Advisor, Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

LESLIE CHAN, Director, Joint Program in New Media Studies, University of Toronto at Scarborough Associate Director of Bioline International.

GUNTHER EYSENBACH, Senior Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network Editor & Publisher, Journal of Medical Internet Research.

RICHARD WELLEN, Associate Professor, Business and Society, York University

MARTIN J. OSBORNE, Professor, Department of Economics, University of
Toronto, Co-editor of Theoretical Economics