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ICTK 2012: Call for registration
by ictk drtc 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

*ICTK 2012: Call for registration * International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics 10-13 July, 2012 Hosted by Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) * *http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK** *Venue:* NIMHANS Convention Center, Nimhans Hospital Premises, Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560029 Landmark: Near Dairy Circle Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC) established by Prof. S R Ranganathan in 1962, is a research centre at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) conducting Research, Training and Higher Education in the field Library and Information Sciences and allied areas. In the last five decades, DRTC has been involved in Research, Education, Training and cutting edge applications of Information and Communication Technology to Libraries and Information Centres, Knowledge centers and systems. 2012 marks the Golden Jubilee of DRTC and we are happy to host as part of 'Golden Jubilee Celebrations', the 'International Conference on Trends in Knowledge and Information Dynamics' (ICTK-2012). Broadly the themes of the conference are divided into main streams (in parallel sessions on all the days of the conference): *Stream 1: Trends in Library Education and Research* · *Stream 2: Trends in Public Library Services* · *Stream 3: Trends in Domain Specific Information Systems and Services* · *Stream 4: Trends in Open Access to Information and Data* · *Stream 5: Trends in ICT applications to Library and Information Science* For details visit us on http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK/subthemes <http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ICTK/subthemes> ICTK 2012 includes sessions of invited talks by renowned in the field of Library and Information Science from around the globe on various topics related to the above mentioned five streams covering various aspects of current interest and popular trends. The conference serves as an International Platforms for dissemination of information of International research and collaborative projects such as European Commission infrastructure projects. Experts Panel on Open Access to Information and Public Libraries present experts' views from around the world. In addition to plenary spearker of International repute, we plan to have panel discussions on Higher Education and International Collaborative Research in LIS, Public Libraries, Agricultural Information Systems, Open Access to Information *List of invited speakers * *Dr. Jagdish Arora* INFLIBNET India *Dr. Roberto Barbero* INFN Italy *Dr. Donatella Castelli* CNR-ISTI, Italy *Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia,* University of Trento Italy *Dr. Johannes Keizer* UN-FAO Rome *Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau* Goettingen State and University Library Germany *Dr. Alberto Masoni* INFN Rome *Dr. Carlos Morais Pires,* European Commission, Brussels *Dr. Federico Ruggieri* INFN Rome *Dr. Alma Swan* Key Perspectives Ltd, Truro, UK *Prof. Anna Maria Tammaro* University of Parma Italy *Dr. Stuart Wiebel* Senior Research Scientist, OCLC USA Details of registration at http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ictk/registration *Contact * * * *Prof. A.R.D. Prasad (Convener - ICTK-2012)* Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I), 8th Mile, Mysore Road, R.V. College Post, Bangalore - 560 059, Karnataka INDIA Phone: +91-80-2848 2711 Fax : 91-80-2848 4265 E-mail ID: ictk2012(a)drtc.isibang.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Book Release -- “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” on 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30 p.m.
by Mohan HR 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear all, Pl. find the invite for the release of the book “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” on 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30 p.m. Pl. make it convenient to attend. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, IEEE CS & PCS INVITE ============================================ IEEE COMSOC Past Student Branch Chairman turns Author. The Madras Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Professional Communication Society cordially invite you for the launch of the book “I AM STILL COMMITTED …. as hopes are yet to die” Authored by Mr. Soumitro Chatterjee Software Engineer, Sasken Communication Technologies Past Chairman, Student Branch of IEEE Communication Society of AVIT, Chennai. On 27th Jun 2012 at 6.30. p.m. at Landmark, Apex Plaza, Nungamabakkam High Road, Chennai – 600034 formal invite at http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/lm-bl.pdf -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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SALIS Awards for the year 2011 - Announcement - reg
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Announcement of SALIS 2011 Awards Applications/nominations are invited for the following SALIS Awards for the year 2011. 1. Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level Award) 2. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award 3. AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) 4. A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) (National Level award) Conditions: Applications will be accepted only in the prescribed format which is available in the SALIS website. Those who have already applied for these awards in response to our earlier communication (in April/May) this year need not apply again. A committee will be constituted by the President to select suitable professionals for each awards. The President shall be the Chairman of the Selection committee. The name of the committee members will be announced , after the last date of the receipt of the applications, to make the selection more transparent The committee will select suitable candidates among the nominations/applications received strictly based on the criteria fixed for the awards. All the awardees will be presented a memento, shawl and citation. The awards will be presented during the forthcoming SALIS programmes which will be announced later. Please note: Applications should be sent only in the prescribed format Soft copy will not be accepted Supporting documents to be attached for evidence. Last date for the receipt of application/nomination is 25.07.2012 The filled-in application form along with the supporting documents should be sent by post to: The President SALIS B2-Solai Apartment Mount-Poonamallee Road (opp.to.MGR Garden) Chennai - 600 089 All the details of the awards, instructions, application form(Change the Year to 2011), etc are available at following link http://www.autolib-india.net/salis/salis_awards.asp Thanking you, President Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) B2-Solai Apartments (opp. to MGR Garden) Mount-Poonamalle Road Ramapuram Chennai - 600 089 Tel : 044- 2252 2448, 4201 4772 E-mail: salis_info(a)yahoo.co.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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12th International ISKO Conference
by Mailing List Admin 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE srels.bangalore at gmail.com Tue Jun 19 13:01:48 IST 2012 12th International ISKO Conference 6-9 August 2012 Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization University of Mysore, 6-9 August 2012 VENUE Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 006 The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its 12th Biennial International Conference (ISKO 2012) in the University of Mysore, Mysore, India from 6th - 9th August 2012. The conference will be jointly organized by the ISKO (India Chapter), the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the University of Mysore. The conference has been cosponsored by DRDO, Government of India, The PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore), Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (Chennai), the Society for Information Science (Bangalore Chapter) and the University of Madras, Department of Library & Information science. ISKO is an international professional body that holds biennial international conferences in different parts of the world. The last two conferences were hosted respectively by the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and by the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy in 2010. This is only the 2nd time that the ISKO has decided to have its Biennial International Conference in India. The proposed conference will bring together disparate groups from Information sciences, Computer Sciences, Library Sciences, Philosophy and Linguistics on a single platform to discuss issues of contemporary interest in Knowledge Representation and Organization. KEY NOTE SPEAKER : Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA on Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century THER EMINENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE** (Not Exhaustive) Prof. Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille, France Prof. Birger Hjorland, Royal School of Information & Library Science, Copenhagen Prof. Jose Augusto Guimaraes, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Dr. Hemalatha Iyer, State University of New York at Albany Dr. Chrstopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr. Kavi Mahesh, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore Mr. Peter Ohly, President, ISKO Prof. Michael Shepherd, Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Dr. Joseph Tennis, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Prof. Marcia Zeng, Kent State University, USA Prof. Carolyn Watters, Dalhousie University, Canada FACETS: Classification Schemes, Taxonomies, and Categorization Schemes Facet Analysis as the theoretical basis of knowledge representation & organization Relationships in Thesauri, Semantic networks and Ontologies Categories and Conceptual Structures for the Digital Environment Alternative subject access, Web Indexing, social tagging, etc Data Modeling for the Semantic Web vis--vis tools such as RDA, FRBR, MARC formats Indexing and searching in Multilingual environments Organizing Unstructured Information; Enterprise Knowledge Organization and Management Knowledge Organization and the Multimedia challenge: Text, Audio, Video, Images, etc Linguistic and other issues in Automatic categorization & Indexing About 60 refereed papers by eminent scholars from around the world will be presented during the conference. The complete conference programme will shortly be made available on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~isko ). Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures 2012 *will be delivered during the conference by *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) *on: Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time: Metadata, digital libraries and archives, and information schools. A panel on 'Is Classification Necessary?' led by Prof. Birger Hjorland will be held on 9th August as part of the conference. A pre-conference workshop on Categories for the Web will be held on 6thAugust and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the ISKO Conference. Conference Registration Fee: (Includes admission to the pre-conference workshop, pre-conference volume, Tea and Lunch and invitation to conference dinner) SAARC Countries Other Countries ISKO Members INR 5000.00 US $ 200.00 Others INR 6000.00 US $ 250.00 Students INR 4000.00 US $ 150.00 For any information please contact : The Convener of the conference. Dr. K. S. Raghavan (ksragav at hotmail.com; raghavan at isibang.ac.in; srels at dataone.in Accommodation: Delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodation; A list of hotels could be found at http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotels-g304553-Mysore_Karnataka-Hotels.html ; However, the organizers will be able to make arrangements for accommodation of limited number of delegates in the University guesthouse on payment basis REGISTRATION FORM International Society for Knowledge Organization (India Chapter) 12th International ISKO Conference Full name (Surname in Block Capitals) : Job Title / Designation : Institution & Address : Phone & E-Mail ID : Registration fee should be sent by DD drawn favoring ISKO (India Chapter) and payable at Bangalore* For electronic transfer of registration, the details are as below: Name of the Account: ISKO (India Chapter) Account No. 04082010110324 Name of the Bank & Branch : Syndicate Bank, Rajajinagar Main Branch (3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010) IFSC Code: SYNB0000408 MICR Code: 560025038 SWIFT CODE : SYNBINBB316 Filled in registration form along with the DD should be sent via Registered post / Speed post / Courier to : ISKO (India Chapter) C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library science 702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010 Phone: +91-80-23305109 e-mail: srels at dataone.in; srelsbangalore at yahoo.co.in Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore

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Admissions Announcement in B.LIb.ISc and M.Lib.ISc programme at MLSU, Udaipur
by Shriram Pandey 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur invites applications for admission in B.Lib.ISc and M.Lib.ISc programme for the session 2012-13.Details are available at http://onlinemlsu.in/new.php Interested candidates can apply in B.LIb.ISc programme online available at:onlinemlsu.in/new/index.php?course=B.LIB and M.LIb.ISc programme online available at http://onlinemlsu.in/new/index.php?course=M.LIB Regards, ================================================ Shriram Pandey Assistant Professor Department of Library and Information Science Mohan Lal Sukhadia University Udaipur-313001, Rajasthan, India Phone No.: +91-9636383110 Website:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shriram-pandey/6/844/224 ================================================= By not printing this email you've helped save paper, ink, and millions of trees. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Library Science Quiz for UGC NET
by ramesh chander 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear Professionals, Kindly go through the following URL for UGC Net Quiz for practice http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=library-science-ugc-net… With Regards, Romesh Chander Assistant Librarian, Central Library Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Sub Post Office, Katra–182 320 (J&K) Mob. No. 09906318466 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone 01991-285535 // 285524 01991-285634 // 285699 Fax 01991-285694 Postal Address: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Campus, Sub-Post Office, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir - 182320 __________________________________ Public Relations office at Jammu Phone 0191- 2470067 Fax 0191- 2470067 Postal Address: Public Relations Office Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 15-C, 2nd Ext., Gandhi Nagar, Opp. Bahu Plaza Jammu - 180003 (J&K State) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Expanding Access to Research Publications
by Shamprasad Pujar 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Dear Members, The Finch report highlights on measures to be taken for expanding access to research publications in the UK. It recommends a programme of action to enable more people to read and use the publications arising from research. Full report is available at: http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ best Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar(a)igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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National Level Seminar on ADISSER 19.7.12 - Announcement
by Arunachalam Hariharan 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

A National Level Seminar onAdvancement in Digital Information Sources and Services for Effective Research(ADISSER- 2012) Date: Thursday, July 19 - 2012 Organized byCENTRAL LIBRARYNATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING&RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREDEPT. OF SCIENCE & HUMANITIES& Society for the Advancement of Library & Information Science (SALIS) Venue:NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGMaruthakulam P.O., Moondradaippu, Tirunelveli Seminar Themes:  Awareness of Digital Information  Digital Information Access e - Resources and Retrieval Hypertext Linking  Publications in Digital Media Quality and Impact Factor of Publications Open Access System Library as Knowledge Information Centre Role of Librarians in Digital Era Registration Fee:Library Professional & Faculty : R. 250/-Students : R.150/- The Registration fee is to be paid through DD drawn in favour of ‘The Principal, National College of Engineering’ Payable at Tirunelveli. Spot registration can also be made. Faculty: Experienced LIS professionals from reputed institutions Travel and Accommodation No TA & DA will be paid to the participants. The outstation participants are requested to make their own travel arrangements. The Tirunelveli city has a wide choice of good hotels with tariff ranging from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1500 /- per day. Registration forms should be sent to the Convener. Selected participants will be intimated through e-mail. For Further Information Mr. M.S.M. Mohideen,Librarian, (Convener- ADISSER-2012) National College of EngineeringMaruthakulam P.O., Moondradaippu, Tirunelveli Dist., Tamil Nadu, Pin: 627 151Contact No.: 04635-256343, 9952622442E. Mail: ncecentrallibrary@gmail.comsalis_info@yahoo.co.in------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------President, SALISConvener -(ADISSER- 2012) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Conference Brochure -ISKO (India Chapter)
by SARADA RANGANATHAN ENDOWMENT FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear Moderator : Kindly arrange to announce the following Conference Brochure for the benefit of the Lis-forum subscribers. Thank you, Yours truly, K.N. Prasad Executive Officer Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Bangalore -------- *12th International ISKO Conference* *6-9 August 2012* * * * * *“Categories, Relations and Contexts in Knowledge Organization”* *University of Mysore, 6-9 August 2012* * * *VENUE* *Bahadur Institute of Management Studies, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore 570 006* * * The International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO) will hold its * 12th Biennial International Conference (ISKO 2012) in the University of Mysore, Mysore, India from 6th - 9th August 2012*. The conference will be jointly organized by the ISKO (India Chapter), the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science and the University of Mysore. The conference has been cosponsored by DRDO, Government of India, The PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore), Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies (Chennai), the Society for Information Science (Bangalore Chapter) and the University of Madras, Department of Library & Information science. ISKO is an international professional body that holds biennial international conferences in different parts of the world. The last two conferences were hosted respectively by the University of Montreal (Canada) in 2008 and by the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy in 2010. This is only the 2nd time that the ISKO has decided to have its Biennial International Conference in India. The proposed conference will bring together disparate groups from Information sciences, Computer Sciences, Library Sciences, Philosophy and Linguistics on a single platform to discuss issues of contemporary interest in Knowledge Representation and Organization. *KEY NOTE SPEAKER :* *Prof. Richard P. Smiraglia*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA on *Universes, Dimensions, Domains, Intensions and Extensions: Knowledge Organization for the 21st Century* * * *OTHER EMINENT SPEAKERS INCLUDE** (Not Exhaustive)* · *Prof. Mustafa El Hadi*, University of Lille, France · *Prof. Birger Hjorland*, Royal School of Information & Library Science, Copenhagen · *Prof. Jose Augusto Guimaraes*, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil · *Dr. Hemalatha Iyer*, State University of New York at Albany · *Dr. Chrstopher Khoo*, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · *Dr. Kavi Mahesh*, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore · *Mr. Peter Ohly*, President, ISKO · *Prof. Michael Shepherd*, Dalhousie University, Canada · *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto*, University of Tsukuba, Japan · *Dr. Joseph Tennis*, University of Washington, Seattle, USA · *Prof. Marcia Zeng*, Kent State University, USA · *Prof. Carolyn Watters*, Dalhousie University, Canada *FACETS* * * · Classification Schemes, Taxonomies, and Categorization Schemes · Facet Analysis as the theoretical basis of knowledge representation & organization · Relationships in Thesauri, Semantic networks and Ontologies · Categories and Conceptual Structures for the Digital Environment · Alternative subject access, Web Indexing, social tagging, etc · Data Modeling for the Semantic Web vis-à-vis tools such as RDA, FRBR, MARC formats · Indexing and searching in Multilingual environments · Organizing Unstructured Information; Enterprise Knowledge Organization and Management · Knowledge Organization and the Multimedia challenge: Text, Audio, Video, Images, etc · Linguistic and other issues in Automatic categorization & Indexing About 60 refereed papers by eminent scholars from around the world will be presented during the conference. The complete conference programme will shortly be made available on the conference website (www.isibang.ac.in/~isko ). *Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures 2012 *will be delivered during the conference by *Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (University of Tsukuba, Japan) *on: “*Sharing Information Resources across Communities and over Time:* *Metadata, digital libraries and archives, and information schools*”. *A panel on *'Is Classification Necessary?*' led by Prof. Birger Hjorland *will be held on 9th August as part of the conference*.* A pre-conference workshop on Categories for the Web will be held on 6thAugust and admission to the workshop is free for all those who register for the ISKO Conference. *Conference Registration Fee*: (Includes admission to the pre-conference workshop, pre-conference volume, Tea and Lunch and invitation to conference dinner) SAARC Countries Other Countries ISKO Members INR 5000.00 US $ 200.00 Others INR 6000.00 US $ 250.00 Students INR 4000.00 US $ 150.00 *For any information please contact : The Convener of the conference.* *Dr. K. S. Raghavan (ksragav(a)hotmail.com; raghavan(a)isibang.ac.in;* *srels(a)dataone.in* <srels(a)dataone.in>*)* * * *Accommodation*: Delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for accommodat ion; A list of hotels could be found at http://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotels-g304553-Mysore_Karnataka-Hotels.html ; However, the organizers will be able to make arrangements for accommodation of limited number of delegates in the University guesthouse on payment basis. * * * * *REGISTRATION FORM* * * *International Society for Knowledge Organization (India Chapter)* *12th International ISKO Conference* * * Full name (Surname in Block Capitals) : Job Title / Designation : Institution & Address : Phone & E-Mail ID : * * *Registration fee should be sent by DD drawn favoring ISKO (India Chapter) and payable at Bangalore* * * For electronic transfer of registration, the details are as below: Name of the Account: ISKO (India Chapter) Account No. *04082010110324* Name of the Bank & Branch : Syndicate Bank, Rajajinagar Main Branch (3 rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010) IFSC Code: *SYNB0000408 *MICR Code: *560025038* *SWIFT CODE : SYNBINBB316*** * * *Filled in registration form along with the DD should be sent via Registered post / Speed post / Courier to : * * * *ISKO (India Chapter)* *C/o Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library science* *702, 42nd Cross, 3rd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010* Phone: +91-80-23305109 e-mail: srels(a)dataone.in; srelsbangalore(a)yahoo.co.in* * * * * * *ionntexts in* * * * * -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Fw: Webcast Reminder: 2012 OA Week Kick Off Webinar Tuesday June 19!
by Prof. N. Laxman Rao. 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

From: Open Access Week <mail(a)openaccessweek.org> Subject: Webcast Reminder: 2012 OA Week Kick Off Webinar Tuesday June 19! To: "naglaxman(a)yahoo.com" <naglaxman(a)yahoo.com> Date: Monday, 18 June, 2012, 20:01 Network Email SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) announces this year's theme is "Set the Default to Open Access" for Open Access Week (October 22 – 28, 2010). Our first online event to launch this year’s events will be a webcast with three speakers who will showcase the state of open access in each of their countries. Please join us Tuesday June 19th at 10am Eastern US Time! RSVP at http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=108. (Please use this helpful converter to make sure you log in at the right time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html) We'll have a brief introduction to Open Access Week and then hear from three speakers. Our speakers are: 1. Dr Reggie Raju, Director of IT Services & Communication, US Library & Information Service Stellenbosch University, South Africa 2. Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC in the United States 3. Iryna Kuchma, is program manager at EIFL Open Access in Ukraine We will take questions through the online portal. To accommodate interest in every time zone, this 1-hour event will be recorded and available on our website shortly afterwards. With 1432 participants in 92 countries, the 2011 Open Access Week (OAW) participation grew leaps and bounds from the previous year. We are excited that so many positive developments are happening across the globe. Let us know what you are planning for this year's events. Become a member, create a group, and start planning. Make sure to say you are participating in this year's events. And please ask questions and let us know if there are resources that we can provide to help you create a more well rounded OA Week event! Visit Open Access Week at: http://www.openaccessweek.org/?xg_source=msg_mes_network To control which emails you receive on Open Access Week, click here -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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