Friends:
Here is a message from Ms Barbara Kirsop of EPT (Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK). Please send your success stories in implementing and benefiting from open access.
Dear All,
I have just sent the following posting to EPT Blog, after discussions with
Leslie, Arun and Iryna Kuchma (eIFL). The idea is to try to collect personal
stories of how OA has assisted researchers in the developing world.
Sometimes a personal story speaks louder than an essay!
Please let any of your contacts know that we would like to hear from them if
they have an OA-story to tell. Thanks,
Barbara.
(Barbara Kirsop, EPT)
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*Open Access Week* will hit the research communities worldwide from October
18th – 24th, 2010! Here is the OA Week web site
http://www.oaweek.org/that will tell you what is going to happen and
what you can do to help.
To spread information to developing and emerging regions on the value of OA
to research and economic development we need to make a lot of noise this
week. We need to tell others how free access to research, or distribution of
their own research through OA, has changed their work or their career for
the better.
Here is a request: can you send EPT any stories you can share that show how
OA has advanced your work. Has it lead to new contacts? Has it lead to new
research partnerships and publications? Has it made you think about the
importance of getting your research findings into the global community to
help resolve global problems? Has it helped your own career? Has it put your
organisation on the global map?
Please tell EPT about any developments that have been brought about by your
knowledge or participation in Open Access. Send your stories (no more than
300 words please) to EPT