[Metadatalibrarians] 3rd Annual Open Access Symposium @ Stony Brook University

[violeta ilik]

**** Announcement ****

*Registration now open
<http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/>
*
*3rd Annual Open Access Symposium @ Stony Brook University*
*Friday, October 27, 2017, 8:15 am to 4:00 pm*

*Open Access Symposium 2017: Open in order to…* features visionary ideas
from inspirational speakers. The symposium explores influential scholarly
communication initiatives, including open access policy, digital
humanities, open educational resources (OER), open science, data
visualization, and more. The symposium brings open access front and center,
with presentations and discussions on its value and meaning for academics,
researchers, and librarians.

*Keynote speakers:*
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education at SPARC
Elliot Harmon, Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

*Special Panel Discussions:*
Open Access Policy and OERs
Open Sciences & Biomedicine and the Acceleration of Research
Open + Digital: Humanities & Social Sciences

See symposium website
<http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/>
for
full details (http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communicati
on/open-access-symposium-2017/)

Registration is free and open
<http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/>,
and includes breakfast, lunch, and other refreshments. Register today:
http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication
/open-access-symposium-2017/

Join us October 27, 2017 for an eye-opening day on the power of open access
and its essential role in education.


Kind regards,
Violeta Ilik
-vi