In today’s ever-changing world, open access to knowledge is increasingly important. The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project hosted at QUT and funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations aims to ensure that every day citizens through to top-end researchers can legally and efficiently share knowledge across domains and across the world.
The OAK Law Project has developed a web-enabled database containing information about publishing agreements and publishers’ open access policies and practices and publishing agreements - The OAK List. This database is accessible to everyone, including publishers, authors, copyright administrators and repository managers, both in Australia and overseas. The OAK List has been developed to be interoperable with the RoMEO/SHERPA database.
Establishing an effective open access environment is critical to promoting the impact and quality of research in a networked world. The OAK List will assist academic and scholarly authors to make informed choices about publishing in Australian and overseas journals.
When: 5:00 – 6.30 pm, Thursday 7 February 2008
Where: Owen J Wordsworth (OJW) Room, S Block, QUT Gardens Point, Brisbane, Australia
RSVP by 23 February to t.butkovsky@qut.edu.au
More information visit www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au
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