2010 Open Access week new twist: Ning Collaboration
The 4th annual open access week will take place October 18-24, 2010. In an effort to build a collaborative environment, the organizers at SPARC have enlisted the Ning social networking software (note that Ning is announcing the elimination of free Ning networks on May 4th).
When you register for access to the Open Access Week Ning site, you will provide and make available to others some information about yourself, then have the opportunity join an existing working group or create a new one. For instance, I created an advocacy group within the the Open Access Week Ning site to focus on the passage of FRPAA, effectively reducing the mandatory US NIH research deposit in Pubmed Central from 12 to 6 months, the standard already existing in most European countries (yes, FRPAA applies to by eleven U.S. federal agencies, opening up a large amount of interdisciplinary federal research with biomedical implications.
Please consider joining the Open Access Week Ning site.
