It's Open Access Week!

Himmelfarb Library is celebrating International Open Access Week October 24-30 to raise awareness of open access publishing opportunities for GW faculty, staff and students. Featured events for the week include:

• Open Access Publishing Forum (Monday, October 24 from 5:30-6:30 PM in Ross 117): Join Steve Ehrmann, Leo Chalupa, Ajit Kumar, Leighton Ku and Anne Linton for a discussion about open access publishing opportunities and issues.
• Judging Your Impact: Quantifying Research Output (Wednesday, October 26 from 12:00-1:00 PM in Himmelfarb B103): Discover some of the most common ways to quantify the impact of articles, journals and explore the resources offered by the Himmelfarb library that can assist in this analysis.
• Webinar: NIH Public Access Policy (Friday, October 28 from 12:00-12:30 ONLINE): This 30-minute webinar will provide information on the policy, how to comply, as well as how Himmelfarb Library can support you in this process.
• Visit the Open Access Week library display in the Himmelfarb entry. Pick up information on publishing in PLoS and BioMed Central and learn more about open access publishing.
• Don't forget to take the Open Access Week Quiz for a chance to win a gift bag featuring a PLoS t-shirt and Gulliver the Open Access Turtle. Winner will be drawn Friday afternoon, so enter now!

For more information on Open Access Week activities, please contact Steve Brown, Serials Librarian at 202-994-9756 or by email.