[Ict4devwg] OASIS (Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook) launched

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: 	[bytesforall_readers] OASIS launched
Date: 	Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:02:10 +0530
From: 	Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com




Friends:

Please spread the word.

Arun

*OA sourcebook launches
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/06/oa-sourcebook-launches.html>*

Alma Swan and Leslie Chan officially launched OASIS
<http://www.openoasis.org/> (Open Access Scholarly Information
Sourcebook) atELPUB 2009
<http://conferences.aepic.it/index.php/elpub/elpub2009/> (Milan, June
10-12, 2009).  The OASIS subtitle or motto is:

     Practical steps for implementing Open Access

  From today's announcement
<https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4995.html>:

     OASIS <http://www.openoasis.org/> aims to provide an authoritative
     ‘sourcebook’ on Open Access, covering the concept, principles,
     advantages, approaches and means to achieving it. The site
     highlights developments and initiatives from around the world, with
     links to diverse additional resources and case studies. As such, it
     is a community-building as much as a resource-building exercise.
     Users are encouraged to share and download the resources provided,
     and to modify and customize them for local use....

     A brief [video] introduction to OASIS is available here
     <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbZ-BJpros>.

*Comments*

     * OASIS should help every kind of OA outreach and educational effort
       find the most effective material and avoid reinventing the wheel.
       Use it as is, improve it, help it grow, and spread the word.
       Kudos to Alma and Leslie for bringing this useful idea from
       drawing board to launch.  (Disclosure:  I'm on the OASIS steering
       committee and co-founder with Robin Peek of one of the OASIS
       partner resources, the Open Access Directory
       <http://oad.simmons.edu/>.)
     * Also see our past posts on OASIS (1
       <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/03/first-glimpse-of-oasis.html>, 2
       <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/oa-week-2009-announced.html>, 3
       <http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/happy-birthday-oad.html>).

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