<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>*** Announcement ***</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font size="4"><a href="http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/" target="_blank">Registration now open</a> </font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font size="4">3rd Annual Open Access Symposium @ Stony Brook University</font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font size="4"><span class="gmail-m_-8336484326826184963gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-8336484326826184963gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Friday, October 27, 2017, 8:15 am to 4:00 pm</span></span></span></span></font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Open Access Symposium 2017: Open in order to…</b> 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.  </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Keynote speakers:</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education at SPARC<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Elliot Harmon, Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Special Panel Discussions:</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Open Access Policy and OERs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Open Sciences &amp; Biomedicine and the Acceleration of Research<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Open + Digital: Humanities &amp; Social Sciences<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> </div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">See <a href="http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/" target="_blank">symposium website</a> for full details (<a href="http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/" target="_blank">http://library.stonyb<wbr>rook.edu/scholarly-communicati<wbr>on/open-access-symposium-2017/</a><wbr>)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/" target="_blank">Registration is free and open</a>, and includes breakfast, lunch, and other refreshments. Register today: </span><a href="http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2017/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://library.stonybro<wbr>ok.edu/scholarly-communication<wbr>/open-access-symposium-2017/</a><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Join us <span class="gmail-m_-8336484326826184963gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-8336484326826184963gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">October 27, 2017</span></span></span></span> for an eye-opening day on the power of open access and its essential role in education.</div></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:x-small">Kind regards,</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:x-small">Violeta Ilik</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:x-small">-vi</span></div>
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