OPEN ACCESS WEEK, October 22-28, 2012
Open Access Week, a global event now entering its sixth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they've learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.
Events @ Pitt
Open Access Week 2012: Kick-Off Event for ULS Colleagues
Wednesday, October 17, 2 to 3:30 pm
272 Hillman Library
See the presentation here.
The ULS Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing (OSCP) is gearing up for Open Access Week, October 22-28. Learn more about Open Access, e-journal publishing, open repositories, and more by attending this session, which will offer you an update and overview on scholarly communication and publishing at Pitt.
Mendeley: Social Networking for Your Research
Monday, October 22, 12 noon to 1 pm
Ballroom, William Pitt Union
View the slide presentation for this event here.
Mendeley is an academic social network and citation manager that helps scholars organize research, collaborate online, and discover the latest research. With Mendeley, faculty and students can create citations and bibliographies, read and annotate papers, and make an online home for their scholarship, accessible anywhere. Through Open Access, scholars can also share and discover relevant research through this social citation tool. University of Pittsburgh's Mendeley Institutional Edition Powered by Swets, brings all of this together and strengthens the library's role as the center of research.
In this program, you'll learn about the ULS's new Mendeley service, Mendeley Institutional Edition, and how you can use it to benefit knowledge production and sharing. José Luís Andrade, President of the Americas, Swets Information Services, and Sujay Darji, Regional Sales Manager, Swets Information Services, will be on hand to discuss how you can use Mendeley Institutional Edition to increase your research reach and impact.
Staff from the ULS Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing will also present on the latest developments in Open Access and digital publishing.
Plum Analytics and Altmetrics: New Methods of Measuring Scholarly Impact
Wednesday, October 24, 1 to 2 pm
Kurtzman Room, William Pitt Union
View the slide presentation for this event here.
Listen to the WebEX recording of the session here.
Rather than solely tracking the number of times a work is cited in scholarly literature, altmetrics--alternative ways of measuring the use of, and impact of, scholarship--use social media and other web-based forms of scholarly communication to create a more comprehensive picture of research reach.
The ULS has partnered with Plum Analytics in a pilot project to help Pitt scholars track, assess, and compare scholarly impact. Through Plum Analytics, researchers can make their scholarship more accessible, promote their research, and connect with other scholars.
Andrea Michalek, co-founder of Plum Analytics, will talk about her organization's efforts and how they can benefit Pitt scholars. Staff from the ULS Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing will also be on hand to share the latest developments in Open Access and digital publishing.