Working Groups/Science/Oxford/Oct2012

Bodley’s ‘Republic of [open] letters'


Where: Oxford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, Oxford

When: 19:30-21:00

Part of Open Access Week! See other OA activities around Oxford here (PDF)

Description

The Bodleian Libraries is building a new 21st century digital ‘republic of letters,’ extending Thomas Bodley’s original vision for his library to open up collections to all who need them. The Libraries are creating digital open access collections, and are using web technologies to provide free access to Oxford research publications, research data and bibliographic data.

Find out how the libraries are helping Oxford researchers make their science open and bring your questions!

Presenters:
 * Dr Wolfram Horstmann: Associate Director, Digital Library Programmes and Information Technology
 * Alena Ptak-Danchak: Keeper of Scientific Books and Head of Bodleian Science and Medical Libraries
 * Sally Rumsey: Digital Collections Development Manager
 * Neil Jefferies: Research and Development Project Manager

Topics presented for discussion include:
 * An overview of the Bodleian and openness in the context of the University
 * The view from the sciences
 * ORA and open publications and theses
 * Open data, DataBank and DataFinder
 * The technologies behind our services