FOSTER training programme: "Open Access and its Impact on Research and Scholarship"

 

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On May 29th 2015, the University of Malta Library organizes a FOSTER training event: "Open Access and its Impact on Research and Scholarship".

This one-day conference/training event whereby current trends and best practices pertaining to Open Access (OA) are highlighted and discussed.  The  main objective of this event is to raise awareness as well as provide a holistic and comprehensive  overview of the concepts, leading principles and best practices of Open Access .  Moreover, this event will serve as  a marketing tool to promote the recently launched UoM Institutional Repository (IR) – OAR@UoM

Academics and researchers attending the event will also be given a training session on how to navigate  and submit their research output onto the IR.  Additionally, this conference will serve as a tool to strengthen the UoM workforce and enhance the expertise of Library staff, highlight the importance of  developing and implementing Open Access policies, as well as support managers, administrators and funding bodies with the harmonisation and compliance of Open Access requirements in relation to H2020.

For more information and registration information, visit the FOSTER event page. 

 

 


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EU flag This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 612425.
This project has also received funding from the European Union's Horizon2020 programme for research, technological development and demonstration under agreement no 741839.