Dear all,
The 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), hosted by
the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), is still open
for registrations <http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/>:
http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation. The conference will be
held at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, on the 21st and 22nd
September, 2016.
Details can be found on the Registration and Accommodation page
<http://oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation/> on OASPA’s
website, including how to book rooms at the conference hotel at a
discounted delegate rate: http://oaspa.org/confere
nce/registrations-and-accommodation. Bookings must be made *before 26th
August *to qualify for the discount.
Previously held in Europe, this is an essential conference for all those
working in and interested in open access publishing and is being held in
the US for the first time. COASP returns for its 8th year with a diverse
range of panels, events, and collaborative opportunities to bring together
the open access community. With open access now at the top of the agendas
of global governments, universities, libraries, funders, and policy makers,
and of critical importance to researchers at all stages of their careers,
COASP offers a crucial space for those working in open access around the
world to come together and discuss developments, innovations, and best
practices, and to make and build upon collaborations old and new.
Keynote speakers for this year are Heather Joseph
<http://sparcopen.org/people/heather-joseph/> (Executive Director,
SPARC),MacKenzie
Smith <https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/meetnewul.php> (University
Librarian, University of California, Davis), Hilda Bastian
<http://hildabastian.net/> (Chief Editor, PubMed Health/PubMed
Commons), Meredith
Morovati <https://blog.datadryad.org/2015/03/03/execdirmm/> (Executive
Director, Dryad), and Jerry Sheehan
<https://www.nlm.nih.gov/od/roster/sheehan.html> (Assistant Director for
Scientific Data & Information, White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy).
Panel discussions are scheduled to cover: ‘Technology & Innovation’,
‘Non-APC Publishing’, ‘Evaluation’, and ‘Open Scholarship Initiatives’. A
pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of
Tuesday 20th September.
The full program for the conference
<http://oaspa.org/conference/coasp-2016-program/> is available on the OASPA
website: http://oaspa.org/conference/coasp-2016-program/.
The conference is being discussed on social media with the hashtag
*#COASP8*. Questions
regarding the conference should be directed to info(a)oaspa.org.
Best wishes,
Leyla
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Leyla Williams
Events and Communications Coordinator
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA
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Registrations are now open for 8th Conference of Open Access Scholarly
Publishing, COASP: oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation
<http://oaspa.org/conference>
Dear all,
we have a vacancy in our group on text mining in Open Access publications. The results of the text mining process will be stored using Wikidata infrastructure. The position is for three years with a possibility of extension.
The Job is part of a new project "NOA - The replication of open access images: development of a method for automatic harvesting, indexing and provision of open access images from technical subjects using the infrastructure of Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata".
You will part of a dynamic international team at the Hochschule Hannover. Hannover is a large and central city in Germany with a number of universities and research institutes. Basic knowledge of German is an advantage but not strictly necessary. For full details, please, refer to: http://www.hs-hannover.de/dezernat-i-personal-und-organisation/personalange…
Please note that applications should be send before 19th August 2016!
For any questions about the project and the job, please contact me.
I'm looking forward to all questions and applications!
Best,
Christian
Prof. Dr. Christian Wartena
Hochschule Hannover
Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design
Abt. Information und Kommunikation
Lehrgebiet Sprach- und Wissensverarbeitung
Studiengangskoordinator Bachelor Informationsmanagement (BIM)
Expo Plaza 12
30539 Hannover
e-mail: christian.wartena(a)hs-hannover.de<mailto:christian.wartena@hs-hannover.de>
Tel: +49 (0)511 9296 2594
Looks like a great opportunity - application deadline is on Friday.
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Heller, Lambert <Lambert.Heller(a)tib.eu>
Date: 8 August 2016 at 21:41
Subject: [Wikidata] Job vacancy at TIB (Germany): Wikipedian in Residence
To: wikidata(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
I have a vacancy in my group which should be especially of interest
for people who are into Wikisource and/or Wikidata.
We are looking for a Wikipedian in Residence for a duration of up to
three years.
The Job is part of a new project “NOA – The replication of open access
images: development of a method for automatic harvesting, indexing and
provision of open access images from technical subjects using the
infrastructure of Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata”.
You will play a leading role in the conceptual design of harvesting
Open Access articles issued by various publishers.
Have a look at the full English job description here:
https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/ste…
Please note that applications should be send before 12th August 2016!
For any questions about the project and the job, please contact me.
I’m looking forward to all questions and applications!
Best,
Lambert
Lambert Heller
Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
German National Library of Science and Technology
Open Science Lab
Welfengarten 1 B // 30167 Hannover, Germany
T +49 511 762-5348
lambert.heller(a)tib.eu
www.tib.eu
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