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Wednesday 14 October 2009 |
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In a major step forward for the open access movement, on September 15th 2009, Berkeley, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a joint commitment to provide their researchers with central financial assistance to cover open access publication fees, and encouraged other academic institutions to join them.
The aim of the Compact for Open Access Publication Equity (COPE) is to create a level playing field between subscription-based journals (which institutions support centrally via library budgets) and open access journals (which often depend on publication fees).
 Read more on the BMC blog
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Building on the success of last year's Open Access Day, October 19th-23rd will see the first international Week. The aim of Open Access Week is to help spread the word and broaden awareness of open access around the world. Last year 120 organisations in 27 countries promoted open access through a range of events, this year closer to 200 organisations will be taking part.
OASPA Webinar: Live Q&A Sessions with five types of OA Publishers
Featuring representatives from five very different publishers, the webinarill discuss how open access publishing works in practice. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required as the number of participants is limited.
Date: Tuesday 20th October 17:00 - 18:30 BST
The 5th SPARC Japan Seminar
This event will include presentations from Charlotte Hubbard of BioMed Central concerning open access and Prof. Shin Tochinai of Hokkaido University regarding researcher's attitudes to open access.
Date: Tuesday, 20th October, 13:30 - 17.00 JST
Location: National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Conference: Open Access Cambridge
The event will explore different perspectives on open access, bringing together representatives from the research community, the publishing sector and from a learned society.
Date: Wednesday, 21st October, 14:00 - 17:00 GMT
Location: University of Cambridge, UK
To see what is planned for your region or for further information on how to participate in Open Access Week visit the Open Access Directory wiki.
Additional resources are also available on the Open Access Week website including handouts of what Faculty, Librarians, Universities and Administrators and Research Funders can do to promote open access.
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Mini-review 
Four statements about the fourth generation
W. S. Hou, Tobias Hurth, Michelangelo L. Mangano, Saleh Sultansoy, Gokhan Une
PMC Physics A 2009, 3:4 (28 September 2009)
[Abstract] [PDF]
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Research article
The influence of membrane physical properties on microvesicle release in human erythrocytes
Laurie J Gonzalez, Elizabeth Gibbons, Rachel W Bailey, Jeremy Fairbourn, Thaothanh Nguyen, Samantha K Smith, Katrina B Best, Jennifer Nelson, Allan M Judd, John D Bell
PMC Biophysics 2009, 2:7 (24 August 2009)
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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