SPEAKER CANCELLED - MOVIE FOR THOSE WHO SHOW From Open Source to Open Access:

SPEAKER CANCELLED - MOVIE FOR THOSE WHO SHOW ANYWAY

Today's speaker had a personal emergency and won't be able to make it. I'll be bringing a movie that's okay to screen publicly, probably The Pirate Bay: AFK, for those that show up. If anyone has any suggestions, please post or bring it on a USB stick. We can vote on which one to watch. If anyone has a legitimate copy of http://www.revolution-os.com and wants to bring a DVD player, that would be grand!

Previously:
The Open Access movement seeks to achieve for academia what Open Source has achieved for the software community. It also faces the same challenges, including the need to develop a suitable business model. In this presentation, we review the history of the Open Access movement, consider the lessons of Open Source that may apply to Open Access, and suggest how the Open Source community can actively contribute to its academic kin.

Presented by: Prof. Dave Michelson

Prof. Dave Michelson leads the Radio Science Lab at UBC where his research interests focus on wireless communications and remote sensing. He also serves as co-director of the AURORA Connected Vehicle Technology Testbed, Editor of the Wiley/IEEE Press Series on Vehicular Technology, and Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine Feature Series on Education and Training. A long time proponent of Open Source Software and a founder of VanLUG, he is equally supportive of recent developments in Open Access.

What is Open Access? From Wikipedia: Open access (OA) refers to online research outputs that are free of all restrictions on access (e.g., access tolls) and free of many restrictions on use (e.g. certain copyright and license restrictions).