From: "Farb, Sharon" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:35:26 +0000 Thanks much Lisa. We agree. The UCLA Library is proud to announce that it will sponsor two travel scholarships to OpenCon 2014: http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/ We’re excited by the opportunity to enable students and early career researchers to engage with issues of open access, open education, and open data and to develop skills to take actions that support the creation of a more open system for creating and sharing knowledge. Compared to even our least expensive journal title, the price is modest and the potential return immense. Attending this conference will lead to countless conversations by the student and early career researcher we plan to send with their peers, creating effects that ripple out through their communities to reach far more broadly that we could by ourselves. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: "Macklin, Lisa" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:55:14 +0000 *********Apologies for duplication ********* Dear Colleagues, I hope you will join me and others in sponsoring a travel scholarship: (http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/opencon-first-travel-scholarships) for a graduate student or early career researcher from your campus to attend the OpenCon 2014 meeting in November in Washington, D.C. This is an exciting opportunity, initiated by the Right2Research Coalition and SPARC, to bring together students and early career researchers from across the world to learn about the issues, develop critical skills, and return home ready to catalyze action toward a more open system for sharing the world’s information — from scholarly and scientific research, to educational materials, to digital data. The institutions that sponsor a travel scholarship will have the option to select one qualified student or early career researcher from your institution to attend the meeting. The travel scholarship sponsorship is $1,500 — an amount less than some article processing charges (APCs). We have chosen to support a travel scholarship because having an Emory student or early career researcher attend and bring back their experience to share with others on our campus is clearly aligned with the goals of our OA initiatives. You will find more information about the conference here http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/announcement and about sponsoring a travel scholarship here http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/sponsor.shtml For the scholarly communication system to continue its move toward open, the next generation of researchers must be engaged in the issues and shaping the future. I hope you will join me and others in providing support for OpenCon 2014. Best regards, Lisa Lisa A. Macklin, JD, MLS Director, Scholarly Communications Office Emory University Libraries and Information Technology Robert W. Woodruff Library Atlanta, GA 30322 [log in to unmask]