Open Access in Latin America/Chats with SPARC members

on February 27th - Nick Shockey

 * Director of the Right To Research Coalition
 * A dual strategy:
 * Education: To educate the next generation of scholars and researchers about Open Access so open publishing becomes the new norm.
 * as the long term mechanism for change
 * easy materials
 * until now, SPARC has built the materials. That is changing, since some folks are developing their own material. (eg. Medical student organization)
 * ex.: guide on OA advocacy for students
 * spur member driven creation of material
 * provoke cross collaboration – in Budapest
 * next meeting of Right to Research Coalition in August – in Budapest
 * on demand help
 * Advocacy: To advocate for policies at the campus and national level that promote Open Access by requiring that research results be made freely available in a timely manner;
 * Short term change
 * Get students involved
 * Institutional campaign – 12 campuses (US, Europe and Africa) > after identifying students that are motivated > in general with students that were met in international conferences
 * ARL > SPARC > R2RC
 * SPARC – focus on librarians > education outreach + advocacy
 * SPACR with > strong focus on open data and OER moving forward
 * Right to Research Coalition – focus on students as a “second” catalyst group > new focus on OER
 *  Entering any new region
 * Reach out to student organizations
 * Get invited to conferences
 * Build personal relationships
 * TO DO:
 * Find student organizations in Brazil, what are the sister organizations – provide contacts, is there funding to bring more people? Identify conferences Nick could attend/speak
 * Translate documents that are not nation specific >
 * Open Publishing Guide - http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm~doc/r2rc_open_publishing_guide.pdf
 * Open Access Flyer - http://www.righttoresearch.org/bm~doc/open-access-flyer.pdf

on February 27 - Alma Swan
- Talked about her impressions regarding Brazil - Recommended and introduced Carol to Paola De Castro (http://www.necobelac.eu) - Recommended and introduced Carol to Eloy

on March 1st - Paola de Castro
- Explained http://www.necobelac.eu/ -