Research Without Borders: Open Access in the Americas

"National-level policies around open access to research differ around the world, and the issues at stake around public accessibility to research demand an international perspective. In this panel event, the current landscape of open access policy development in the USA, Canada, and Latin America will be compared and contrasted. As the final event this academic year in Research Without Borders: The Changing World of Scholarly Communication panel discussion series, join speakers from across the New World to discuss 'Research Without Borders: Open Access in the Americas.' The event will be moderated by Pamela Graham, the director of Global Studies and the Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research at Columbia University. She is active in the Latin American North East Libraries Consortium (LANE) and the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and previously served for 12 years as Latin American and Iberian studies librarian in the Area Studies Division of Columbia University Libraries/Information Services ..."