Web seminars, podcasts, and videos are being held and produced all over the world for Open Access Week 2009. Use these resources to register for online events happening this week or to explore web events from last year's Open Access Day to learn more.

2009 OA Week Online Events

• Web Seminar: "Throwing Open the Doors: Strategies and Implications for Open Access." Presented Friday, October 23 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on EDUCAUSE Live! by Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University and Heather Joseph, Executive Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Commission. Registration is free and required in advance. Learn more here.

2009 OA Week Videos

Welcome to Open Access Week 2009, from SPARC   SPARC is a proud co-organizer of Open Access Week 2009 and is pleased to offer this welcome to the global celebrations, to be held October 19 - 23, 2009. In addition to a welcome and thanks to organizers, partners, and participants, SPARC principals cast the Week in the context of the international movement toward free, open, online, and immediate access to the results of scholarly research. Ideal way to open your week or your session, or to spread the word by email. (c) Subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

• Open Access 101 Watch SPARC's brief, introductory video to Open Access here.