Open Access Week at Johns Hopkins: Health Equity Panel including Heather Joseph
This year, the Welch Medical Library partnered with the Bloomberg School of Public Health to host two panel discussions on the Monday and Friday of Open Access Week.
The first panel may be of particular interest to MAC Members:
Open Access For Health Equity
Join the Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World and the Welch Medical Library for a discussion on how open access can support the sharing of knowledge and advance health equity for society. Lunch will be served. October 22, 2018, 12:00 -1:20 pm at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Feinstone Hall (E2030)
Featuring Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC; Anne Seymour, Director, Welch Medical Library; Joe McArthur, Assistant Director, Right to Research Coalition and Co- Founder, Open Access Button; David Peters (moderator), Chair, International Health Department and Director, Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World
This year’s Open Access Week times with the recent adoption of the Johns Hopkins University Open Access Policy and the creation of the Public Access Submission System (PASS). To engage faculty and staff as well as students, the panelists will make the connection between sharing knowledge through open access, open science and improving health equity.