Open Access Week declared for 2009

From SPARC: "To accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward Open Access to scholarly research results, October 19-23, 2009 will mark the first international Open Access Week. The now-annual event, expanded from one day to a full week, presents an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public"