This week is Open Access week, and the theme is set to look at the foundational work that is needed to underpin a transition to a world where research results are free and open by default. Recent moves by the open…
It's that time of year again when around the world people are celebrating all things Open Access. The theme of this year's International Open Access Week, is “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge.” In the…
Open Access Week 2017 has been busy, everywhere. This year's theme "Your Open Access: In order to …" has been about going beyond enabling OA and the team has continued engaging with many active researchers, learning…
It might be Open, but can you find it? OA Button logo https://openaccessbutton.org/ The theme of this year’s Open Access Week ‘Open in order to…’ aims to recognise the concrete benefits of open access, encouraging…
The fund has been established since August 2013. We recognised that good research would not always receive support from major funders to pay article processing charges (APCs) and that this was potentially unfair,…
As part of our Open Access Week activities we are delighted to announce that the Roadshow, hosted by SPARC Europe*, arrives in St Andrews 26 November. There is an exciting programme featuring speakers who are…
CC-BY 4.0 (Open Access Button) The new Open Access Button has landed! The Open Access Button project was started by a group of students who were frustrated by the paywalls they came up against when searching for…
Knowledge Unlatched, the crowd-funded open-access e-books pilot, has started a fantastic meme competition in celebration of Open Access week. Just go to the Knowledge Unlatched webpage, select one of the 5 memes, add…
Quick update from your OA support team On the first day of Open Access Week 2014 we made a visit to the Postgraduate Early Modern and Modern History Forum. Despite the fact that the attendees had yet to begin their…
CC-BY. Openaccessweek.org Open Access Week is upon us once again! Over the next week we will be sharing the latest news from the world of Open Access, including competitions, new technologies, and future events. So,…