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by CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern Open access has well-documented benefits to the dissemination of research, thereby speeding up the process of science from abstract research to real-world applications. While exact estimates can vary, a large body of research suggests that open access ar...

There is an African proverb that illustrates open access for me, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." The idea of working collaboratively in life, and with information, can help us to achieve more than we can do on our own. Prior to infor...

Open COVID pledge Almost 10 years ago, while working in a public health department, a nurse asked me for suggestions on journals to publish in. I asked several questions about her goals, including whether she wanted traditional publ...

In celebration of the second decade of Open Access Week, we want to share with you some new developments in ASU Library Research Data services and updates to our institutional repository, first launched in 2011.  Screenshot from Repository Servic...

Established by SPARC and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions, and organizations across the world. Each year...