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, the ASU Library takes this opportunity to promote Open Access activities and initiatives.
Open access means providing unrestricted access and re-use to scholarly research and has the potential to transform traditional publishing models and how people connect with information.
This year, our theme is “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity,” recognizing that not all roads leading to a future of open scholarship provide fully equitable access and participation to both those who create, and those who consume knowledge. This theme intentionally aligns with the recently released UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, whose goal is to “define shared values and principles for Open Science, and identify concrete measures on Open Access and Open Data, with proposals to bring citizens closer to science and commitments to facilitate the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge around the world.“
This week, we are celebrating through some articles here on Researcher Support, as well as supporting a few events!
On Tuesday, Oct 26th, from 2:00-3:00 MST, The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, as well as the editorial board of Current Issues in Education are hosting an Open Access Week Panel, featuring Gustavo Fischman, MLFTC professor, Anali Perry, Scholarly Communication Librarian, and Kimberly Scott, Director of ASU’s Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology. You can register here.
On Wednesday, Oct 27th, our Scholarly Communication Intern, CJ Garcia, will share a new Researcher Support post reflecting on the many intersections between open access, open science, and equity.
On Thursday, Oct 28th, from 3:00-4:00 PM MST, ASU Library is hosting Community Conversations: A Look Inside the Scholarship of March Mammal Madness, where Anali Perry and Katie Hinde will explain how their successful partnership in pairing library expertise and resources has increased the reach and impact of the open science communication extravaganza that is March Mammal Madness. You can register here.
Finally, on Friday, Oct 29th, our Research Data intern, Jennifer Jones, will share a new Researcher Support post exploring how open access and research data intersect.
Happy Open Access Week!