Next week, October 19-25, is International Open Access Week, an annual opportunity for students, faculty, and other researchers to learn about open access (OA) to scholarly literature, find out how to make their works OA, and help make OA the new norm in scholarship and research. (Read more about Open Access Week and about OA in general.)
During Open Access Week, you might hear about open access from many sources:
- From your scholarly society: For example, both the Modern Language Association and Society for Cultural Anthropology embrace OA in word and action.
- From prominent journals in your field: Philosopher’s Imprint, eLife, and PLOS Medicine are just a few top-tier journals that are OA, and most subscription-based journals allow authors to make their own articles OA.
- From friends or colleagues on Twitter: See what’s being tweeted with the #openaccess, #opendata, and #oaweek hashtags. And be sure to follow @CUNYWorks to find out about fascinating OA works created by CUNY researchers and shared on CUNY Academic Works.
Once Open Access Week has whetted your appetite for OA (or even if Open Access Week slips past you), join the Graduate Center Library for workshops addressing two key aspects of OA: Does my publisher allow me to share my work (i.e., make it OA)? And if so, how and where am I allowed to share it?
Find out the answers to these and other questions at the following workshops, each offered twice — click the links to learn more and RSVP:
- Who Owns Your Journal Article: You or the Publisher?
- Academic Works Upload-a-Thon
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