Open Access Week

A global event, now in its 6th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.

OA Week Events

* Planning an OAW event? Post your event details to the OA Week section of the Open Access Directory.

* Looking for OAW events to attend? Browse the same section of the OAD, which is organized by region.
* Want to see what people did last year for ideas for this year? Check out last year's archive.

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Dorcas Naa Dedei Aryeety joined Emelia Agyei's group

2012 Open Access Week in Ghana

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"Welcome to open and free access "

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Faustina kyerewaa Barfi left a comment for Dorcas Naa Dedei Aryeety

"Dear Dorcas you are welcome on board Happy to hear this and will be readily available to promote open access"

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Faustina kyerewaa Barfi is now friends with Dorcas Naa Dedei Aryeety and Baffour Ohene Agyekum

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"Am in on Advocacy via social media for Open Access Ghana. I attended the Berlin 11 Open Access Conference for Students and Early Stage Researchers on Nov 18th , 2013. Met Iryna and a lot of great OA advocates. I intend to promote OA via social…"

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Open Access Canadialand

for those of us coordinating OA week events in Canada, to share planning tips n'tricks

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SPARC Webcast December 10th: Open Access Developments in Latin America with Nicholas Cop

Another free SPARC online event Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 12:00 - 1:00PM EDT (use helpful time converter)  Registration is free, but required. Please RSVP by December 6th. This webcast requires both a phone dial-in and an Internet connection. Open Access Week events…See More

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Events

OA Mandates and OA Global OA Growth

June 21, 2014 to June 26, 2014 – Copenhagen, Denmark

Web Science and the Mind

July 7, 2014 to July 18, 2014 – Cognitive Sciences Institute, Université du Québec à Montréal, UQàM, Montrèal

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SPARC Webcast December 10th: Open Access Developments in Latin America with Nicholas Cop

Another free SPARC online event

Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 

12:00 - 1:00PM EDT (use helpful time converter) 

Registration is free, but required. Please RSVP by December 6th.

This webcast requires both a phone dial-in and an Internet…

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Posted by Andrea Higginbotham on December 4, 2013 at 11:00am

Altmetrics panel discussion at University of Kentucky Libraries

The University of Kentucky Libraries celebrated Open Access Week 2013 with a panel discussion (#Altmetrics: Demystifying the Link between Research Impact and Social Media) on Oct. 22nd. The videos and presentation slides of the event are now online:…

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Posted by Adrian K. Ho on November 22, 2013 at 9:34pm

Open access is now required by law in Argentina (Nov.2013)

Argentine Congress passed legislation requiring open access interoperable repositories for governament-funded research

Posted by Dominique Babini on November 16, 2013 at 8:53am

Copperbelt University Library participates in the 2013 Open Access Week Celebrations

The Copperbelt University participated in the Open Access celebrations for the first time in 2013. The event came at a time when both lecturers and students at the Copperbelt University were either coming out from their early sessional examinations or were preparing for missed examinations. However, the Library had prepared for the celebrations and proceeded with the programme of activities as planned.

The Open Access week was successfully launched by the Copperbelt University…

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Posted by Augustine Mwamba on November 13, 2013 at 5:30am