The 2020 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 19-25, will be “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.”…

Le Comité consultatif de la Semaine du libre accès 2020 est heureux d’annoncer que le thème de la Semaine internationale du libre accès de cette année, qui se tiendra du 19 au 25 octobre, sera « Ouvrir avec intention : renforcer l’équité et l’inclusion de manière structurante ». 

L’ouverture peut être un outil puissant pour…

As Open Access Week begins to come to a close, we’ve been heartened to see so many productive discussions engaging with this year’s theme of “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge.” From numerous panels, presentations, and events to the publication of an entire book exploring the intersection of equity and openness (Contextualizing…

Exploring this year’s Open Access Week theme of “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge,” Antoinette Foster reflects on underlying, often-invisible causes of exclusion and marginalization in research and calls on each of us individually to do the important work of critical introspection as an important first step in working collectively to make research more inclusive.

Does scientific research allow space for everyone, regardless of race,…

I would like to start this post providing some social and personal context. I am a researcher located in Chile, South America. As of Friday October 18th,my country’s democracy has been under threat. The military  are out on the streets and there is a curfew in place that limits our freedom throughout five major cities. This extreme repression has resulted in 11 deaths, 84 people were wounded by gunshots and more than 1,000 detained. Also, I would like to…

The 2019 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for the 2019 International Open Access Week, to be held October 21-27, will be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”.…

El Comité Asesor de la Semana de Acceso Abierto 2019 se complace en anunciar que el tema de la Semana Internacional de Acceso Abierto 2019, que se celebrará del 21 al 27 de octubre, será "¿Abierto para quién? Equidad en el conocimiento abierto”.…

२०१९  की ओपन एक्सेस वीक एडवाइजरी कमेटी ने घोषणा की है की ,  2019 इंटरनेशनल ओपन एक्सेस वीक का विषय "फ्री एक्सेस किससे? फ्री नॉलेज सबके लिए है" यह सप्ताह 21-27 अक्टूबर २०१९ को आयोजित किया गया है ।

मुक्त प्रवेश और  ज्ञान वितरित करने के लिए…

Le Comité consultatif de Open Access Week 2019 est heureux d'annoncer que le thème de International Open Access Week 2019 (Semaine internationale du libre accès 2019), qui aura lieu du 21 au 27 octobre, sera «Ouvert pour qui ? Équité dans le Savoir Ouvert ».…

A 2019-es Open Access hét (október 21-27) tanácsadói testülete örömmel jelenti be az idei év Open Access hetének témáját: ”Nyitva, de kinek? Egyenlőség a nyílt hozzáférésű tudományban” (“Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”).

Ahogy…

२०१९ च्या ओपन ऍक्सेस वीक सल्लागार समितीने जाहीर केले की २०१९ च्या…

2019年のOpen Access Week諮問委員会は、10月21日から27日まで開催される2019年国際Open Access Weekのテーマを「誰のためのオープン化？オープンな知識における平等を考えよう」としました。…

Die 2019 Open Access Week Adviserende Komitee is opgewonde om die tema vir International Open Access Week 2019 - geskeduleer vir 21-27 Oktober 2019 - aan te kondig: Oop vir wie? Gelyke toegang tot oop kennis.

In die oorgang tot `n sisteem waar…

Last Monday October 22nd a group of advocates and civil Society organizations, called by Fundación Karisma, met

at Panama City to discuss the role of Open Science in Latin America’s development. Among the participants there

were a variety of activists and researchers on digital rights, citizen science, open access, free software and open

education from at least eleven countries. Our main goal: to elaborate…

The Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) is a membership organization that has been working since 2011 to advance the promotion, passage, and implementation of Open Access policies at institutions of higher education. Membership in COAPI now includes over 100 institutions. Membership carries no dues and is open to all North American institutions with policies in place, or those working to pass policies. The COAPI website at (…