Join us in celebrating International Open Access Week 2025 (October 20–26), a global event promoting equitable access to knowledge. This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites us to reflect on how information is created, shared, and controlled—and how we can build a more inclusive system of scholarly communication.

Our event “Open for All” highlights the importance of making research, data, and educational resources freely accessible to everyone, regardless of background or institution. Through discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, we’ll explore how open access empowers students, researchers, and communities to learn, innovate, and collaborate without barriers.

Let’s come together to support a future where knowledge truly belongs to everyone—open, inclusive, and for all.

Join us in celebrating International Open Access Week 2025 (October 20–26), a global event promoting equitable access to knowledge. This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites us to reflect on how information is created, shared, and controlled—and how we can build a more inclusive system of scholarly communication.

Our event “Open for All” highlights the importance of making research, data, and educational resources freely accessible to everyone, regardless of background or institution. Through discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, we’ll explore how open access empowers students, researchers, and communities to learn, innovate, and collaborate without barriers.

Let’s come together to support a future where knowledge truly belongs to everyone—open, inclusive, and for all.

Each year, Dr. S.R. Lasker Library, East West University celebrates this week with growing enthusiasm. We have planned the following activities to engage our community and raise awareness about the importance of open access:

Open Access Showcase: Create a physical display in our library showcasing open access resources and initiatives.

Social Media Campaign: Throughout Open Access Week, we will be running social media campaigns using hashtags like #OAWeek.

Please follow our social network tools to explore more: http://lib.ewubd.edu/page/social-networks

The theme of Open Access Week 2023 (October 23-29) is "Community over Commercialization".

In this connection, Dr. S. R. Lasker Library would like to celebrate this week with the following series of programs:

1. Awareness building campaign on "Open Access Publishing Practices" among university community through Dr. S. R. Lasker Library website as well as social media tools.

2. Open Access Knowledge Competition will be organized based on the theme of this year "Community over Commercialization".

3. Promoting the essential benefits of using “Open Educational Resources” to the EWU Faculty members through library social media tools.

4. Discussion on “Opportunities and challenges of open access publishing” for the faculty members, students, and EWU community.