/library/ en /library/news/list/2024/10/21/international-open-access-week-2024 Happy International Open Access Week! To kick us off, Open Access Australasia is hosting three free lunchtime webinars celebrating this year’s theme of Community over Commercialisation. October 21 2024 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2024/10/21/international-open-access-week-2024 /library/news/list/2023/10/27/open-educational-resources-as-social-justice How might we make higher education more equitable and accessible for a growing and diverse student population? October 27 2023 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2023/10/27/open-educational-resources-as-social-justice /library/news/list/2023/10/26/open-access-circumventing-excessive-copyright-protections With all the talk around Open Access Week, many of our researchers might be wondering Why do we even need to adopt open access? and What problem does it really solve? Copyright is one of the key underlying factors that adds friction and costs to distribute and reuse knowledge products – a friction that open access largely addresses. October 26 2023 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2023/10/26/open-access-circumventing-excessive-copyright-protections /library/news/list/2023/10/25/five-reasons-to-publish-open-access As a researcher, you’re probably aware of what Open Access (OA) publishing is – publishing your research outputs in a way which can be read by anyone, anywhere in the world. October 25 2023 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2023/10/25/five-reasons-to-publish-open-access /library/news/list/2023/10/24/the-revised-open-access-policy-what-do-i-need-to-know You may have heard that the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's Open Access Policy was recently updated. It is important for all researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog to understand their responsibilities around making their research outputs open. October 24 2023 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2023/10/24/the-revised-open-access-policy-what-do-i-need-to-know /library/news/list/2023/10/16/open-access-week-2023 Open Access Week 2023 (24 October to 27 October) is an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s central theme is Community over Commercialisation. October 16 2023 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2023/10/16/open-access-week-2023 /library/news/list/2022/10/19/why-you-should-consider-open-educational-resources To coincide with this years International Open Access Week, the Library is shining a light on the benefits of Open Educational Resources (OERs) at a free, not-to-be missed webinar on Thursday 27 October that will discuss the benefits and challenges of using OERs in your teaching. October 19 2022 Sonja Raven /library/news/list/2022/10/19/why-you-should-consider-open-educational-resources /library/news/list/2019/10/15/open-access-week-october-21-27-2019 Open Access Week 2019 is held October 21-27. If you have been thinking about making your work open access there has never been a better time to get started. Be one of the first 50 people to upload your author accepted manuscript into Aurora and you’ll receive a celebratory chocolate gift!   October 15 2019 Ursula Henderson /library/news/list/2019/10/15/open-access-week-october-21-27-2019 /library/news/list/2019/10/15/sea-snakes-scholarly-sharing-and-open-access At the beginning of September an article in The Conversation reported the new discovery that a sea snake could breathe through the top of its head. It quickly became one of the most popular science and technology articles for 2019, with over 43,000 reads and being translated into Indonesian. Behind the story was an open access scholarly article. October 15 2019 Ursula Henderson /library/news/list/2019/10/15/sea-snakes-scholarly-sharing-and-open-access /library/news/list/2019/09/23/publishing-principles-for-your-research-a-copyright-and-open-access Come on a guided tour through the publishing landscape - we'll step you through key considerations when deciding where to publish your research, as well as talk about the options to make your work open access. Bookings essential. September 23 2019 Ursula Henderson /library/news/list/2019/09/23/publishing-principles-for-your-research-a-copyright-and-open-access