News: open access week
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.
Open Educational Resources as Social Justice
How might we make higher education more equitable and accessible for a growing and diverse student population?
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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.
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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.
The revised Open Access Policy – what do I need to know?Ìý
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.
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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.
Why you should consider Open Educational Resources
To coincide with this years , 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.
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Open Access Week, October 21-27, 2019
Open Access Week 2019Ìýis held October 21-27.ÌýIf you haveÌýbeen 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! Ìý
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.ÌýIt quickly became one of the most popular science andÌýtechnology articles for 2019, with over 43,000 readsÌýand being translated into Indonesian. Behind the story was an open access scholarly article.
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Publishing Principles for your Research: a Copyright and Open Access Perspective, 16 October
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 asÌýtalk about the options to make your work open access. Bookings essential.
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