GIVEAWAY
Welcome to Open Access Week 2015! To celebrate the importance of open access knowledge and the beauty of our printed books, we are hosting a giveaway! Enter below to win two AU Press books of your choice!
Contest open to residents of North America only. Contest closes on Monday, October 26, 2015.
Open Access Week Favourites … so far
The most important part of Open Access Week is the discussion around the movement and what gains have been made over the last year. Here we have collected a few of our favourite articles about open access to kickstart your own conversations.
- How did this whole thing start? See the history of open access on this interactive timeline.
- Once you have learned about this history of open access, here are some projections for the future!
- Martin Paul Eve shares his thoughts on how to get researchers involved in open access in his article entitled “Beyond the Choir.”
- Read some stories from open access supporters on the Scholastica blog through their new initiative “The Open Access Stories.”
- According to John Butler-Adam, open access quickly is becoming a global necessity.
- Want to participate in open access? Wikipedia is holding an Open Access Week Edit-a-thon!
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