This week is International Open Access Week (October 21st – 27th). It is an annual opportunity to promote, educate and share experience on making research freely and openly available.
The theme for Open Access (OA) Week this year is ‘Community Over Commercialisation’ with a call to apply Open Scholarship approaches in the best interests of both academic and public communities.
Events to mark the week are taking place internationally with several online webinars and virtual discussions covering everything from the evolution and future of the Open movement to how Open Access can help deliver the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
On the Trinity campus, the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute will host ‘Unharnessing Open Research in Ireland’ on Wednesday October 23rd. The event, organised by the SCOIR project, will focus on leveraging copyright and institutional policies to deliver Open Access.
If you want find out more about Open Access, Open Publishing and how you can make your work open, you can visit the Library of Trinity College Dublin’s Scholarly Communication LibGuide.
Details and booking links for International Open Access Week events are available here.