Open Access Week, a global event held each October, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.
The University of Toronto supports Open Access Week by hosting a number of events each year.
This year, Open Access Week is October 22-28, 2012
See the links below for more information:
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
The Right to Research Coalition was founded by students to promote an open scholarly publishing system based on the
belief that no student should be denied access to the articles they
need because their institution cannot afford the often high cost of
access.
Since its launch, the Coalition has grown to represent nearly
7 million students internationally and counts among its members the
largest student organizations in both the United States and Canada.
The content on this page has been adapted from UTL's Scholarly Communication guide by Allison Bell.
This short, animated video explains open access and why it is important.
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