International Open Access Week 2024 at Emory Libraries

International Open Access Week is October 21-27, and this year’s theme is Community Over Commercialization. In partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee, OA Week was founded in 2008 by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and partners in the student community. It’s a chance to learn more about open access practices in scholarly communications and how they can benefit our communities. More details about Open Access Week. 

Here are some of the events and activities you can participate in during OA Week this year: 

  • 2-part webinar series: “Increase Your Impact: Sharing Your Scholarly OutputLearn how you can legally share your publications and help nonspecialists understand your research. 
    • PART 1: OCT 21, noon-1 pm Copyright and open access basics; sharing publications via preprint servers, personal websites, OpenEmory (our institutional repository) or other repositories, and ResearchGate or similar sites. 
    • PART 2: OCT 28, noon-1 pm Guidance and best practices for talking and writing about your work with nonexpert audiences via podcasts, videos, infographics, public speaking, and more to make your work more accessible to the public. 
    • Featured speakers are Jody Bailey (head of Scholarly Communications Office, Emory Libraries), Eric Weeks, (Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence), Ken Carter (Director, Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement), Allison Adams (Director of Research and Scholarly Writing, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence) 
  • Go here for more info and to register 
  • Open Access Button-Making Event 
    • Choose your favorite design, color it, and make it into a button so you can show your OA pride!  
    • Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Level 2 of Woodruff Library next to the spiral staircase.

For lots more interesting OA facts and stories of impact, keep an eye on the Scholarly Communications Office Instagram and LinkedIn pages, along with the Libraries Facebook page, X account, and Instagram page 

by Jody Bailey