Celebrate Open Access Week with us and explore Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge. This week is a great opportunity for the academic and research community to learn the potential of Open Access (OA), to share what has been learnt with others and to inspire the wider community to participate. OA Week highlights the importance of asking the tough questions, staying critical and engaging in conversations to learn from diverse perspectives about how to make scholarship more equitable and inclusive as it becomes more open.
OA developed as a result of advances in technology and the desire to make research more accessible without the high costs and meeting requirement of funding bodies. The most cited advantage of publishing through OA is the discoverability of your research – making your research easier for the end user to find, without the paywall found through traditional publishing. Some funders even make it a condition of funding that information is published through OA to ensure transparency and promote further research.
There may still be costs associated with publishing in OA journals, which can vary. For more information about managing article processing charges, visit the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group website. Another method of delivering OA articles is by use of archives or repositories, including CSU Research Output (CRO).
Want to find out more about OA? Check out our Library Resource Guides on Open Access, Where to Publish and Open Access eBooks. You can also read A very brief introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber, published on the Open Access Week website. As part of Open Access Week, the Library is running sessions on Understanding OA, which you can register for on our Consultation & Training site. There are two workshops being run on the following dates: