Heather Joseph
Open Access advocate, food lover, insomniac, runner, Deadhead, baseball fanatic, mom. Also frequently jetlagged.
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Open Science Aims to Make Science More Accessible - Joint Appeal by UNESCO, WHO, CERN and OHCHR
Join us LIVE for @UN agencies Joint Appeal for Open Science, with UNESCO, the World Health Organization, UN Human rights chief and more - we join forces to p...
Heather Joseph
UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay calls for equitable #openscience & #openaccess, noting "closed science models no longer work; they amplify inequalities between countries & researchers, and only make scientific progress available to a minority."
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Open but Unfair- The role of social justice in Open Access publishing
Stage one of the Open Access (OA) movement promoted the democratization of scholarly knowledge, making work available so that anybody could read it. However, publication in highly ranked journals i…
Ask the Community (and Chefs): How Can We Achieve Equitable Participation in Open Research? – Part 2
In support of Open Access Week, we asked our community how we can achieve equitable participation in Open Research. Today, part 2. Come share your views!
Acceso Abierto | Red de Biblioteca Universitarias Españolas
La Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas (REBIUN) es la comisión sectorial de Crue Universidades Españolas, en materia de cooperación bibliotecaria. Agrupa a las bibliotecas de 76 universidades españolas, tanto públicas (50) como privadas...
Open Access Must Be the Rule, Not the Exception
Not Just for COVID-19, But for the Next Crisis TooThe COVID-19 pandemic demands that governments, scientific researchers, and industry work together to bring life-saving technology to the public regardless of who can afford it. But even as we take...
Forum: Federal Data Strategy Priorities for 2021 — Data Coalition
The Data Coalition and the Data Foundation jointly are co-sponsoring a virtual public forum to discuss next steps and priority actions for the Federal Data Strategy in 2021. The forum will provide an opportunity for the data community to offer...
Nature journals announce first open-access agreement
The arrangement will allow some researchers in Germany to publish openly — but critics say it comes with a high price.
Building equity in education with open education resources
Interest in Open Educational Resources (OER) is growing nationally as higher education institutions’ budgets tighten and the costs of academic materials rise. This will be a conversation between OER Librarians about their work and the purpose of...
Open Access Week at Communications Biology
To celebrate Open Access week at Communications Biology, we asked the authors of some of our most accessed articles how Open Access publishing has helped with the progression of their research fields and careers.
Arcadia Fund Increases Support for our Work
We’re thrilled to announce that Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, has generously committed to continue its support of our work with a four-year, $1,870,000 grant.
Open and Engaged Conference 2020: Inequities in Scholarly Communications
Join us on Monday 19th October 2020 for this year’s Open and Engaged conference ‘Inequities in Scholarly Communications’, addressing this year’s international Open Access Week theme of ‘Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and...
Open Access Week 2020
We love this year’s theme of Equity for Open Access week, and not only is planning underway for October, we took part in a couple of sneaky pre-OA week events for RESBAZ in Brisbane & Sydney in…
Talking about OA week with Martin Borchert, AOASG Chair
To set the scene for OA week 2020 on the 19 – 25th October, AOASG Director Ginny Barbour interviewed the Chair of the AOASG Executive Committee, and University Librarian at UNSW, Martin Borch…
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Purdue Open Scholarship: Impacts and Implications. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Purdue Open Scholarship: Impacts and Implications. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
How Open Access Supports ‘Good Science’
What comes to mind when you think about good science? Is it reproducible? Impactful? Accessible?
In this session, guest speaker Emily Chennette, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, PLOS ONE, will discuss what we mean w...