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Latin America Exemplifies What Can Be Accomplished When Community Is Prioritized Over Commercialization
When one looks at the global OA movement, the region that pioneered community-driven non-commercial OA is Latin America.
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The Urgency of Putting Community Over Commercialization
This year’s International Open Access Week theme, “Community over Commercialization,” highlights the urgency of addressing this central tension in the transition to open systems for research.
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2023 Theme Announcement: Community over Commercialization
“Community over Commercialization” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 23-29). This theme encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not.
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Kicking Off a Week of Action to Advance “Open for Climate Justice”
Today kicks off this year’s International Open Access Week with its theme of “Open for Climate Justice.”
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Theme for Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice
This year’s focus on Climate Justice seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community.
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2021 Open Access Week Theme to be “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity”
The 2021 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 25-31, will be “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.”
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Theme of 2020 Open Access Week to be Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion
The 2020 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 19-25, will be “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.”
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Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”
The 2019 Open Access Week Advisory Committee is pleased to announce that the theme for the 2019 International Open Access Week, to be held October 21-27, will be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”.