Open Access Week 2009

19-23 October is Open Access Week. The Library invites you to find out more about this important and growing international movement that uses the internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge.

Open Access encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. It is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication, and it’s gaining more momentum around the world as research funders and policy makers throw their weight behind it.

Open Access is widely supported in Australia and by Australian Universities, including La Trobe. The Library is developing an open access research repository promoting the research of La Trobe staff, while operating within copyright restrictions.

Find out more at openaccessweek.org, including why it matters to students, or read A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access. You may also be interested to find out more about one of the organisations supporting Open Access Week, Students for Free Culture.