International Open Access Week begins on October 20th, with events happening across universities to educate and spread the word about the potential benefits of open access.
The theme of 2025 Open Access Week is “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, addressing questions about information control and how we as authors and creatives can make our works available to the public without compromising values or integrity.
Shannon and Brown Libraries will be hosting hybrid brown bag lunch sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss OA topics. Register and bring a lunch (or watch online) and enjoy some lively presentations and discussions about open access!
Each brown bag will feature a series of short presentations, followed by Q & A.
- Register for Tuesday, October 21, noon – 1 p.m.
- It's All Connected: Persistent Identifiers and Why They Matter for Open Access (Hope Shinn)
- Aperio (UVA’s open access press) and the Diamond OA Model (Dave Ghamandi)
- Open and Shut: Open Access and Artificial Intelligence (Kiowa Hammons)
- Open Education: Creating, Publishing, Pedagogy (Judith Thomas)
- Register to attend Wednesday, October 22, noon – 1 p.m.
- Pathways to Federally Mandated Public Access for Your Articles (Ricky Patterson)
- ORCID demo with UVA connector (Joe Edgerton & Winston Barham)
- Open Access Indexing (Winston Barham)
On Thursday, October 23rd, the Health Sciences Library will also be hosting presentations and a fair to celebrate Open Access Week. More information can be found here.
Visit openaccessweek.org to see more events happening online and all over the world.