Now in its fifteenth year, International Open Access Week is being observed from October 24 through October 30th, 2022. Sponsored by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and various partners, Open Access Week is an opportunity for advocates of open access to engage with their communities regarding the benefits of open scholarship and research. (For an introduction to key concepts of open access and the role
The Graduate Center’s Mina Rees Library invites all CUNY researchers, regardless of campus, to attend its upcoming workshops about important issues in scholarly publishing. (Each workshop is offered twice, once on a Tuesday and once on a Thursday.) The workshops are especially well suited to faculty, graduate students, administrators, and others engaged in the discovery, production, or evaluation of research publications — including anyone concerned about how profit and the economy of prestige drive and distort the scholarly publishing industry.