2. open access week
for collaboration
19 - 25 October, 2015
in discussion Peter Scott, Assistant DVC (Education)
22 October, 4.30pm | Events Space
book launch Zoë Sadokierski & Cecilia Heffer
22 October, 5.30pm | Events Space
film screening All week in the Events Space
ACCESS
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4. | reform dumb laws
| hacking for public
good
| pursuit of social
justice
| knowledge for all,
not just the elite
| Guerrilla OA
Manifesto
AARON SWARTZ,
1986-2013
6. The traditional model for academic publishing is both broken and unsustainable
| Colombian grad student
| facing prison sentence for sharing
a paper with peers on Scribd
| for the crime of KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
7. | left academia:
“an industry
designed on
insularity”
| only the elite
retain access
| has the pursuit
of career goals &
value for money
meant forgetting
the furthering of
knowledge?
https://shar.es/1uuNNa
8. you should also watch this video
https://youtu.be/RhDR1I4DpTo
9. Green Open Access
a version is available for free via
an institutional repository | find
via Google Scholar
Gold Open Access
published as OA | may have APCs,
but 70% DOAJ journals levy no APCs
| UTS ePress