Florida State University -- FSU Libraries observe 'Open Access Week' to encourage free online access to scholarly research

"As Florida State University observes Open Access Week Oct. 20-26, Florida State University Libraries are advancing two campuswide initiatives to support a growing international effort to promote free and immediate online access to scholarly research and the right to use research results as needed ... The first initiative, 'DigiNole Upload-A-Thon,' is an effort to bulk up the holdings of DigiNole Commons — the university's institutional repository of scholarly articles — by asking one new faculty member from each academic department to upload an already-published scholarly article. The libraries' Office of Scholarly Communication is willing to assist anyone with the deposit process ... The second initiative, 'Individual Statement on the Right to Research,' an open access resolution offered by the Right To Research Coalition, will give individual Florida State students and student organizations the opportunity to endorse the idea of open access as a right ..."