Library Gears Up for Open Access Week | Panorama

"The UC Merced Library will celebrate International Open Access Week, Oct. 20 through 26.    International Open Access Week is a global event for the academic research community that promotes the potential benefits of open-access publishing. Open access to information is the free, immediate, online access to scholarly research and the right to use and re-use those research results.   The library kicks off Open Access Week 2014 with a webcast hosted by World Bank and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Other events include a film screening of “Copyright Criminals,” and information tabling outside The Lantern. For event details, visit Open Access Week. We hope faculty and staff members and students will join us for these events ..."