Join the Button’s Steering Committee! | Open Access Button

"The Open Access Button is a browser bookmarklet that lets users report when they are denied access to research, then search for alternative access to the article.  Each time a user encounters a paywall, they simply click the Button in their bookmark bar, fill out an optional dialogue box, and their experience is added to a map alongside other users.  Then, the user receives a link to search for free access to the article. The Open Access Button hopes to create a worldwide map showing the impact of denied access to research. We launched the Open Access Button in Berlin in November 2013 and to date there have over 5500 paywalls mapped. What we have now is just a taste of what we are now building but we need to expand the team in order to create the Button 2.0 ... The Open Access Button project is led by extremely competent students from across the world, from different subjects and at different stages of study. However, we appreciate that for a project  of this scale close guidance from professionals is a requirement for success – this is where the Steering Committee comes in. The Steering Committee has been created to provide this guidance to the team and ensure we’re as effective as possible. As a Steering Committee member, you’ll be joining and supporting an exciting project with a strong track record and even more exciting future ..."