Excellent video on why we need open access from PHD Comics. Happy Open Access Week!

http://youtu.be/L5rVH1KGBCY

Renaissance Scholarly Communications owner and consultant John Hagen provided a keynote address today for an OA Week online conference hosted at PUC-Lima, Peru. The conference was broadcast live and available for later viewing at http://envivo.pucp.edu.pe/oaw2012. Hagen's talk titled "Fear and Loathing in Academia 2.0" is…

Fascinating panel discussion with representatives from SPARC, World Bank, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students et al. http://live.worldbank.org/world-bank-and-sparc-announce-open-access-week-2012-liveblog-webcast

West Virginia University Libraries are celebrating International Open Access Week.

During this week, libraries around the world make a concerted effort to address the benefits of open access –the free availability of journals, theses and dissertations on the Internet shared for education.

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As we celebrate international open access week, the West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries remain at the forefront of global outreach in supporting research through the early adoption of digital library programs as well as sharing their knowledge and experience by providing assistance to schools interested in implementing electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) programs and…

West Virginia University has a long tradition of supporting open access to scholarly communications. Of special significance is a prediction made in 1996 by Chief Jake Swamp of the Mohawk Nation at the West Virginia University Peace Tree Ceremony where he made a profound statement about open access.…