Open Access Week, a global event now entering its 12th year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the benefits of open access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make open access a new norm in scholarship and research. The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) applauds the 2019 theme for Open Access Week: ‘Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge.’ As an association, ARL’s mission is to catalyse the collective efforts of member libraries to provide enduring and barrier-free access to information.
Some highlights from 2019 include breaking down the barriers between people and the knowledge they seek. These include barriers to distribution; barriers to self-determination in library and archival description; barriers to accessing pay walled academic research; and barriers for readers with print disabilities.
As more information is generated automatically and algorithmically, research libraries will engage with policy makers, institutional leadership, and the research and learning community to address ethical issues around data and decision-making bias in AI and machine learning.
Open Access Week is organized by SPARC in partnership with the International Open Access Week Advisory Committee.
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