Posts tagged Open Access
SAGE Celebrates Open Access Week 2021
SAGE Celebrates Open Access Week 2021

This year’s theme highlights the recently released UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, a call for equitable participation of all producers and consumers of knowledge, of which Open Access is a crucial component. The recommendation, based on recent discussions between the 193 member countries of UNESCO, focuses on the importance of diverse practices, workflows, languages, research topics and research outputs, to fulfil the needs of diverse research communities and to ensure a future of scholarship that is accessible to all.

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Research Publishing, DEIChris BurnageOpen Access, International Open Access Week 2021
What Would It Really Take to Achieve a Full OA Transition?

At the 2020 Charleston Conference, a funder, publisher, and librarian came together to have a real discussion about the viability of a full – and sustainable – open access (OA) transition. Speakers included Ashley Farley, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Stephen Barr from SAGE; and Elaine Westbrooks, from the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina libraries. Watch the recording here.

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SAGE Celebrates Open Access Week 2020
SAGE Celebrates Open Access Week 2020

This year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 19-25, launches with the Theme “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.”

Building on previous themes “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge” and 2019 “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”, 2020 marks the third consecutive year that International Open Access Week will focus on the urgent need for action on equity and inclusion.

We are celebrating Open Access Week 2020 through our continued work on providing resources to guide and support the research community, provide transparent information on funding for authors as well as shining a spotlight on our options for publishing Open Access through SAGE Choice or our portfolio of Gold Open Access titles.

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Research PublishingChris BurnageOpen Access, International Open Access Week 2020, Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and InclusionComment