For 2022, our Open Access Week programming explores the importance of openly sharing knowledge to address the inequities that shape the impacts of climate change and our response to them.

Report: 2022 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder

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A few words from Dean McDonald

Open Access Week Speaker Series

OA Week programming is free & open to the public. Registration is required.

For more information about each event, and to register, click on the linked event title below. 

Keynote address

Oct. 24, 2 - 3 p.m.  | via Zoom

Catherine Stihler, CEO of Creative Commons

"Open Climate Campaign: Social Justice through Better Sharing"

Open for Climate Justice: The Game

How would you, as an academic researcher, balance sharing knowledge and tackling the climate crisis against the current academic landscape?

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A collaboration between the University Libraries, CRDDS and ATLAS

Latest updates

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Open Access Week 22 addresses climate justice

Oct. 12, 2022

International Open Access Week is October 24 - 28. The theme this year is “Open for Climate Justice.”

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CU Boulder receives collaborative national grant for open science project

Oct. 3, 2022

It’s part of a larger commitment from the National Science Foundation to strengthen coordination among researchers to advance fair data principles and open science practices.

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CU Boulder authors can publish open access in PLOS journals without charge

Sept. 8, 2022

The University Libraries’ three-year agreement with PLOS will help more CU Boulder authors publish their research articles open access.

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CU Boulder adds new discovery tool for open access research

Oct. 26, 2021

The tool is an initiative from the Office of Faculty Affairs, the Office of Data Analytics and the University Libraries to connect new audiences with faculty works.

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University Libraries commits funds to support publishing open access monographs

April 7, 2021

CU Boulder faculty and participating university presses can apply to receive funding from the libraries to fund an open access monograph publication through the Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) initiative.

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United Nations Global Climate Summit

December 1 – 4, 2022

This year's Open Access Week theme, "Open for Climate Justice," aligns with the University Libraries’ involvement with the UN Global Climate Summit, hosted by CU Boulder in December 2022.

Virtual registration and volunteer signups are available. Due to limited capacity, in-person attendance opportunities will be shared by invitation this fall.

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