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Support Diego Gomez: An Update

22 June 2015

OpenCon Applications are Open

12 June 2015

Open Access Button Annual Report 2014

11 June 2015

Support Us in the Jisc Supporting Technology Startup Project

6 May 2015

Open Access Button Founders Honoured with SPARC Innovator Award

6 February 2015

The Week In Links, 7 November 2014

Negotiations [http://www.vsnu.nl/news/newsitem/11-negotiations-between-elsevier-and-universities-failed.html%20] between Dutch universities and scholarly publishing giant Elsevier regarding unaffordable subscription fees and open access have ‘ground to a halt’. In other Elsevier news, two of its major brands, Cell Press and The Lancet,

Week in Links — October 17.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? We’ve been actively promoting our Thunderclap campaign [https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/16981-open-access-button-launch?locale=en], and have been fortunate to receive incredible support, reaching over one million people. Thank you to

Week in Links — October 3.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? We’re launching [https://blog.oa.works/2014/10/02/launching-the-new-open-access-button-push-button-get-research-make-progress/] the new Open Access Button on Tuesday October 21st! Our website and app as

Launching the new Open Access Button. Push Button. Get Research. Make Progress.

The past 18 months has been incredible. We have gone from an idea to a really useful, workable bookmarklet which has helped track thousands of people running into paywalls. Our bookmarklet was great, we love it but we want to grow and make the Open Access Button better, we’re

“Researchers want to be read, acknowledged and quoted.”

Melanie believes that the use of the Open Access Button will create an important narrative and raise awareness regarding open access.This week we interviewed Melanie Dulong de Rosnay [http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article1558], a permanent researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS [http:

THE WEEK IN LINKS — SEPTEMBER 26

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week?” The Royal Society, the national academy of science in the UK, has launched Royal Society Open Science [http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/?utm_source=social_media&utm_medium=hootsuite&utm_campaign=standard] , a new open

THE WEEK IN LINKS — SEPTEMBER 19

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? ” The Open Access Button [https://blog.oa.works/2014/09/18/support-diego-gomez-join-the-global-open-access-movement/] has joined with the Electronic Frontier Foundation [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/support-diego-

Support Diego Gomez, Join the Global Open Access Movement

Diego Gomez currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them. Support Diego Gomez, Sign our petition [https://act.eff.org/action/let-s-stand-together-

“Limiting access to literature means limiting the rate at which we produce new knowledge, and the publishers should be held accountable for that.”

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. This week we caught up with Timothée Poisot, a computational ecologist, whose research focuses on understanding how species

THE WEEK IN LINKS — SEPTEMBER 12

“What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week ?” Ernesto Priego, a lecturer in Library Science, City University London and Open Access advocate, pointed out at his interview [https://blog.oa.works/2014/09/08/the-library-of-the-21st-century-through-its-online-repository-

Help make the Button more awesome dev.openaccessbutton.org

The last year and a half has been incredible. We have gone from nothing to a really useful, workable bookmarklet which has helped track thousands of people running into paywalls. Most of it thanks to volunteer developers (and others), who poured their souls into getting this project off the ground.

The Library of the 21st century, through its online repository, is transforming the role of academic publishing. Enabling access is what librarians do.

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com Lecturer Ernesto Priego, part of the team at City University London’s Library and Information Science Course, was

THE WEEK IN LINKS — SEPTEMBER 4

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Graham Steel, an Open Access Button user and a tireless advocate for Open Access talked with the Open Access Button team about why he believes that paywalls stifle innovation and progress in science [https://blog.oa.

“At the very moment that most of us carry access to a global information network in our pockets, our ability to tap into the world’s knowledge is eliminated. And it’s not an accident. It’s on purpose.”

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. We caught up with Graham Steel, a tireless advocate for Open Access who believes in sharing information as

Week in Links — August 29

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Open Access Button has announced that it will be launching the new Button during Open Access Week 2014 and is looking for partners to host launch events [https://blog.oa.works/host-a-launch-satellite-

Summer of Student Innovation: Mobile App Development Update

After the launch of the Open Access Button Beta last November, we have had many requests for a Button that works for mobile. With the launch of the next Open Access Button [https://openaccessbutton.org/] later this year, the Open Access Button is getting a mobile app. This work is

The Week in Links — August 22

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Paleontology doctoral student and Open Access advocate, Jon Tennant, talked with the Open Access Button team about why open access to research matters to him [https://blog.oa.works/2014/08/19/every-time-you-hit-

“Every time you hit a paywall, that’s a publisher announcing that their role is to prohibit the progress of science as much as possible.”

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. [caption id=”attachment_1166" align=”alignright” width=”224"] Jon uses the Open Access Button, because he

THE WEEK IN LINKS — AUGUST 15

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Graduate student Patricia San Jose talked with the Open Access Button team about why she joined the fight for open access [https://blog.oa.works/2014/08/11/patsanjose/] and why open science is essential. Look

“Paywalls are not just inconveniences — they impede an already disadvantaged effort on research.”

This is the first of a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing their work, and sharing their stories. If you would like to participate, please email oabutton@gmail.com. [caption id=”attachment_1159" align=”alignright” width=”300"] Patricia San Jose, a graduate