If you’re reading this, you probably know that it’s not okay for people to be denied access to research. Since November, the Open Access Button [https://www.openaccessbutton.org/] has been visualising when people are denied access to research all over the world. We’ve seen doctors and

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Open access has been a powerful solution to the barriers that researchers in developing and transition countries face. The number of Open-access repositories as well as open access journals are growing in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week meet two librarians: Heidi, one of our grant writers, and Lydia, one of our communications officers. Heidi Dowding, Grant Writer Hi there, I’m Heidi — a new addition

This summer, thanks to a Jisc Grant [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation], the Open Access Button Team is hard at work on the next Open Access Button. The Open Access Button [https://www.openaccessbutton.org/] is a quick and easy way to keep track of paywalls you encounter whilst

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? It’s been an exciting first week for our new Communications Officers, Lydia [http://twitter.com/lydia_zv] and Megan [http://twitter.com/meganwaples]. Our own Joe McArthur [https://twitter.com/Mcarthur_Joe] was interviewed for

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? It’s been a bumper week here at the Open Access Button, with us announcing our collaboration [https://blog.oa.works/2014/07/14/open-access-button-to-partner-with-cottage-labs-to-further-develop-the-open-access-button/] with Cottage Labs on Button 2.0 and launch coordinator Chealsye

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2014 Contacts: openaccessbutton@medsin.org us@cottagelabs.com In November 2013, we launched the Open Access Button [https://openaccessbutton.org/] Beta in Berlin and since then the Open Access Button has been doing its job, visualising when people have been denied access to research because

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Open Access Button’s Launch Coordinator wrote a guest blog post for BioMed Central [biomedcentral.com], “Building the Open Access Button [http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/07/11/building-the-open-access-button/?utm_content=buffer89755&utm_

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Open Access Button’s very own Joe McArthur wrote a guest post for PLOS Opens [http://blogs.plos.org/opens/2014/07/01/open-buttons-opencon-building-student-community/] on OpenCon 2014 and building student communities. Facebook was a hot

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Guardian reports that top universities are paying too much [http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/16/universities-get-poor-value-academic-journal-publishing-firms?CMP=twt_gu] for access to academic journals. How much did your university pay for your journals?

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman mentioned the Open Access Button in a recent Naked Scientists [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/] podcast on how commercial science publishing is flawed [http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1000757/

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week meet Sucheta, one of our secretaries, and Joseph, our Press Coordinator. Sucheta Tiwari, Secretary Hi, I’m Sucheta! I’m a new addition to the secretarial team on

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The European Research Council (ERC) has signed an agreement [http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/funding-body-agreements/european-research-council] with Elsevier to encourage ERC-funded researchers to make their findings freely available by open access. This measure will

Jisc Summer of Student Innovation We have received 156% of the required votes JISC Summer of Student Innovation [http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/bringing-open-access-button-20-mobile], so we are through to the next round to get £5000 in funding! We will use the funding to bring Button 2.0 to

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week meet Luke, one of our secretaries, and Jim, one of our Communications Officers. Luke Barnes, Secretary Hello! I’m Luke, one of the newer additions to team button.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? OpenCon2014 [http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/], The Student and Early Researcher Conference on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, will be held November 15–17 [http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/announcement.shtml] in Washington,

This is a repost of the Right to Research Coalition’s blog post, which can be found here [http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/opencon/announcementhttp://]. Broad Coalition Announces Student and Early Career Researcher Conference on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data OpenCon 2014 to Take Place November 15–17

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week meet Chealsye, the Launch Coordinator and Rachael, a Communications Officer. Chealsye Bowley, Launch Coordinator Hi, i’m Chealsye! I’m the Launch Coordinator for the Open Access Button,

Privacy is a key concern to everyone at the Open Access Button, indeed it has sparked a lot of fears and debate within the team from day one. In that sense this is a long overdue blog, as we’re yet to make several simple decisions and safeguards clear. Briefly

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? As you know if you’ve been reading this blog, the Open Access Button team is hard at work on Button 2.0! We’re participating in the Jisc Summer of Student Innovation [http://elevator.jisc.

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have Joe, one of the Open Access Button Co-Leads, and Margaux, our Communications Officer. Joe McArthur, Open Access Button Co-Lead I came to university with a mission

The Open Access Button has mapped over 7500 paywalls! Button 2.0 Crowdfunding On April 22, we launched an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund Button 2.0 [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/button-2-0/x/6770014#home]! We’re seeking to raise £20,000 to support the development of Button 2.0.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week (or two)? On Wednesday (May 14, 2014), SPARC [http://www.sparc.arl.org/news/sparc-joins-major-international-associations-support-immediate-open-access-research-articles] , EIFL [http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-joins-associations-support-immediate-oa], and COAR [https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/aligning-repository-networks-across-regions/statement-about-embargo-periods/] , among other open access

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have Penny, our Strategy Lead, and Minuette, our Consultation and Partnership Coordinator. Penny Andrews, Strategy Lead Open Access is vital to me. I didn’t discover it

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? SPARC [http://www.sparc.arl.org/initiatives/openaccessweek/2014/announcement] announces the theme for the 2014 International Open Access Week in October to be “Generation Open.” The event will highlight the importance of encouraging the younger