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A 10-year old OER: what happened to it? (And can we even tell??)

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13 Nov 2024

October 2024 Newsletter

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31 Oct 2024

An unforeseen impact of the CC BY reach

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29 Oct 2024

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30 Sep 2024

Transcript of Response to the Chief Scientist's Advice to Government on OA for Australia

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12 Sep 2024

Australian Scholarly Communications Community of Practice Repositories Subgroup

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12 Sep 2024

Open Access Australia welcomes the public release of the Chief Scientist's Advice to government on open access models for Australia

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04 Sep 2024

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26 Apr 2024

Shine on you crazy diamonds: New community of practice for diamond OA journal publishing

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10 Apr 2024

Graduate Researchers engage with open access and create an open video resource

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22 Mar 2024

Open Access Australasia Response to Chief Scientist’s Proposal for Open Access in Australia

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14 Mar 2024
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07 Mar 2024
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25 Jan 2024
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30 Nov 2023
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How community over commercialisation brought us together for OA Week 2023

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02 Nov 2023

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30 Oct 2023
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Council of Australian University Librarians and Open Access Australasia Statement on the American Chemical Society’s new Article Development Charges

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12 Oct 2023

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28 Sep 2023

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31 Jul 2023

Open Access Australasia Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

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18 Jul 2023

What does the word “community” mean to you in the context of teaching and research?

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12 Jul 2023

OAA Report: A snapshot of the open access landscape in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022

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03 Jul 2023
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29 Jun 2023

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09 Mar 2023

Science for all

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08 Feb 2023

How can I persuade my institution to support collective funding for open access books?

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02 Feb 2023

December 2022 Newsletter

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14 Dec 2022

A first step in delivering a courageous vision of Open Research for Aotearoa

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04 Dec 2022
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OA101 participants get creative and share resources with CC-BY

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01 Dec 2022

Free access: publicly funded research v oligopoly

Interview with Michael Lester & Ginny Barbour on Northern Rivers Radio

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22 Nov 2022

We keep using these words, when will we act on them?

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17 Nov 2022

Open Publishing Case Studies released

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15 Nov 2022

Reflections on a successful & diverse OA Week 2022

PAST EVENT

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04 Nov 2022

September / October 2022 Newsletter

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19 Oct 2022

Open access licence choices: don't be afraid of open

Guest post by Richard White - University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand

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17 Oct 2022

Conversation with Campus Morning Mail's Stephen Matchett

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25 Sep 2022

Open Access Australasia welcomes NHMRC OA policy update

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20 Sep 2022

July/August 2022 Newsletter

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02 Sep 2022

Freedom of the academic press

Dr Ginny Barbour speaks with Radio Adelaide's Tom Mann on the Breakfast show

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02 Sep 2022

Open Access Australasia comment on US White House OSTP Public Access Guidance

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31 Aug 2022

The US has ruled all taxpayer-funded research must be free to read. What’s the benefit of open access?

This article by Dr Ginny Barbour was first published on The Conversation

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30 Aug 2022

White House moves on public access to research

The US Government has learnt the lessons of COVID-19, when immediate access to research became so important. CMM article by Dr Ginny Barbour.

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29 Aug 2022

Open access research repositories provide diversity and innovation publishers can’t match - they have a critical role in archiving, preserving and sharing the diverse content produced by universities

CMM article by Dr Ginny Barbour

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09 Aug 2022

Open for Climate Justice

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19 Jul 2022

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05 Jul 2022

Great start to a new era of OA learning

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30 Jun 2022

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17 May 2022
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OA101 member-only 4 week online course

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03 May 2022

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31 Mar 2022

Making the case for SCOSS

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22 Mar 2022

Open Access Australasia snapshot 2021

Open Access Australasia facts & figures for 2021

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22 Mar 2022

New Executive Committee for Open Access Australasia

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02 Mar 2022

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08 Feb 2022

Openness, Integrity, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Communication: Competing or Complementary Forces?

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25 Jan 2022

Kicking off OA advocacy in 2022: Resources for OA advocates to use and adapt

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10 Jan 2022

December 2021 Newsletter

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17 Dec 2021

Bibliodiversity, not commercial predominance, should be the future of open access

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10 Dec 2021

Open Access Australasia in the news

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09 Dec 2021

Consolidation continues to shrink scholarly communication market

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08 Dec 2021

Open Access Australasia and CAUL support the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

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25 Nov 2021

Behind the Scenes of Hack OA Everyday

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17 Nov 2021

October / November 2021 Newsletter

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16 Nov 2021

Huge engagement for Open Access Week 2021

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04 Nov 2021

Report of the 2021 Open Science UN Conference released ahead of COP26

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02 Nov 2021

OA week 2021 - a week to inspire and engage

With an underlying international theme of It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity, we have planned a series of events to highlight the range of initiatives that contribute to an open ecosystem.

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24 Oct 2021

Connecting the dots: 20+ years of open in Australia

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12 Oct 2021

September 2021 Newsletter

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30 Sep 2021

August 2021 Newsletter

Chief Scientist discusses OA at Open Access Australasia members' meeting

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30 Aug 2021

Important new UKRI Open Access Policy

The UK announcement provides a timely opportunity for the Australasian sector to consider further which of the diverse approaches to OA might be appropriate in this region.

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12 Aug 2021

Seal of approval for Open Access Journals

Seal of approval for Open Access Journals

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29 Jul 2021

G7 releases Research Compact supporting Open Science

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15 Jun 2021

GLAM sector working exhaustively on opening up history

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01 Jun 2021

May 2021 Newsletter

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01 Jun 2021

April 2021 Newsletter

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30 Apr 2021

Announcement: New name and website

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27 Apr 2021

Open Access Week 2021

October 25-31

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20 Apr 2021

The proposed new open access policy from the NHMRC is important and timely.

NHMRC is proposing changing its policy to ensure all its funded research articles are open access.

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16 Apr 2021

CAUL and AOASG welcome the NHMRC’s consultation on the proposed revisions to its Open Access Policy

CAUL and AOASG welcome the NHMRC’s consultation on the proposed revisions to its Open Access Policy

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16 Apr 2021

March 2021 Newsletter

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31 Mar 2021

Diamond unearthed: shining light on community-driven Open Access publishing

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09 Mar 2021

Professor Arianna Becerril-García at 2021 strategy day

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04 Mar 2021

2021 Webinar series begins

If you missed our first webinar for 2021 you can catch up now!

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23 Feb 2021

December 2020 Newsletter

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31 Dec 2020

What a year it’s been…

Universal open access to research globally is needed to address COVID-19 and future uncertainties.

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21 Dec 2020

Developing a national open research strategy

Conversations on advancing a national strategy for open research in Australia.

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02 Dec 2020

November 2020 Newsletter

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30 Nov 2020

OA week 2020: Open access has never been more important

This year's theme is “Open with Purpose”.

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19 Oct 2020

Talking about OA week with Martin Borchert, AOASG Chair

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19 Oct 2020

Professor Peter Doherty talks Open Access

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13 Oct 2020

OA Week 2020 Bookings now open

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06 Oct 2020

SAVE THE DATES for Open Access Week 2020

Five sessions happening in the Australasian timezone for Open Access Week 2020.

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15 Sep 2020
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Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion

Find out more about the theme for Open Access Week 2020.

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01 Sep 2020

July/August 2020 Newsletter

Read our newsletter for July and August 2020.

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18 Aug 2020

‘How Open Access Suddenly Became the Norm’

Professor Ginny Barbour presentation at the IP & education in the age of COVID-19 research symposium.

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Event Date: 29 Jul 2020

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