Students worldwide to celebrate Open Access Day, Oct. 14

October 14, 2008 will be the world’s first Open Access Day.

Open Access Day is being launched by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Students for Free Culture, and the Public Library of Science (PLoS).

Open Access Day will help to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access within the higher education community and the general public.

It builds on the National Day of Action for Open Access, led February 15, 2007 by Free Culture and the Alliance for Taxpayer Access.

The highlight of Open Access Day will be a live call-in from campuses across the U.S. and Canada with an eminent researcher. Dozens of campuses have already signed up to participate, including several overseas — has yours?

Students can work with their librarians to organize an event, or can host their own — find out more!