Na semana de 24 a 30 de outubro, assinalou-se mais uma Semana Internacional do Acesso Aberto – Open Access Week. Este é um evento que tem como objetivo fundamental disseminar o Acesso Aberto ao conhecimento, e é promovido pela SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition).
A nível internacional, os eventos são divulgados no site www.openaccessweek.org.
Como é hábito, também a Biblioteca-CDI assinalou o evento, através da divulgação de material informativo e disponibilização de diversos recursos.

«… “Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole.

Open Access (OA) has the potential to maximize research investments, increase the exposure and use of published research, facilitate the ability to conduct research across available literature, and enhance the overall advancement of scholarship. Research funding agencies, academic institutions, researchers and scientists, teachers, students, and members of the general public are supporting a move towards Open Access in increasing numbers every year. Open Access Week is a key opportunity for all members of the community to take action to keep this momentum moving forward.

Get involved. Participating in Open Access Week can be as simple or involved as you like. It can also be a chance to let your imagination have full rein and come up with something more ambitious, wacky, fun.

OA Week is an invaluable chance to connect the global momentum toward open sharing with the advancement of policy changes on the local level. Universities, colleges, research institutes, funding agencies, libraries, and think tanks have used Open Access Week as a platform to host faculty votes on campus open-access policies, to issue reports on the societal and economic benefits of Open Access, to commit new funds in support of open-access publication, and more.»

André Rodrigues
Equipa Editorial
news@medicina.ulisboa.pt