Open Access Toolkit: Open Access Week
You can participate by:
- Following UWA Library on Twitter during Open Access Week #OAWeekUWA #OAweek #openaccess @UWAresearch
- Joining in on the UWA and national Open Access Week events, below
- Using our checklist to find the Open Access pathway that is right for you
UWA Events: 19 - 23 October 2020
Panel sessions with UWA researchers 
Webinar 1 - The Benefits of Making Research Open Access
11am-12pm, Monday, 19th October 2020
Facilitated by Andrew Page, this panel discussion with UWA researchers will discuss the benefits of making research open, including what, why and how they made their research openly available and how this has been advantageous for the impact of their research.
Webinar 2 - How to Make Research Open Access
9:30-10:30am, Friday, 23rd October 2020
Panel discussion with UWA researchers, facilitated by Jane Pillow, addressing the different methods of making research accessible open access, payment of article processing charges, negotiating with publishers and other issues. Find out what has worked for other researchers and the many options for making your research openly available.
Find Your Open Access Pathway - virtual consultations
From 21st October, 2020 
There’s more than one pathway for making your research accessible to those who can benefit. In a 15 minute, virtual consultation with a librarian, find the right pathway for you and your research. Book here.
Pathways to Open Access Publishing - workshop
11am - 12pm, Wednesday, 21st October 2020 
Discover the variety of ways to make your research open, and the benefits of publishing Open Access. Hear how the UWA Profiles and Research Repository may enable you to meet funder mandates and increase the reach of your publications and data at no cost.
This workshop will be run in Zoom, with the link emailed to attendees the day before the event.
Pathways to Open Access Publishing
National Events 19 -23 October 2020
Australian Open Access Strategy Group OA Week Program
The Australian Open Access Strategy Group have developed a series of events for Open Access Week across Australia and New Zealand with a timetable of stimulating guest speakers and workshops each day from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd October (11am -1pm AEST).
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Date
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Featured Speaker 11am -12pm AEST
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Workshop 12 - 1pm AEST |
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Monday 19th October
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Preprints: a practical guide
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Open and FAIR Research Practices
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Tuesday 20th October
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Communicating a pandemic |
Indigenous voices, indigenous research and open access
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Wednesday 21st October
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Beyond open access – what should our aims be for full accessibility
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Copyright and CC licensing for OA
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Thursday 22nd October |
Open Access and biodiversity
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Connecting up open data via Wikidata
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Friday 23rd October
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Investing in the Infrastructure for Open
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Advocacy in the pandemicRegister here |