The University Libraries celebrated International Open Access Week 2024 with a presentation on "How to Publish Open Access for Free". Topics include fee-free open access (OA) journals, publisher OA agreements, open data, open monographs, and the sharing of scholarship through repositories. Presenters: Sara Scheib, director of Scholarly Impact; Mahrya Burnett, scholarly communications librarian; and Brian Westra, data services librarian.

We were joined by faculty leaders from all over campus in celebrating International Open Access Week 2023 with a panel discussion on the theme of Open Access: Community over Commercialization.

In this lively discussion, our panelists share their experiences with open access publishing and open scholarship more broadly, and their views on the benefits and barriers to the free and open sharing of research outputs with the public and the academic community.

Panelists:

• Leonardo Marchini, DEO & Professor, Preventative and Community Dentistry
• Kembrew McLeod, Department Chair & Professor, Communication Studies
• Maurine Neiman, Professor, Biology 
• Deborah Whaley, Department Chair & Professor, African American Studies

Moderator: Sara Scheib, Director, Scholarly Impact, UI Libraries