<div dir="ltr">To celebrate Open Access Week 2013, from October 21-25, the librarians of Columbia University and partners from Barnard and the Union Theological Seminary spent the whole week on College Walk (and one day in the International Affairs building) talking to any and everyone about open access and Academic Commons, Columbia’s institutional repository. In just five days, over 500 people signed our petition in favor of a greater commitment to making quality research from Columbia open access and freely available. We chatted with people from many different roles and fields within the Columbia community and handed out flyers with information about Academic Commons and why open access to research is beneficial to scholars and the public.<div>
<br><a href="http://scholcomm.cul.columbia.edu/2013/12/04/open-access-petition-gathers-over-500-signatures/">http://scholcomm.cul.columbia.edu/2013/12/04/open-access-petition-gathers-over-500-signatures/</a></div><div><br>
</div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">An excellent advocacy campaign!</div><br></div></div>