Getting ready for Open Access Week 2025

We are excited for Open Access Week 2025!

October 21–27, 2025

International Open Access Week 2025 asks Who Owns Our Knowledge?

This year’s theme highlights a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce.

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Events from Columbia Libraries

  • How to Publish Open Access without Article Processing Charges (APCs)
    • Online
    • Tue, October 21, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    • Register here
  • Managing risk: Protect your work & yourself in an OA landscape
    • Online
    • Wed, October 22, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    • Register here
  • The ABC’s of Copyright
    • Online / Gottesman Libraries
    • Thur, October 23, 2025 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    • Register here
  • Git-ing Software: Finding and Re-using Research Software on GitHub
    • Butler Library
    • Fri, October 24, 2025 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    • Register here

Watch this space for blog posts in October that cover no-fee publishing models including institutionally-supported publishing programs, and open access models including Subscribe to Open (S2O).

For Columbia researchers looking for places to publish their research, be sure to periodically review our Open Access Publishing Agreements page to learn about publishers with whom Columbia Libraries has agreements that cover article processing charges (APCs).

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