Join the Penn Libraries in celebrating Open Access Week, an annual opportunity for the academic and research community to learn about the potential benefits of open access and share their insights with colleagues.
Attend one of the Libraries’ Open Access Week workshops from October 19-23, 2026, and learn how to make your research more visible and accessible!
Looking for additional guidance on publishing your research open access? The Libraries support open access publishing year-round through a number of resources and initiatives.
Open Access Week Keynote speaker, Christopher Steven Marcum, Ph.D., will discuss the current state of federal public access policy for research outputs.
Editors of scholarly journals will discuss how their journals made the decision to move from a subscription model to Open Access, what the financial implications were, and what the impact has been on their readership.
This online session will provide an overview of some of the most common open access publishing models and the Penn Libraries' current agreements with publishers.
This hybrid panel discussion brings together three editorial practitioners to discuss the financial, human, and organizational costs of sustaining open scholarly publishing.
Learn how to access, analyze, and use open-source tools for mapping, spatial analysis, and decision-making.
Come look at the implications that generative AI has for the Open Access movement, discuss how the OA community is starting to address generative AI, and consider possible responses to the challenges that generative AI presents to Open Access.
Open Access Week Keynote speaker, Christopher Steven Marcum, Ph.D., will discuss the current state of federal public access policy for research outputs.
Learn how to access, analyze, and use these open-source tools for mapping, spatial analysis, and decision-making.
This session will provide an introduction and overview of the academic publication lifecycle from seminar paper to published article.
Editors of scholarly journals will discuss how their journals made the decision to move from a subscription model to Open Access, what the financial implications were, and what the impact has been on their readership.
This online session will provide an overview of some of the most common open access publishing models and the Penn Libraries' current agreements with publishers.
Learn about the importance of ORCIDs for research, sign up to get your own, and make a bracelet or keychain!
Learn how to identify suitable publication venues, comply with submission guidelines, navigate the review process, and get published.
In this workshop, we will discuss what the Creative Commons licenses are, how they work, and why you may select one over another.
Learn how to access, analyze, and use these open-source tools for mapping, spatial analysis, and decision-making.
In this hands-on, interactive exercise, participants will address the core goals and incentives surrounding the current scholarly publishing landscape and dare to envision alternatives.
Explore the pros and cons of various free and paid mapping tools and platforms that can be used for mapping your research in the humanities.
This pop-up exhibit showcases rare and archival materials that reflect how people have understood their health, well-being, and medical knowledge through the medium of bookmaking.
