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October 19-23 marks the first international Open Access Week, a chance to learn more about the scholarly open access movement. Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. What makes it possible is the Internet and the consent of the author or copyright holder. Momentum for open access in science and scholarship has been growing, as evidenced by open access policies from research funders (such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health) and research producers on college and university campuses (such as Harvard University, MIT, University College London, the University of Kansas, and the University of Liege).

Read more about Open Access Week and the Open Access movement.

Read more about the Lafayette Digital Repository, which is designed to make accessible the scholarly work of Lafayette authors.