[EIFLoa] Open Access Advocacy: How students, student organizations and student governments can get involved

[Iryna Kuchma]

 *Open Access Advocacy: How students, student organizations and student
governments can get involved*

 *Event date and duration*: Tuesday, January 31, 16:00-17:00 CET /
10:00-11:00 EST

*Location*: Online

*Registration is free, but required. RSVP by Tuesday, January 31, to
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net*

 Are you a student or a young researcher? Do you want to get engaged in
Open Access, educate your peers on the severe barriers to access to the
latest research, the benefits of Open Access, and how to get involved that
the student voice for Open Access becomes louder and stronger? Interested
in learning more about the Student Statement on the Right to Research and
about Right to Research Coalition?

*Please join us for a conversation with Nick Shockey, Director, Right to
Research Coalition <http://www.righttoresearch.org/> and Director of
Student Advocacy, SPARC <http://www.arl.org/sparc/>.*
*
The Problem*: Students can't access essential research...

As a student, it’s no secret that academic journals are crucial to our
research, our papers, and our understanding of both fine details and the
larger, overall picture of everything we study. Yet, students often run
into access barriers while to trying to do research, forcing us to settle
for what we can get access to, rather than what we need most. Over the past
two decades, the price of subscriptions to academic journals has increased
tremendously, to the point where they’re often out of reach for students,
even at the most well funded institutions.

*The Solution: *Open Access

**

Luckily for students, doctors, patients, and everyone else who relies on
academic journals, there is a proven alternative to costly
subscription-based based journals. Using the Internet, research can be
distributed to a wider audience at a very low marginal cost – the
difference between what it costs to distribute an article to one person or
to one million people is very small. Instead of locking information behind
price barriers, research can reach anyone who needs it, regardless of
university affiliation, geographic location, or ability to pay. It’s time
for a new model – it’s time for Open Access.

 *How to register*

To register your interest in attending the workshop, please email
iryna.kuchma at eifl.net by Tuesday, January 31 stating your name,
institution, email address, and country.

 *How to participate*

Once your place is confirmed, you will receive a URL and password for the
session. All you will need is an internet-connected computer with sound
(and maybe headphones if you are in a busy room).

To check if your computer will be able to access the session successfully,
please go to *www.instantpresenter.com/systemtest*.

 The event is organized within 15th annual workshop Informational resources
for education and scholarship in Ukraine organized by National University
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with the partners: NGO ELibUkr “Electronic Library of
Ukraine”, NGO “Informatio-Consortium” Association, EIFL, Ukrainian Library
Association (University Libraries section).
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