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This year’s International Open Access Week asks the question: “Who owns our knowledge?” For researchers, this question can be personal. You generate new insights, data, and publications — but in an increasingly digital and global research ecosystem, how do you ensure your contributions are recognized, connected, and reusable? A part of the solution relates to…
Every October, libraries, researchers, and institutions around the world celebrate International Open Access Week, reminding us to think about how we share knowledge and who gets to access it. This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, feels especially timely. It asks how, in a time of disruption, communities can take back control over the knowledge…
Open Access has always been about removing barriers to make research, data, and ideas freely available for anyone to learn from. But as artificial intelligence systems start learning from that same openness, we’re faced with the question: Who owns our knowledge? AI developers are increasingly training large language models on massive collections of online material,…
Who Owns Our Knowledge? In the age of information, one of the most profound questions we face is: Who owns our knowledge? The internet, social media, and digital archives have made knowledge more accessible than ever before, but at what cost? Who controls the flow of information, and what are the ethical implications of who…
On this Open Access Week 2025, Researchers want to know, “Where can I publish my research article Open Access and free-of-charge?” The answer to this question in Woods Hole grows in the number of journal titles offering OA each year, although the list of titles is by no means a comprehensive list. The MBLWHOI…
In an announcement (Notice Number: NOT-OD-25-138) made on July 30, 2025, the NIH is currently requesting feedback on proposed limits to grant funding available to researchers to cover publication costs. The change would go into effect on January 1, 2026 for all new and competing awards and proposals, or ‘Other Transactions’ executed on or…
Earlier this month, the Center for Open Data Enterprise (CODE) published a report titled, “America’s Data Future: Towards A Roadmap for Action,” which provides an excellent and rich synthesis of the challenges facing federally-funded data, both that which is generated directly by government agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau or the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
NIH Public Access Policy In April the NIH Director announced that the effective date for the new NIH Public Access Policy would be moved up to July 1, 2025 (the effective date was previously December 31, 2025). Here’s what you need to know and some resources to help you out! What is the NIH Public…
You may have seen news about data being removed from various government websites, including NIH, CDC, and NOAA-sponsored sites as well as individual datasets from data.gov and other large aggregators. While this is indeed alarming, many data professionals in the wider research community were already working on creating backups and mirrors of government-hosted data. Those…
Written by: Matthew Person Last Fall we reported on OA publishing opportunities for MBLWHOI Library served Woods Hole scientists (at MBL, WHOI, SEA, USGS, and WCRC.) Here’s a quick mid-year update: The American Society for Microbiology journal titles (with one exception, Molecular and Cellular Biology) will in 2025 become part of the S2O, (“Subscribe to…