The 13th International Open Access Week was held 19-25 October 2020. The theme this year was Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion. The University libraries in Iceland in collaboration published articles regarding open access during the OA week. The Library shared those articles on its website daily.
Sigurgeir Finnsson, the Project manager for Open access at the National and University Library of Iceland wrote the article Gulur, gylltur, grænn og brons about the complex models of open access publishing.
Other articles:
- Rósa Bjarnadóttir, Iceland University of the Arts Library, wrote about the importance to set an Open Access Policy in Iceland in her article #HvarerOAstefnan?
- The article Hvers vegna kostar 5000 krónur að lesa vísindagrein? by Guðrún Þórðardóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland Library, is about overpricing and the publisher’s monopoly on scientific knowledge.
- Þórný Hlynsdóttir, Bifröst University Libray, wrote about Aaron Schwarz and Alexöndru Elbakyan and their fight for open access to scientific material in her article Píratadrottningin og hakkarinn.
- Sara Stef. Hildardóttir, Reykjavík University Library, article Covid, opinn aðgangur og ekki-hringrásarhagkerfi is about the importance of open access during Covid-19.