Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have Joe, one of the Open Access Button Co-Leads, and Margaux, our Communications Officer. Joe McArthur, Open Access Button Co-Lead I came to university with a mission to make people healthier and a love of the scientific method.

The Open Access Button has mapped over 7500 paywalls! Button 2.0 Crowdfunding On April 22, we launched an Indiegogo campaign to crowdfund Button 2.0! We’re seeking to raise £20,000 to support the development of Button 2.0. Button 2.0 has been reimagined from the ground up to make it a true game changer. We’ve focused on creating ways to connect people with the research they need and use research in completely different ways.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week (or two)? On Wednesday (May 14, 2014), SPARC, EIFL, and COAR, among other open access movement efforts, have released statements expressing that the use of short-term embargoes to aid in protecting publishers’ revenues during their transition to other business models, is an acceptable transitional mechanism.

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have Penny, our Strategy Lead, and Minuette, our Consultation and Partnership Coordinator. Penny Andrews, Strategy Lead Open Access is vital to me. I didn’t discover it as a student, or a librarian or as an academic.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? SPARC announces the theme for the 2014 International Open Access Week in October to be “Generation Open.” The event will highlight the importance of encouraging the younger population to become involved with the mainstream adoption of Open Access publishing. Young adults are a critical and vital target demographic for the Button.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge has said that ‘Elsevier are rich enough already’ Though the findings have not been pretty, theres been a very positive step forwards with data being released on what universities pay in journal fees. PLos Open synthesised the findings.

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have a special edition on Thursday, since we announced our crowdfunding campaign for Button 2.0 on Tuesday. This week we have Natalie, one of our Secretaries; and Martin, our Technology Assistant.

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week? We are thrilled to announce this week the beginning of our Indigogo crowdfunding campaign! All the money raised will go towards a new tool, the Button 2.0. Get involved today! Read also Jon Tennant’s blog post about the Button campaign. Do you think you’re unable to do anything at your level for Open Access? Yes you can!

Behind the Open Access Button is a team of international student volunteers. Get to know them on Team Button Tuesdays! This week we have a special edition on Thursday, since we announced our crowdfunding campaign for Button 2.0 on Tuesday. This week we have Dave, our Communications Coordinator; and Reshma, one of our Community and Advocacy Coordinators.

Yesterday we launched our crowdfunding campaign. A few hours after launch, visitors to our main website openaccessbutton.org recieved a message of “502 bad gateway error”. On the list of things you’d like to happen during the launch of a crowdfunding campaign this wasn’t exactly high.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22 2014 Contact: openaccessbutton@medsin.org **LONDON, UK **— The Open Access Button is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise £20,000 to support the development of Button 2.0. The Open Access Button is a browser bookmarklet that helps users report when they hit journal paywalls and cannot access research articles.