What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week (or two)? “Open Access is inevitable,” said Dutch State Secretary for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Sander Dekker at the Academic Publishing in Europe 2014. Dekker also highlighted the Open Access Button and other open access projects. Listen to his talk here. Cultural Anthropology is now fully open access with its February 2014 issue!

Open Access Button Co-Lead Joe McArthur gives the weekly video update for January 13–19. This week Joe talks about consultation, integrating the Button with Wikipedia, implementing referral codes, and our plans for February.

This has been a great week for the Open Access Button (OAB). The beginning of 2014 has put the Open Access (OA) movement in a historic perspective, great goals have been accomplished and, as Hilda Bastian pointed out in her review: Open access 2013: A year of gaining momentum [caption id=“attachment_364" align=“alignleft” width=“210"] Open Access Button[/caption] The Open Access Button has certainly caused impact in the Open Access context.

One year ago, the world lost Aaron Swartz. Swartz was an Internet activist, computer programmer, and political organizer that had relentless optimism for a better and more open world. He helped author the RSS 1.0 web syndication specification at 14, was one of the earliest architects of Creative Commons, co-founded Reddit and supported the Internet Archive’s Open Library project through his software company Infogami.

We are looking for two volunteers with general graphic design skills to work with the Open Access Button team. The Open Access Button is a browser plugin that maps and tracks the impacts of scholarly journal paywalls. The Button beta launched on November 18 and gained international media attention, including from The Guardian.

After hundreds of hours, many sleepless nights and a whole lot of coffee on November 18th, the Open Access Button launched it’s beta product. The Open Access Button is a tool designed to track and map paywalls, while helping the user get access to the research they need and building support for the open access movement.

A Student Initiative to Put Denied Access to Research on the Map What is the button? ♦ A browser based tool that can map who is denied access to research ♦ The button creates a real time, worldwide, interactive picture of the problem. Using social media will make this problem visible to the world. Lastly, we help the person gain access to the research they have been denied access to or similar research.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2013 Contacts: openaccessbutton@medsin.org Students Launch “Button” to Put Denied Access to Research on the Map BERLIN — Today, at an international meeting of student advocates for expanded access to academic research, two undergraduates from Great Britain announced the highly-anticipated launch of The Open Access Button — a browser-based tool to map the

Open Access Button: How to use it? How can I get the Open Access Button? You can get your very own Button in seconds at www.openaccessbutton.org. Simply sign up by telling us your name, email and profession, then drag the button to your bookmark bar — you’ll need to make sure your browser bookmark bar is enabled first. Now you have the Open Access Button!

The Open Access Button team are hoping to create a world where it won’t be needed. Until then, support from amazing people like you ensures Open Access Button can keep fighting to overcome the barriers that block free access to knowledge. Your receipt will reach you as specified by Charity Checkout. If you want to keep in touch with all the latest, make sure you follow us on twitter or like us on facebook.