28 October 2016 During the past six months we’ve been quiet, but magic was going on behind the scenes. Over the coming months we’ll talk more about what’s happened, what’s changed, and what’ll happen next. But now, we have five major changes to tell you about: 1. Find and request articles and data The Open Data Button has now been combined with the Open Access Button.

7 March 2016 People can find, request, and share research data with the Open Data Button The Open Access Button today announces the beta release of the Open Data Button, a tool to help people find the data underlying research papers and request the release of new data. Every day, researchers cannot access the research data needed to verify results and build on others’ research.

3 March 2016 The Open Data Button has now soft launched. You can use the Button, see your requests and share them. After a few early hiccups (see tweets) we’re now planning to push the Open Data Button out to people early next week. Stay tuned for more, especially our next post on Open Data Day.

22 January 2016 Hidden data is hindering research, and we’re tired of it. Next week we’ll release the Open Data Button beta as part of Open Data Day. The Open Data Button will help people find, release, and share the data behind papers. We need your support to share, test, and improve the Open Data Button. Today, we’re going to provide some in depth info about the tool.

12 January 2016 We are delighted to announce that we have been working on an incubator grant from the Center for Open Science, to help advance openness, integrity, and reproducibility in science. We will be using this grant to build a brand new tool to include Open Data in our work. Like research articles, research data is often not openly available, preventing you from building upon the research and making science reproducible.

30 June 2015 Last Summer, a number of organisations learnt about the case of Diego Gomez. Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them. (Photo Credit: Electronic Frontier Foundation.

22 June 2015 Last Summer, we learnt about the case of Diego Gomez. Diego Gomez, a Colombian graduate student, currently faces up to eight years in prison for doing something thousands of researchers do every day: posting research results online for those who would not otherwise have a way to access them. I want to support Diego Diego has posted a letter on Fundacion Karisma’s website informing us that his trial begins next week on 30th June.

12 June 2015 This is a repost of a blog that can be found at http://opencon2015.org/blog/opencon-2015-applications-are-open. Many Open Access Button team members were present at OpenCon 2014 and we couldn’t reccomend applying highly enough. Applications to attend OpenCon 2015 on November 14–16 in Brussels, Belgium are now open!

11 June 2015 We all know the frustration of not being able to afford $40 to access the article you need. Open Access is about providing free, immediate online access to research articles. The Open Access Button helps you get the research you want right now, and adds papers you still need to your wishlist.

6 May 2015 Vote for us in the Jisc Supporting Technology Startup Project here . Friends, You have not heard from us in recent months but quietly in the background we have continued working hard. We have been overcoming challenges, applying for several grants and reviewing how we work to be as effective as we can be over the coming years.

6 February 2015 Yesterday as Open Access Button Co-founders and Co-leads, we (David Carroll and Joe McArthur) received the SPARC Innovator Award. The Innovator Award recognises individuals, institutions, and groups that challenge the status quo in scholarly communication for the benefit of researchers, libraries, universities, and the public.