Every year we celebrate a week of open access. It’s an opportunity for the academic community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of open access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make open access a new norm in scholarship and research. This year’s theme is Community Over Commercialization. For more information about Open Access, visit our website.

Celebrate Open Access Week with us by reviewing the Open Access Library Guide and attending a virtual workshop:

• Predatory Journals: The Dark Side of Open Access, 1 p.m. Oct. 22.
• MOspace: How to Preserve and Share Your Research Digitally, 1 p.m. Oct. 23
• Increase Your Citations Through Open Access, Preprints and Postprints, 2 p.m. Oct. 24

And if you have some additional time, be sure to check out some of our other blog posts about the different facets to consider when making your research open:

• Make Your Research Open
• Retaining Your Author Rights
• Increase Your Scholarly Impact: Use the SPARC Author Addendum
• Use MOspace to Measure the Worldwide Impact of Your Research
• Publish For Free (Or for a Discounted Price) in These Journals and Keep Your Author Rights

Want to lean more? Talk with your Subject Specialist about open access in your area or request a Zoom workshop for your department, team or lab. 

Did you know we have two locations on campus where you can pickup your library books 24/7?

Users can choose Ellis Locker or Lottes Locker as their pickup location when requesting MU Libraries materials. Once the item is ready, users will receive an access code to pick up their items.

Patrons who select the pickup locker location will receive an email saying they have three days to pick up their library materials. At this time, only regular library items will be included in the pickup lockers; no equipment, reserve materials or ILL materials.

The Ellis Library lockers are located inside the vestibule of the west entrance, which is near Speaker’s Circle. The Health Sciences Library Pickup lockers are located in the Medical Science Building, just across the courtyard from the Medical Annex.

Questions? Contact mulibrarycircdesk@missouri.edu.