Celebrating Open Access Week 2025: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”

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The University Libraries is excited to join the global celebration of Open Access Week 2025, taking place October 20–26. Established by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and driven by student advocates, Open Access Week promotes the idea that research should be freely accessible to everyone. This international event encourages collaboration, amplifies the visibility of scholarship, and empowers scholars to use and share research more widely.

This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, poses an important question for higher education and research communities. In a time of rapid change, it challenges us to reflect on how knowledge is created, shared, and valued—and to consider whose voices are being heard and whose are left out. It’s an opportunity to think critically about ownership, access, and equity in the global information landscape.

At UW–Stevens Point, we are proud to support open access publishing and to participate in transformative agreements with publishers that make it possible for our scholars to share their work freely with the world. For example, since 2022, UWSP faculty have published 17 open access articles with Wiley through our transformative agreement. In all, Wiley has provided over $61,000 in open access support for UWSP authors.

We invite faculty, staff, and students to explore and contribute to open access through the following resources:

  • Open Access Research Guide – Learn more about publishing options and how to get started, predatory publishers, institutional repository, and copyright information.

Open access empowers discovery, innovation, and inclusion. As the theme reminds us, when knowledge is shared freely, everyone benefits. Learn more, ask questions, and consider making your next publication open.

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