Document Type
Handout
Publication Date
3-10-2025
Abstract
This 3 page document introduces green OA, Digital Commons, and the benefits of posting in an IR.
“Green OA Day is a grassroots library initiative to promote and educate about green open access (OA). Green OA Day 2025 will be held on Monday, March 17.
Also referred to as self-archiving, green OA is when authors make a version of their published, pay-to-access works freely accessible on some kind of website or repository so that anyone with internet access can read and learn from it.
Green OA is a cost-effective and equitable pathway to making research open access, especially for authors who can’t afford to pay the article processing fees charged by Gold OA journals. It’s also a pathway towards meeting funder requirements for open access!”
--Finch, E. (Last updated March 3, 2025). “Green OA Day Wiki.” Open Science Framework. https://osf.io/25kav/wiki/home/
Recommended Citation
Price, Madison and Pope, Barbara M., "Green OA Day 2025" (2025). Faculty Submissions. 49.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/axe_faculty/49
Comments
Green OA Day, March 17th, 2025, lands on Spring Break. No official event will be hosted by Axe Library that day, instead focusing on digital promotion of the initiative.