Open Access Week is being celebrated worldwide October 24 – 31.   The MSKCC Library is committed to the principles of open access to scholarly peer-reviewed literature as a means to accelerate scientific discovery and improve patient care. This year, the MSKCC Library wants to bring awareness and attention to this initiative by sharing the following sites of interest.  Feel free to drop by the Library should you have a question regarding an open access journal or want to learn more on how you can become an open access supporter and promoter!

Noteworthy Sites include:

• Learn about Open Access Week around the World
• Last year’s Open Access Kick-off Event video from SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)
• Open Access FAQs from MSKCC staff
• NIH Public Access Policy and how to comply! 
• DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journal titles
• Sloan-Kettering Open Access Publication (SKOAP) Fund – underwrites reasonable article processing fees for open access journals when funds are not otherwise available. The fund is administered by the MSKCC Library and Research and Technology Management
• Synapse – Your Connection to MSK Authors – Check out open access titles as well as links to the full-text of open access articles dating from 2009 to present