{"id":19439,"date":"2022-10-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=19439"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:56:07","slug":"why-open-benefits-readers-and-scholars-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2022\/10\/26\/why-open-benefits-readers-and-scholars-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018open\u2019 benefits readers and scholars worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-1d72600\" data-block-id=\"1d72600\"><p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle\"><em>For our third Open Access Week blog post, we consider why open access needs to be global and highlight some research from the Business School.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"a female figure reads a book as the sun sets\" class=\"wp-image-19445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920-500x287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/reading-g677a0644b_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the theme of &#8216;Open for Climate Justice&#8217;, this year\u2019s International Open Access Week&nbsp;invites us to collaborate, making connections between the climate movement and communities of research users (universities, practitioners, policy makers, members of the public) worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block stk-3ce7d12\" data-block-id=\"3ce7d12\"><style>.stk-3ce7d12{margin-bottom:0px !important}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\">A global issue<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Open Access Week poster, showing litter sinking underwater\" class=\"wp-image-19463\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/IG-English-Ocean.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversations about climate change must be global in order to be effective; after all, it\u2019s a problem that affects us all. Open access ensures that research users across our planet can benefit from research findings and data and contribute to the conversation on an equal footing. It works in two ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <strong>first <\/strong>is obvious: those working in developing countries without the finances to purchase library subscriptions can keep up to date with developments in their discipline.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>The <strong>second <\/strong>way is perhaps less obvious. In order to share their findings, researchers need not only to publish, but to do so alongside their contemporaries. When submitting their work for publication, they need to show they have read all the relevant literature \u2013 it\u2019s one of the first criteria editors and reviewers consider on receipt of a submission. This can only happen if these researchers have access to all the scholarship in their field.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, open access publishing not only shares your work more broadly, but also enables us to work together as a global research community to bring about change for climate justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research from the Business School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"Edge Hill University Business School, viewed from the front of the building\" class=\"wp-image-19466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2022\/10\/Business-School-exterior-sunny-1024x576-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To show how it\u2019s done, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/academic\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business School<\/a> colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/person\/christopher-dent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professor Christopher Dent<\/a> published his work on \u2018Climate Action through Free Trade Agreements\u2019 in the journal <em>Energies <\/em>last year. Free to read and re-use by anyone, this piece&nbsp;already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altmetric.com\/details\/116198536\/policy-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations<\/a>!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any queries about this article, please contact Chris directly.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Trade, Climate and Energy: A New Study on Climate Action through Free Trade Agreements. Christopher M. Dent. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/en14144363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10.3390\/en14144363<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog post by: Michelle O&#8217;Connell, Academic Engagement Specialist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the theme of &#8216;Open for Climate Justice&#8217;, this year\u2019s International Open Access Week&nbsp;invites us to collaborate, making connections between the climate movement and communities of research users (universities, practitioners, policy makers, members of the public) worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1679,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1417],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supporting-researchers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why \u2018open\u2019 benefits readers and scholars worldwide - Library &amp; 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