This is International Open Access Week, a week dedicated to promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.
Open Access is a particularly important concept in academic environments, but it can be difficult to explain. This video, by PHD Comics, does a great job of explaining why Open Access matters to students, scholars, and citizens.
Take 8:24 today to watch this fun and informative video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rVH1KGBCY
Um, this is a link to a jpg of the screenshot of the video – not the video itself.
You might want to embed or at least link to the video: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1533
Thanks, Paula. I was able to view it on two different computers, while others reported problems. I did embed the video into the post, but I will also post a link for those that are having problems.