#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas Many organizations can't afford access to research in closed journals. "It became clear to me that we really needed to be figuring out how to get our information into the hands of the practitioners." 🎙️Amy Mendenhall, Vice Provost for @kufacaffairs

#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas #OpenAccess provides a channel, connecting point for multi-disciplinary researchers and has enabled citizen science and public engagement. 🎙️Michael Vitevitch, KU Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders

#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas "(Open reviews and open publishing) makes it a process where everybody is visible, everybody is part of that work of getting that research out into the world ... #OpenAccess can be really powerful at any stage of your career." 🎙️Shannon O'Lear, @kuesp

#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas "On a very basic and fundamental level it brings me back to the spirit of publishing and research, which is my research is for the betterment of community." 🎙️Meggie Mapes, @KUCommStudies & #OpenAccess Advisory Board

#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas "#OpenAccess provides freely accessible material to researchers, to the public, in regions that might not have the resources available in the Western context." 🎙️Rami Zeedan, @kujewishstudies & Open Journal Publisher

#OAWeek at @UnivOfKansas "Science is very fast-paced. Having that opportunity of getting our data out and getting it to the public where they can see it, use it, build upon it ... things progress a lot faster that way." 🎙️Paulyn Cartwright, @KU_EEB & #OpenAccess Advisory Board