Happy International Open Access Week 2025!
Dr. S. R. Lasker Library is celebrating International Open Access Week 2025 (October 20–26), continuing our tradition since 2016 of promoting open access and inclusive knowledge sharing within our academic community. This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, invites us to reflect deeply on the systems and structures that shape how knowledge is created, accessed, and valued.
In an era where AI and commercialization are transforming research and publishing, this question becomes more urgent than ever. At Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU, we proudly join this global conversation through reflections and engagement on how communities can reclaim ownership of the knowledge they produce.
Let’s stand together for openness, transparency, and equity in research.
Let’s make knowledge a shared resource, not a commercial product.