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The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) is celebrating International Open Access (OA) Week with a five-day challenge designed to improve the discovery of your scholarly work. Each day we will email you with a brief but meaningful activity, including: 

  • Creating an ORCiD and connecting it to your Scopus author profile 
  • Locating OA journals in your research area 
  • Learning about repositories and data sharing 
  • Utilizing MyNCBI 

If you complete any of the activities and fill out our evaluation survey at the end of the challenge, you will be entered to win some library swag.

Sign up to receive daily challenges for International Open Access Week. The challenge runs Oct. 20-24, 2025.

If you want to learn more about how the HSHSL supports Open Access, visit the Open Access LibGuide.

Contact publishing@hshsl.umaryland.edu with questions.

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