Open access is a publishing model in which readers have free access to the full text of scholarly journal articles online. The open access movement arose in response to the rising costs of academic journal subscriptions, and provides many benefits to scholarly authors, including wider distribution of their work, less lag time between writing and publication, and a greater opportunity to retain the rights to one’s own work. Speakers: Nancy Foasberg, Humanities Librarian, Benjamin Rosenthal Library Kelly Blanchat, Electronic Resources Librarian, Benjamin Rosenthal Library Date: Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 Time: 12:15pm – 1:30pm Location: Razran Hall, room 360, Queens College RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/OA-21Oct2013 For more details, go to http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/?p=1748 Tyler Rivenbark, Projects Coordinator Center for Teaching and Learning | 718-997-4650 Writing at Queens | 718-997-4695 Razran Hall, 316 | Queens College, CUNY