by Ellyssa Kroski As a librarian I use a lot of information, software, and resources which are made available to me through creative commons licensing, open access repositories, and the open source community. If you're like me and looking for ways to give back, here are a few ideas for ways you can contribute to these amazing communities.
On March 4, 2016, the National Institute of Informatics (NII) hosted a meeting of the Asian open access (OA) community in Tokyo, Japan. The aim of the meeting was to introduce members of the Asian open access community from different countries to each other and launch an Asian community of practice for OA that will facilitate greater knowledge sharing about trends and challenges.