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Open Access Week 2025: Who Owns Our Knowledge?

October 17, 2025 by a.zeilor

Open Access Week is October 120th  – 26th, 2025, this year themed “Who owns our knowledge?”. Read more in the Scholarly Communications LibGuide, or reach out to Kate Wing, Electronic Resources and Scholarly Communication Librarian.

Bowdoin Library has a number of resources available to support researchers and scholars at Bowdoin who are interested in publishing Open Access, making their research output freely available to researchers and scholars worldwide.

Authors can also avoid Article Processing Charges (APCs), a fee to have their articles published in journals. Bowdoin supports faculty publishing by negotiating transformative agreements with certain publishers. When faculty publish with Cambridge University Press, The Royal Society, Institute of Physics, De Gruyter Brill, AIP Publishing, and ACS Publications, the APC is waived.

“Who Owns Our Knowledge?” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 20-26). The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce. It also challenges us to reflect on not only who has access to education and research but on how knowledge is created and shared, where it has come from, and whose voices are recognized and valued.

Read more on openaccessweek.org

 

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Now Live! Bowdoin Digital Collections

December 6, 2024 by bcl-admin

The Bowdoin College Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new platform, Bowdoin Digital Collections. This is the first step in bringing all of the Library’s Digital Collections & Projects into one system for access and preservation, including the contents of our previous system, Bowdoin Digital Commons, which was retired on February 17, 2025. Bowdoin Digital Collections provides improved searching of content, streamlined access to Library digital collections and projects, and a more responsive interface for use on mobile devices. Please contact Digital Archivist Meagan Doyle (mdoyle@bowdoin.edu) with any questions, including how to submit new materials.

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Trial Database: CQ Congress Collection

December 14, 2023 by

We have a new trial database that provides a comprehensive guide to Congress, including members and voting data. Our trial is active until January 12, 2024. Test it out at this direct link or through our Databases list, under “C.”

Please let us know how you like this database and if it’s something you think we should subscribe to!

A screen capture of the CQ Congress Collection landing page, with tabs for "home," "floor votes," "member profiles," "analyze data," and "how Congress works." The featured image is of a computer with charts on it, with the text "Export all data from Congress Collection in XLS, CSV, or TXT formats"

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Featured Resource: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History

January 18, 2018 by C. Ross

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American HistoryResearch the history, politics, and culture of Latin America through the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.

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Featured Resource: China Data Online

November 17, 2017 by C. Ross

China Data Online

Interested in statistical and economic information from China? Then try China Data Online, which provides:

  • monthly and yearly reports on China’s macroeconomic development
  • statistical databases on China’s population and economy at the county and city level
  • financial indicators of industries
  • statistical yearbooks
  • an atlas of China

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Featured Resource: German Literature Collections

October 18, 2017 by C. Ross

German Literature Collections brings together the complete portfolio of ProQuest German literature resources: Goethes Werke, Schillers Werke, Kafkas Werke, Brechts Werke, Die Deutsche Lyrik.  Connect »

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Featured Resource: Harper’s Bazaar

October 2, 2017 by C. Ross

 Search the world of women’s fashion and culture from 1867 in Harper’s Bazaar. (But it’s not just for women…)  Connect »

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