We’re excited to be on the Path to Open with your library. This resource is designed to help you spread the word about your participation. Below, you’ll find ready-to-use content, social media assets, and outreach ideas to maximize your impact.

Web and social media resources

Reach your audiences easily with pre-written, customizable content and social media toolkits for use in emails, blog posts, news pages, and/or social media.

Additional outreach opportunities

Looking for more ways to engage your community? Consider:

  • Coordinating with your institution’s communications, marketing, or faculty affairs teams to share updates about your Path to Open participation
  • Issuing a campus announcement or news post highlighting your commitment to expanding access to scholarly content
  • Hosting a library-led webinar, workshop, or panel on open access, affordable learning, or how faculty can engage with Path to Open and other open access resources
  • Featuring Path to Open content in your library newsletters, LibGuides, or discovery channels
  • Encouraging faculty and researchers to share and cite new open access titles, using this new Path to Open: Communications toolkit for authors

Let’s collaborate

Have a great idea or success story you want to share? We want to hear about it! Complete this form to get the conversation started.

Learn with us: Insights and updates

Stay informed with the latest news, webinars, and blog posts related to Path to Open.

Thank you for supporting open access and the future of scholarly publishing. We look forward to seeing your contributions on the Path to Open!

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A lush garden path lined with tall, colorful flowering plants, with two hens walking along the light-colored walkway toward a shaded seating area in the background.

Gustav Klimt. Garden Path with Hens. 1916. Part of Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives, Artstor.