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Welcome to Open Access Week! The Wake Forest University community of scholars joins colleagues across the globe in celebrating and promoting the principles of Open Access to scholarship. In the path from information to knowledge to wisdom, free and open access to ideas is paramount. Open Access Week exists to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research. The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is taking the initiative to educate faculty and students on their intellectual property rights, help explore alternative publishing options, and build a digital archive of the intellectual output of the university. A university-wide Scholarly Communication Committee has been working for over a year to advance these initiatives. Molly Keener was recently appointed to the newly-created position of Scholarly Communication Librarian and looks forward to meeting faculty and engaging these issues. Please join the conversation!