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Looking for something interesting to read while you wait on an experiment? Treat yourself to a 10 minute break and catch up with all that’s been happening in the world of open science!

• It’s always refreshing to learn about young researchers’ perspectives on why open science is important for their careers. During Open Access Week in October, Curtin University Library asked early career researchers why it is important to them and the resulting video gives us their insights.

• It’s no secret: publishing open access means your paper will be seen and cited by more researchers than if you publish behind a paywall. In their Open Access Week blog, Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco wrote about why open access is good for you. Click here to see what they had to say.

• Open science has made it all the way to Washington D.C. Well almost…scientists at the NIH (Bethesda, MD) will be celebrating an Open Data Science Symposium on December 1^st. The event is open to the public, so hurry-up and register (registration closes Nov 18^th)!

• With over 8000 bikes stationed at 500 stations in over 50 neighborhoods, as a New Yorker I can move easily from one place to another via citi bike’s bike share program. Now some researchers at NYU are looking into their open data to figure out how the bikes are being used.