Events
“Peer Community In” is the future of science: Empowering authors and community with moving to diamond open access and community initiatives
Peer Community In (PCI) is a disruptive revolution in science that is changing the publication landscape and shifting power from publishers to authors. PCI is a scholar-led non-profit association that creates communities of researchers who conduct peer-reviews on and recommend preprints in their scientific fields. It is supported by over 100 public research institutions and libraries from around the world with a sustainable long-term budget.
Dr. Gilad Feldman will discuss the growing challenges with the current science publication system, briefly introduce Peer Community In, Peer Community Journal, and Peer Community in Registered Reports and the hope that they represent, and share his HKU CORE team experience with PCIRR, with concrete examples showing how this new model is beneficial to both authors, universities, the academic community, and the general public.
All researchers, students, and academic community members in Hong Kong and worldwide who are interested in OA are welcome.
Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023
The State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine, in collaboration with TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and the University Library, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, invites you to participate in the II International Conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023," which will take place online on October 26-27, 2023.
The aim of the II International Scientific Conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023" is to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders of the scientific community to discuss practical aspects of implementing the principles of open science and innovation in Ukraine. The conference aims to explore viable solutions to address pressing issues such as uninterrupted access to research infrastructure, free access to full-text scholarly publications, the need to reform the system of research evaluation, and accelerate the integration of Ukrainian science into the European Research Area by aligning with European Union policies on open science and data exchange formats. The discussions and presentations will result in a list of recommendations for higher education institutions and research establishments. These recommendations will contribute to the implementation of practical measures and policies to support open science and innovation in Ukraine. The event serves as an open platform for exchanging experiences, ideas, and knowledge, promoting scientific progress, and fostering the development of the Ukrainian scientific community.
Expected Outcome. The expected outcome of the conference will be the presentations of distinguished speakers who will unite their perspectives and propose collaborative methods for developing roadmaps aimed at implementing open science in Ukraine. These roadmaps will be developed according to an approved plan of actions for the development of Open Science in Ukraine.
Target Audience. We are pleased to invite researchers, librarians, managers, and staff of research libraries, managers and administrators of institutional repositories, managers and researchers of scientific topics, experts from research offices of higher education institutions, IT technology specialists, publishers of scientific journals, developers of scientific information platforms and systems, doctoral students and young scientists, project managers, business leaders, startup co-organizers, members of library associations, and researchers working on artificial intelligence-related research.
Open Access in social media
An information campaign on the Gdańsk Tech Library's Facebook profile, where we encourage you to follow a series of posts dedicated to non-commercial platforms that support collaboration between members of the scientific community. In the virtual space, we will try to introduce the topic of preprint repositories, but we also invite you to visit us in the Main Building, where the librarians have prepared a promotional stand with small gifts.
Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2023
Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2023 (Bologna, 26-27 October 2023) About 2 billion open bibliographic citations are available on the web.
During the two-day event, researchers, policy-makers and scholarly publishers will gather in the historical location of the University of Bologna to take part in the plenary presentations and discussions around the widespread adoption of practices for the creation, reuse and improvement of open citation data, with a focus on this year’s theme: "The value of open scholarly metadata for research assessment purposes".
The Workshop will host selected contributions and invited talks from distinguished speakers, and the full program will be soon announced on the website: https://workshop-oc.github.io.
Beyond Access & Affordability: The Impact of Open Textbook Publishing on your Academic Profile
Join the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Library for Open Access Week 2023 to explore the impact of open textbook publishing on your academic profile with Associate Professor Tanya Machin and Dr Susan Carter.
Open educational resources (OER) have emerged as a powerful tool for fostering accessible and inclusive learning environments. However, the benefit of OER goes beyond access and affordability for students but also impacts the trajectory of academic careers. Join us for an enlightening session where we explore the experiences of two UniSQ academics who were early adopters of OER.
This event will provide invaluable insights into their motivations and learning journey in creating, adapting, and utilising OER within different academic contexts. They will share how their work within the OER community has provided opportunities for innovative collaborations and knowledge-sharing, as well as the impact that this work has had on fostering active student engagement and learning and influenced their own teaching and publishing practices.
Open Education Resources 101: Find and Create Affordable Course Materials
In this webinar, attendees will learn about Open Educational Resources (OER), free and openly licensed materials that you can use in your teaching. OER, particularly open textbooks, save students money while empowering faculty by giving them more control over their course content. We’ll cover the difference between Open Access and Open Educational Resources, how to find OER for your course, and tools for authoring and publishing your own openly licensed materials.
Open Science Night 2023
Puzzling, discovering and discussing together - that's what the Open Science Night offers on 25 October 2023 from 6.00 to 9.00 pm at the University Library.
After a very successful event last year, we are already looking forward to seeing you again. A special space in the library will be transformed into a cosy setting with all kinds of surprises. Once again, we will be supported by the team of the Open Science Initiative of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The scientists and specialists from the university library will be there for you. Once again, the event is a good opportunity to combine fun with a serious topic.
The University of Miami Celebrates International Open Access Week
The University of Miami Libraries are proud to be among the worldwide community of institutions celebrating the 2023 International Open Access Week. This year's theme, "Community Over Commercialization," encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not. Open access to scholarship and information contributes to creating a more equitable world where knowledge sharing, collaboration, and accessibility to research help to address both local and global concerns. Please join us online for a presentation featuring a panel of experts in research data, analytics, and open scholarship as they discuss how the University Libraries are contributing to the open access community and how you can participate. Topics will include tips for selecting open access publishing venues and avoiding predatory journals, government policies affecting open access, and article processing charges and ORCiD. The presentation will be followed by an audience question and answer session. About International Open Access Week October 23–29, 2023 International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. The event is celebrated worldwide by individuals, institutions, and organizations working collectively to make "open" the default for research and education. Open access resources can take many forms, including scholarly articles, datasets, multimedia content, and other types of creative works. Providing unrestricted access to these resources is key to the dissemination of knowledge and to the creation of new scholarship.
AI in Science - How to apply artificial intelligence in science
AI in Science - How to apply artificial intelligence in science We invite you on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, from 6 p.m. to the lectures entitled "AI in Science - How to apply artificial intelligence in science". In cooperation with the Penkala association, we have prepared two interesting and useful lectures on this topic, which will be presented by our colleagues Maja Hoić and Matej Gjurković! A little more about them and the topic of the lecture: • Maja Hoić is a doctoral student at the University of the North and is employed as a librarian at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. As part of her doctoral studies, she deals with the optimization of scientific metadata to facilitate data searching. She will hold a lecture entitled: "From Search to Prediction: Searching Scientific Databases with AI" • Matej Gjurković, PhD student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. He deals with research in the field of personality analysis of the author of the text and suppression of disinformation using artificial intelligence. He will hold a lecture entitled: "Generative Artificial Intelligence: the Swiss army knife in the scientist's pocket" After the lecture, we continue with the standard gathering, where you can relax with some drinks. Educational and fun afterwork! 😉 To make things even better, we rounded off the whole story with the fact that the International Open Access Week is also held in the specified week. Along with this, the association Penkala will be presented to us. Penkala is a non-profit organization founded in 2017. It operates under the slogan "scientific paperclip" - the main goal is to connect and network young scientists in Croatia and abroad.
AI u Znanosti - Kako primijeniti umjetnu inteligenciju u znanost
Pozivamo vas u srijedu, 25. listopada 2023. godine od 18 sati, na predavanja pod nazivom „AI u Znanosti - Kako primijeniti umjetnu inteligenciju u znanosti“. U suradnji s udrugom Penkala, pripremili smo dva zanimljiva i korisna predavanja na ovu temu koja će nam prezentirati naše kolege Maja Hoić i Matej Gjurković! Malo više o njima i temi predavanja: • Maja Hoić, doktorandica je na Sveučilištu Sjever te je zaposlena kao knjižničarka na Institutu Ruđer Bošković. U sklopu doktorskog studija bavi se optimizacijom znanstvenih metapodataka za olakšavanje pretraživanja podataka. Održati će predavanje pod nazivom: "Od Pretraživanja do Predviđanja: Pretraživanje Znanstvenih Baza Podataka uz AI" • Matej Gjurković, doktorand na Fakultetu elektrotehnike i računarstva. Bavi se istraživanjima iz područja analize ličnosti autora teksta i suzbijanja dezinformacija primjenom umjetne inteligencije. Održati će predavanje pod nazivom: “Generativna umjetna inteligencija: švicarski nožić u džepu znanstvenika” Nakon predavanja, nastavljamo sa standardnim druženjem gdje ćete se moći opustiti uz koje pićence. Edukativan i zabavan afterwork! 😉 Da stvar bude još bolja, zaokružili smo cijelu priču s činjenicom da se u navedenom tjednu održava i međunarodni tjedan otvorene znanosti (International Open Access Week). Sekcija Mladi istraživači - Hrvatsko prirodoslovno društvo
To flip or not to flip: Praxisbeispiel, die Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik goes Open Access
Die Edition SZH/CSPS existiert seit 1976. Heute publiziert der Verlag zwei Fachzeitschriften und Bücher in den Sprachen Deutsch und Französisch. Die Lesegewohnheiten der Zielgruppe haben sich im Laufe der Zeit stark verändert. Das wirkte sich auch auf die Abonnentenzahlen aus. Mehr und mehr wurde die Herstellung von Printprodukten und das damit einhergehende Abonnementsystem träge, defizitär und nicht mehr zeitgemäss. Um diesen Veränderungen gerecht zu werden hat der Verlag die Produktion der Produkte auf Anfang 2023 angepasst und setzt neu auf digitale Gold Open Access Publikationen. Damit folgt der Verlag auch der nationalen Open Access Strategie von swissuniversities. Durch die komplette Digitalisierung der Publikationen erhöhen wir zudem die Sichtbarkeit und Barrierefreiheit und ermöglichen damit einen unmittelbaren Zugang zu Bildung und Wissen.
Der Beitrag gibt Einblick in diesen Change-Prozesses. Wir berichten von Herausforderungen, die uns begegnet sind, was die grossen Vorteile dieser Entscheidung sind und was besser gemacht werden könnte.
Webinar "Data protection in Research"
The first speaker of the webinar, Marten Juurik (ERC/UT), will introduce the UT guide "Data Protection in Research." Toomas Lepik from Taltech will discuss information security and its connection to research. The final presentation will be given by Manolis Terrovitis (OpenAIRE), who will provide an overview of the anonymization tool Amnesia.
Diamond Open Access: How scalable is it?
The diamond open access model – where neither the author nor the reader pays to publish or read original research – is used by just under three-quarters of titles indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, but publish a significantly lower proportion of open access literature each year. This webinar will explore some of the potential reasons why diamond open access is not more prevalent in chemistry, and what alternatives exist.
OpenAccess and textbooks: is a completely open education possible?
Join us to explore the concept of open access in education and discover its potential to transform teaching and learning. In an era when access to knowledge is more crucial than ever, innovative approaches to education are essential. Open access goes beyond the use of free or open resources; it represents a paradigm shift in the way we think about teaching and learning. We want to investigate the significance of the use of open access textbooks in the Italian context, exploring the strengths and weaknesses associated with this approach. Programme: 14.00 - 14.15: Greetings and introduction 14.15 - 15.00: Benedetta Calonaci (University of Florence) 15.00 - 15.45: Giovanni Puccetti (University of Milan) 15.45 - 16.00: Break 16.00 - 16.45: Andrea Angiolini, Il Mulino (Italian Publisher) 16.45 - 17.45: Final round table discussion.
Offenes Europa: Bericht von der Teilnahme an einer internationalen Open Science Staff Week in Frankreich
Offenes Europa: Bericht von der Teilnahme an einer internationalen Open Science Staff Week in Frankreich
Staff Weeks geben Mitarbeitenden (auch) in Bibliotheken die Möglichkeit, einen Blick hinter die Kulissen anderer Einrichtungen zu werfen. Markus Trapp und David Maus berichten von ihren Erfahrungen bei der internationalen Open Science Staff Week in Strasbourg vom 8.-14.10.2023.
Location: HG 154 (SUB, Von-Melle-Park 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)
Coffee Lecture „Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht und Green Open Access“ im Erdgeschoss der Bibliothek
Coffee Lecture „Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht und Green Open Access“ im Erdgeschoss der Bibliothek Bei einem Kaffee oder Tee informieren wir Sie in der Bibliothek, wie Sie die Sichtbarkeit Ihrer Publikationen durch die Nutzung des Zweitveröffentlichungsrechts und Green Open Access optimieren können. In der Poster- und Buchausstellung können Sie sich außerdem über Open Access und den aktuellen Stand an der TH informieren.
Vom Text zum Manuskript - „Ready to publish“
Tobias Buck gibt Tipps & Tricks, wie man sich die Arbeit mit Manuskriptrichtlinien leichter machen kann.
Sie befassen sich in diesem Workshop mit Fragen der formalen Vereinheitlichung von Texten. Vor dem Hintergrund verschiedener Verlags- bzw. Manuskriptrichtlinien entwickeln Sie für sich ein eigenes Regelwerk, das Sie dabei unterstützt, formale Einheitlichkeit bereits beim Schreiben im Blick zu behalten.
Arbeitsweise:
kürzere Impulsvorträge
Recherchen
praktische Übungen
Location: SUB, Von-Melle-Park 3, PC-Schulungsraum (AB 205) Altbau
Durban University of Technology Open Access Week Public Lecture
Durban University of Technology Open Access Week Public Lecture Guest Speaker: Ms Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Open Access Week - Linköpings universitet
Here is your chance to get all your questions answered and give us useful feedback on what you need to work with open access. You'll find us at Campus US (Linköping near Deli Marché.
Open Access Week 2023 - Open Science for Enabling Reproducible, Ethical and Community-driven Research
Join the University of Derby and the University of Essex as we celebrate Open Access Week 2023!
In this talk, we are joined by Dr. Malvika Sharan, senior researcher and co-lead of The Turing Way project at The Alan Turing Institute. Malvika will discuss Open Science as a framework to ensure that all research components can be easily accessed, openly examined and built upon by others. She will introduce The Turing Way - an open source, open collaboration and community-driven guide to reproducible, ethical and inclusive data science and research. Drawing insights from the project, Malvika will share best practices that researchers should integrate to ensure the highest reproducible and ethical standards from the start of their projects so that their research work is easy to reuse and reproduce at all stages of the development. All attendees will leave the talk understanding the many dimensions of openness and how they can participate in an inclusive, kind and inspiring open-source ecosystem as they collaboratively seek to improve research culture. All questions and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/the-turing-way.
As researchers, we make complex choices around project design and decisions throughout the lifecycle of our research. We are expected to ensure that our research objects are easily accessed, openly examined and built upon by others in future work. Although open and transparent reporting helps to make sure that scientific work can be trusted, we must also integrate considerations of the societal and ethical implications of our work. Especially when these considerations impact people's lives. Furthermore, reproducibility alongside Open Research practices are important for enabling independent verification of research methods, underlying data, analysis code and workflows. All these require an understanding of research best practices and skills that are often not widely taught or explored among academic researchers.
Presenter Biography
Malvika Sharan is a senior researcher and co-lead of The Turing Way project at The Alan Turing Institute which is an open-source community and guide for reproducible and collaborative data science. She involves and supports a diverse community of contributors - helping them adopt best practices in their research and collaborate within The Turing Way. She is a co-founder of Open Life Science, a mentoring and training programme that empowers researchers to integrate open science in the context of their communities. She is a Software Sustainability Institute fellow, a Society of RSE trustee, and an active contributor to open-source community initiatives including Code for Science and Society, NASA-TOPS, The Carpentries and MetaDocencia. She works towards enabling collaborative development approaches, embedding inclusive practices and supporting projects to enhance the diversity of marginalised members in research leadership.
Do sign up for this fascinating talk and to find out more about The Turing Way! For more information about Open Access and Open Research, please see the University of Derby's Open Research SharePoint pages and the Library's information on Open Research at the University of Essex.
Public Conference "Pubblica! Repubblica della scienza e Impero della valutazione"
We will talk about science, open access and research evaluation.
International Open Access Week 2023 at Karlstad University, Sweden
Each year, the international Open Access Week is held with activities across the globe to highlight issues around open access to scientific publications. The theme of this year is “Community over Commercialization”. On Wednesday October 25th Karlstad University Library welcomes you to a set of seminars and panel discussion on Open Access and Open Science building on the theme. When? 09:00–15:00, Wednesday October 25th, 2023 Where? The Karlstad University Library.
Panel: Open Access for Equitable Information Futures
The Open Access movement has allowed for broader sharing of knowledge but inequities in how research is created, shared, and valued still persist. How might we tap into both local and international communities to create models of research creation and dissemination that serve people over profits?
Bucknell is proud to host a global online panel of information professionals and scholar-activists to discuss community and commercialization in Open Access. Please join us, in-person or online.
Tuesday 24th, 2023
3:00 pm
Hildreth Mirza Hall or on Zoom
Zoom Link:
https://bucknell.zoom.us/j/92499458458?pwd=elFpelR6T0haWXdSMHVyNlB2WGJ6dz09
Panelists:
Miriam Conteh-Morgan, University of Sierra Leone
Rodrigo Donoso-Vegas, University of Chile
Becs Kirk, PLOS
Tom Medak, Multimedia Institute/MAMA in Zagreb, and Pirate Care
Programa de Semana de Acceso Abierto 2023
La Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México a través de la Secretaría de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados y la Oficina de Conocimiento Abierto les hacen una cordial invitación al evento de la Semana Internacional de Acceso Abierto 2023 "La comunidad frente a la comercialización"
Join us for an Open Access Week event on October 24
Open Access Week is a global initiative that celebrates open access to scholarly information. This year's theme, "Community over Commercialization", represents an opportunity to join together, take action, and raise awareness around the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems.
Our presenter for 2023 is Gunnar Blohm, a leading researcher and innovator in the field of sensorimotor control and computational neuroscience, will deliver a presentation on his latest project, Scholarnexus. During the event, he will share his vision and insights on the future of community-led open access infrastructure.
Scholarnexus is a novel platform that aims to create a seamless ecosystem for open scholarly publishing. It will enable researchers, institutions, and the academic community to access and share knowledge more easily and collaboratively. You can learn more about Scholarnexus here; https://scholar.nexus