A knowledge exchange fair showcasing the two-way street of knowledge. Farmers and community experts share indigenous knowledge with students and researchers.

The brand new webportal about open science in Sweden, Openscience.se, will be released during Open Access Week 2025.

The portal collects essential information about the key actors, resources, and documents that are central to Sweden’s transition to an open science system. Its aim is to serve as a living platform that offers concise introductions to the main actors driving the transition in Sweden and internationally, while also presenting important resources.

The training activity will be addressed in two directions: on the one hand, we will introduce what open access is in publishing, how we have adapted our centre to European and national mandates and what the process of change has been like. We will focus on the importance of the preprint, talk about quantitative indicators and the DORA and COARA declarations.

On the other hand, we will introduce the Data Management Plan (DMP), how to prepare, when you should prepare and the importance of the DMP in the proposals.

This event gathers initiatives, projects and people who are involved in Open Science and Open Access practices in the University of Coimbra. The goal is to promote and share these practices and to build a stronger community around open science at the University. The event is open to all.

LIBSENSE Nigeria warmly invites you to join the Open Access Week 2025 Event with the theme:
“Owning Our Research Infrastructure: Rethinking Visibility and the Hidden Costs of Access”

Researchers, alumni, and community leaders discuss how to make Busitema research available to local governments and farmers for practical application.

This webinar, organized by the International Science Council (ISC), will showcase examples of non-commercial, scholar-led, and community-driven publishing models from around the world. Representatives from several initiatives will present how their platforms promote equitable access to knowledge, strengthen research communities, and reimagine traditional publishing systems. The session will include short presentations followed by a Q&A discussion with the audience.

Who truly owns the knowledge we create? As open access grows, so do concerns about commercialization, AI exploitation, and inequitable participation. This webinar will explore how to design open access models that center community ownership, protect against extractive practices, and amplify marginalized voices. Panelists will share strategies for balancing openness with privacy and consent, ensuring a future where knowledge is not only free to access but also ethically and equitably shared.

SPARC Africa Open Access Week 2025 Webinar Series - Day 1

Day 1 – Monday, October 20, 2025

Topic: Regional perspectives on Diamond Open Access 

This first webinar will focus on Diamond Open Access (DOA) from global and regional perspectives. Speakers representing Africa, USA, Europe, Latin America and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will share insights on how DOA is implemented.

The discussion will be guided by the Toluca–Cape Town Declaration on Diamond Open Access, which reaffirms knowledge as a human right and a public good.

The Toluca–Cape Town Declaration on Diamond Open Access

Following the 2023 Toluca Global Summit, we, the 2024 Cape Town Global Summit participants, affirm that sharing knowledge is a human right. 

As such, scholarly knowledge must be a public good. It must be accessible to all communities, including readers and authors, without barriers and paywalls. Participation in knowledge production and communication must be free of prejudice and bias.

In line with the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, Diamond Open Access is community-owned, community-led, and non-commercial.

Social justice, equity, and inclusivity are fundamental to Diamond Open Access, enabling it to be a driver of decolonisation and demarginalisation. 

We commit to regional and language diversity in scholarly communication. The implementation of Diamond Open Access needs to be tailored to address both local and global challenges and supported by systems of research assessment.  

Source: https://doasummit.uct.ac.za/

Who Should Attend?

• Librarians and library leaders

• Researchers and academics across all disciplines

• Students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

• Scholarly publishers and editors

• University administrators and policymakers

• Anyone interested in open science, open access, and equitable knowledge sharing

Registration Information

• Registration is free and gives you access to both sessions. Click here for more information on Day 2.

• Only one registration is required.

• Registered participants will receive reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each webinar.

• Time: 1:00 pm UTC | 2:00 pm WAT | 3:00 pm CAT/SAST | 4:00 pm EAT (each day)

Technical Requirements

• The webinars will be hosted on Zoom.

• Participants who do not already have Zoom should download, install, and create an account ahead of time (Click here to download Zoom).

• Please log in at least 10 minutes early to test your connection.

• Audio and video will stream through computer speakers. For the best experience, we recommend using a headset or earpiece.

Webinar resources

• A list of additional resources will be provided at the end of each webinar.

• Registrants may receive presentation slides.

• Webinar recordings will be uploaded to the AfLIA YouTube Channel after each session for wider access.

• Please note: No certificates of participation will be issued for this series.

Enquiries

For further questions or assistance, please contact:

• Stanley Boakye-Achampong – researchcoordinator[at]aflia.net 

• Jill Claassen– jill.claassen[at]uct.ac.za

The University of Latvia Library in collaboration with EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), invites you to a webinar on October 20th at 16.00 titled "Retaining author’s rights to enable open access to research outputs " The aim of the webinar is to raise awareness of rights retention policies in Latvia and Secondary Publication Rights developments in Europe.
The Latvian Open Science strategy 2021-2027 encourages researchers and research institutions to retain copyright in their publications, and Horizon Europe requires rights retention to achieve open access to its research outputs. But how can these policies be implemented? This webinar will provide practical tips for researchers and institutions on how to retain their copyright. It will also introduce secondary publication rights, a legislative measure found in a growing number of countries in Europe, that requires publicly funded research to be made available in open access. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and to share practical experiences on how to retain their rights and to comply with open access policies.

Science Europe and its Member Organisations play a leading role in shaping developments and initiatives on open science and research assessment reform. Building on our established guidelines and recommendations on open access monitoring, Science Europe members contribute to all major initiatives in this space.

This webinar will explore the latest initiatives in monitoring and evidence gathering for open science and research assessment reform, and will mark the launch of a new report, commissioned by Science Europe. This report maps survey findings from our Member Organisations against the current academic research in these areas.

The new tender report being launched at this event reflects these contributions and helps situate them within broader policy and scholarly contexts.

This webinar will provide an opportunity to:

• Discuss the shared goals underpinning these international initiatives

• Examine how monitoring and evidence gathering efforts support open science and research assessment reform

• Reflect on the role of research funding and performing organisations in advancing this work

Curious about Open Access but short on time? Join this lightning talk, “What is Open Access?”, for a quick overview of its key components and why it matters for research, teaching, and access to knowledge.

On Monday, 20 October 2025, at 5 p.m. (Central European Time), Prof. Łukasz Dominiak from Nicolaus Copernicus University will speak on the topic of ‘Rethinking Ownership’ and shed light on non-commercial models of scientific publishing and the role of Open Journal Systems at NCU.

The event will be opened by Prof. Michal Kucera, Vice President for Research and Transfer at the University of Bremen, and Prof. Ralf Grüttemeier, Vice President for Research and Transfer at the University of Oldenburg.

This lecture is part of International Open Access Week 2025 and is organised by the State and University Library of Bremen and the Library and Information System of the University of Oldenburg.

The event will be held in English and online via Zoom. Registration is not required.

Rutgers has long been a leader in open access scholarship, championing the free exchange of knowledge through its pioneering Rutgers Open Access Policy and the SOAR repository (Scholarly Open Access at Rutgers). But the landscape is shifting rapidly. In this timely presentation, we’ll explore how emerging forces, especially web accessibility standards and the use of artificial intelligence through large language models, are reshaping how scholarly work is managed and discovered. Join us for a dynamic discussion on evolving journal policies, the responsibilities of authors and peer reviewers, and the regulatory and cultural currents influencing open access. Whether you’re authoring, reviewing, mentoring, or publishing, this session will offer valuable insights into the future of academic knowledge sharing.

New York Tech Libraries: Open Access Week, Launch and Introduction to Semantic Encyclopedia

In celebration of International Open Access Week, UNCW Library and Research & Innovation are pleased to host a talk from Eric Harbeson, Scholarly Publishing Legal Fellow at Authors Alliance. Eric will discuss recent and ongoing changes to U.S. research funders' public access policies and how those changes interact with institutional and publisher policies. All are welcome.

Drs. Helen Abadzi, Amandeep Dhaliwal and Dan Levine share insights into their experience in developing two open textbooks on cyber psychology and political psychology. They will discuss outcomes and challenges, her partnership with the Libraries, and why it was important to share these resources openly.

Please be sure to Register for this event!

This is a hybrid session. The Microsoft Teams Meeting link will be emailed to all registered attendees 24 hours before the event begins.

Join us for a virtual keynote presentation from Juan Pablo Alperin, Scientific Director of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), an Associate Professor in the Publishing Program, and the Co-Director of the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab) at Simon Fraser University. This talk will discuss how the proliferation of open access journals, led by scholars and published out of universities from around the world, are challenging publishing models, reshaping access to knowledge, and redefining the global landscape of scholarly communication.

Is artificial intelligence (AI) impacting you, your research, scholarship, publishing, or understanding of open access (OA)? Tell us about it!Join us for a quick, free, in-person OA / AI “Fill-in-the-Blank” Word Game centered on the intersection of open access and artificial intelligence. Play the game, win a prize, and contribute your thoughts on the impact of OA and AI.

Help capture and preserve our public health care data in the Climate and Health Research Coordinating Center Harvard Dataverse Collection.

This event is dedicated to celebrating the achievements UND has made in Open Access. We invite members of our community to join us for refreshments and conversation around Open Access.

Abstract:

This event will delve into the experiences of returning and new authors. The session will explore the authors' journey through the book creation process, and the benefits, including the extension of their academic and professional reach.

Returning authors, Drs Anna Chruscik and Louisa Windus initially adapted an Open Stax textbook to create 'Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology'. They have embarked on a new project; a six volume set entitled 'Biosciences for the Health Professionals', the first of which has already been published.

New author Dr Chris Kossen was inspired to create his book 'Microlearning - Engaging Learning Experiences Made Easy' based on research and practice leading to a national teaching award. Since publication, Dr Kossen has attracted international collaboration, and research dissemination opportunities.

Dr Govind Krishnamoorthy has just finished a third volume dealing with Trauma Informed Practice, titled ‘Recovery and Resilience at School’ written with Dr Kay Ayre (University of Western Australia) and Dr Dayna Schimke University of Southern Queensland). This text provides interest as it converted an existing podcast series into a textbook, and provides diverse, authentic, and international practitioner perspectives.

The authors will share practical insights on open publishing and provide reflections on how this has enhanced their academic and research profiles.

Who owns our knowledge? This seems like a rather straightforward question but the answer is much more complex, involving the Maxwell empire, academic publishers, faceless corporations, media companies, censorship and politics.

Join us for “Open for All: Advancing Inclusive and Sustainable Open Access Practices”, a virtual webinar hosted by the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) in celebration of International Open Access Week 2025. Taking place on 21st October 2025 from 10 AM to 4 PM EAT, the event will bring together researchers, librarians, publishers, policymakers, and funders to explore inclusive and sustainable Open Access (OA) models that advance equity in scholarly publishing—particularly in the Global South. Through interactive sessions, panel discussions, and tool demonstrations, the webinar will address key themes such as institutional OA policies, ethical publishing, capacity building, and collaborative approaches for driving equitable knowledge sharing. The event is free and open to all, with recordings shared post-event to promote continued learning and engagement.

A joint initiative of Publications, Support Art and Research and the University Library, University of Applied Arts Vienna (Angewandte)

Open Access promotes visibility, participation and the open exchange of knowledge. But who owns the knowledge that is generated at art universities such as the Angewandte? How free is knowledge? What is Open Access and how does it work? And how can researchers, teachers and students make the best use of the principle of free and open access to scientific and artistic results?

Open Access offers many opportunities and raises countless questions, which will be collected and (pre)sorted together in this workshop-style event. We will explore the opportunities, challenges and desires associated with open access in research, teaching and study, and invite interested parties and those affected to engage in conversation with invited experts and thought leaders.

Short presentations and small groups will open up a space for exchange on the following areas, in which open access has become indispensable in scientific and artistic research and teaching:

• Research & development

• Discover, find & save

• Publish

The Angewandte Open Access Awareness Day aims to raise awareness of the use of open access and to discuss related needs, concerns, wishes and ideas in a concentrated manner. The goal is to develop strategies and measures for the future of open access at the Angewandte on the basis of this exchange.

In addition to researchers, lecturers, students and staff at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, interested parties from outside the university are also welcome – we look forward to hearing a wide range of perspectives!

This webinar introduces the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) and why it is being promoted in academia. Through examples and experiences of current RRS policies, we present: 1. How the RRS is used to ensure the availability of research publications and to preserve the rights of researchers to their own work. 2. RRS from a contractual and copyright perspective.

The webinar is aimed at researchers who are interested in learning more about the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS).

This training explores strategies for fostering inclusivity and fairness in scholarly publishing, with a focus on Open Access (OA) initiatives.

An in-person seminar dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the diversity and impact of UCC’s Diamond Open Access journals.

The University of Latvia Library in collaboration with the Open Access Books Network, invites you to a webinar "An Introduction to Open Access Book Publishing" on October 21th at 16.00 titled “An introduction to Open Access Book Publishing”. The aim of the webinar is to offer a general overview of open access book publishing, including by sharing practical examples and resources.

In the context of open access, growing attention is being given not only to the publication of scholarly articles in open access journals, but also to the publication of academic books in open access. The webinar will provide a general introduction to open access books and the work of the Open Access Books Network. It will cover the main differences between publishing in open access versus closed access, as well as the distinctions between publishing scholarly books and journal articles. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about practical resources and tips, and ask their questions to subject experts.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping how we discover, generate, evaluate, share, and teach research and education. From the ways we discover and share knowledge to how we teach and assess learning, AI now permeates every layer of the open science ecosystem.

Recognising both the opportunities and challenges this brings, the YERUN Open Science Ad-hoc Group will host the webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” on 21 October 2025 from 15.00 to 16.30 CEST, during International Open Access Week.

The discussion will bring together expert speakers to reflect on how AI is transforming openness, transparency, and integrity in research and higher education. Rather than focusing on technical demonstrations, the webinar will explore how universities can approach AI critically and constructively, recognising both its potential to strengthen open science practices and the challenges it raises for governance, ethics, and trust.

AI’s growing influence in education will also be part of the reflection. As AI tools become more common in classrooms and research training, the speakers will discuss how institutions can promote AI literacy, support responsible use, and maintain academic integrity.

The session will conclude with time for questions and reflections from participants.

The panel of speakers includes:

Ana Meštrović, Full Professor, Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies, University of Rijeka (Croatia)
Gerasimos (Jerry) Spanakis, Assistant Professor in Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing at Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Lars Ailo Bongo, Professor in Health Technology at the Department of Computer Science, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway (Norway)
Iva Melinščak Zlodi, Librarian at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Welcome remarks and moderation by Brian Talty, YERUN Policy Officer.

Law Archive: A Free and Open Access Legal Scholarship Repository

By Femi Cadmus
Femi Cadmus is the Law Librarian and Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she teaches Technology in the Practice of Law. A recognized leader in the field of legal information, Cadmus is a former President of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the initiator of Law Archive. Her research interests focus on the intersection of law and technology, open access to legal information, and the evolution of the modern law library.

CrimRxiv: The Global Open-access Hub and Repository for Criminology

By Scott Jacques
Scott Jacques is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Georgia State University, Associate Director of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group (EBCS), and the founder of CrimRxiv. He also leads the CrimRxiv Consortium. His mission is to advance the quality and quantity of no-cost educational materials and open-access scientific outputs in criminology and related fields.

Join Dave Hansen, Heather Joseph,  and Peter Suber — leading experts in copyright, open scholarship policy and infrastructure — to explore the practical and policy dimensions of questions related to the 2022 White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (also known as “Nelson memo”), which requires federally funded research, including publications and data, be immediately available for the public to freely access and fully use. 

Join us as we explore:  

• What is the status of policy development across agencies?

• What will compliance look like in practice?

• How should faculty, researchers, and institutions position themselves to meet new requirements?

• How have publishers responded to these new policies?

• And more.  

Join Victoria Peters (Scholarly Communication and Resource Services Librarian) in discussing Open Access at DePauw.

International Open Access Week 2025 (October 20–26) poses a timely question: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” This faculty development session will explore the shifting landscape of scholarly communication, highlighting how liberal arts faculty can reclaim agency over the work they create. We will examine how open access (OA) models—diamond OA, community-aligned publishing, and institutional repositories—offer paths toward equity and public impact. Participants will also consider how liberal arts values—interdisciplinarity, critical inquiry, and student engagement—align naturally with open, ethical knowledge sharing.

By situating our campus OA history within the broader movement, this session will help faculty understand the ethical and practical implications of open access, see how institutional policies support their work, and identify opportunities to contribute to a more equitable scholarly ecosystem. Participants will leave with concrete strategies to enhance the visibility and impact of their research while advancing our community’s commitment to knowledge as a public good.

Did you know that Rutgers-affiliated authors can publish open access with more than twenty top journal publishers without incurring costly Article Processing Charges (APCs)? Thanks to transformative agreements between Rutgers University Libraries and major publishers, authors avoided paying more than $3.4 million in 2024. Join in the conversation with Rutgers researchers and a publishing representative to find out more. Send your questions when you register and our panel will be happy to address them!

Around the world, government funding provides critical resources to support research and scholarship. Similarly, government open access policies like those in the United States, the European Union, Mexico, and Japan have reshaped scholarly communication to ensure immediate open access to publicly funded research.

But what happens when governments turn against research? How can research and scholarly communication communities respond to censorship of academic research and to the dismantling of funding agencies and other research infrastructure? How can institutions and libraries maintain a commitment to open access in the face of challenging political and budgetary climates?

This conference aims to build on the Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship and to provide researchers, librarians, publishers, research administrators, and concerned citizens a chance to share their experiences and strategies in addressing and countering government censorship in the research process.

This session is specifically designed for graduate students! We’ll tackle practices that support you creating research that is findable, accessible, and replicable:

• Registering studies before you begin

• Federal mandates for open research

• Tips for contacting researchers for data sharing

• Re-using other study’s data

• Planning for Open Access publishing

• Quick Tools-for-You run through

Given the increased utilization of open educational resources (some rights reserved), open pedagogy and so-called inclusive access and traditional textbooks (all rights reserved), these conflicting approaches to accessing knowledge raises questions about who owns our knowledge. How do we democratize knowledge given access to knowledge is the pathway to critical thinking, personal autonomy, and independent choices? We will explore these ideas and more during this session.

Presented by Dr. Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness, Mass. Department of Higher Education Panelists: Millie Gonzalez, Dean of Libraries, New York Institute of Technology; Dr. Kisha Tracy, Chair & Professor of English Studies & Chair of the General Education Program Area, Fitchburg State University

Open science achieves its full potential when data, instruments, and publications are linked within a transparent and interoperable ecosystem. This Open Access Week 2025 session—hosted by Dr. Shuhan He and Amy Avakian MD of ConductScience.org—examines how reproducibility and data integration can be engineered into the research lifecycle itself.
The discussion will explore practical and technical approaches for building sustainable open-infrastructure frameworks, including:
- Embedding structured, machine-readable metadata and UMLS-linked identifiers within publications to support semantic search and re-use
- Incorporating persistent hardware identifiers (HIDs) for traceable instrument provenance and calibration data
- Applying the S-Index, a novel data metric, to quantify the impact of data-sharing and reproducibility
- Ensuring that outputs from behavioral and neurotechnological experiments are FAIR-compliant (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) by design
- Linking experimental data, metadata schemas, and open-access publications through automated integration pipelines.

Drawing on ongoing work within the ConductScience.org open-publishing ecosystem and its collaborations across academic partners, the event presents a conceptual and technical blueprint for data-integrated open science. Participants will gain insight into how standardization and open design can advance reproducibility, equity, and measurable scientific impact.

Join us for a lively, in-person round of Open Access Jeopardy, where knowledge is free and fun is guaranteed! Test your wits and learn about the world of open access publishing, copyright, Creative Commons licensing, and more! 

Whether you’re a seasoned Open Access advocate, or just interested in learning more, this event is designed to be interactive, educational and fun! You might even win a prize! 

Join the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communication for our 4th annual panel celebrating International Open Access Week 2025.

Using this year’s theme, Who Owns Our Knowledge, as a backdrop, panelists will discuss what it means to their libraries’ mission and services. We will also explore how libraries help faculty and students understand their rights as authors and creators, and how they help them to retain ownership of their intellectual property. We will wrap-up by looking ahead at how each panelist envisions the future of libraries as stewards and promoters of knowledge ownership. A Q & A session will immediately follow.

This event is co-sponsored by the UAB Libraries and the Alabama Library Association Scholarly Communication Round Table.

Who owns our knowledge in a global academic landscape shaped by powerful commercial publishers? Nwach Egbunike, head of Pan-Atlantic University Press in Lagos, brings an African university press perspective to this debate. Drawing on his extensive experience, Dr. Egbunike will discuss how African presses navigate systemic barriers to visibility and authority within the global scholarly ecosystem. While open access is frequently championed as a corrective, Dr. Egbunike asks whether it truly addresses marginalization—or might new models be required. His talk will challenge us to examine the complex realities of ownership, access, and equity in knowledge production, and how universities and publishers in Africa are charting their own paths amidst these global challenges.

The presentation will be followed by a conversation about knowledge inequality with Dr. Arsim Canolli, University of Prishtina in Kosova.

Open access has been around as a concept for well over two decades, and over that time the goal posts have continuously shifted. From early ideas of moving journal publishing online and self-managing it we are now considering questions about openness across the whole research lifecycle. Open access has also, unfortunately, opened up new markets for predatory publishing as a response to the obsessive focus on traditional research outputs for assessment of individuals and institutions. Commercial publishers, meanwhile, have expanded their control on the research ecosystem by developing or acquiring multiple systems managing all aspects of the research process. Throw artificial intelligence and political interference in research into the mix, and we have a perfect storm brewing. It is a sensible time to ask: ‘who owns our knowledge’? The good news is openness can mitigate many of these challenges. Join in on this discussion of the issues and the solutions we need to embrace.

Join The Sidney Martin Library via Zoom for "It’s academic publishing, but not as we knew it," the Open Access Week Webinar which follows the theme: Who Owns Our Knowledge?

In celebration of International Open Access Week (20–26 October 2025) and its powerful theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, we come together to champion the transformative principles of open access.

This session focuses on unpacking the concept of knowledge ownership within community and collective contexts. Panellists will reflect on their definitions of knowledge ownership, rooted in collaboration, lived experience, and cultural relevance, highlighting how knowledge can be created, shared and protected collectively rather than claimed individually. Unlike traditional academic models that emphasise individual authorship, proprietary rights, and institutional control, community-based understandings of knowledge foreground collective stewardship, reciprocal relationships, and respect for cultural protocols.

Busitema University Library staff will be on hand to help academics and students create and optimize their ORCID, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu profiles to increase the reach of their work &visibility of the University.

Join us for a special International Open Access Week webinar, where scholars, researchers, educators, and open access advocates from around the globe come together to celebrate and explore the power of open knowledge sharing. This webinar will take you through King Abdullah University of Science and Technology - KAUST’s Open Access journey, highlighting key milestones, lessons learned, and strategies that strengthened research visibility, faculty engagement, and knowledge ownership within and beyond the University.

The Scottish Universities Press (SUP) Training and Development Working Group are delighted to invite you to attend ‘A Practical Guide to Open Research’, taking place online on Wednesday 22 October 2025 from 09:30am to 12:30pm. This free half-day webinar will provide a practical introduction to the open research and open access landscape and is aimed at library and professional services staff at HEIs who would like to learn more about these areas, and how they interact with and impact their own roles. The webinar will cover the role of the library in supporting open research, a panel discussion on REF and a session on open access publishing.

In line with the 2025 International Open Access Week theme, "Who Owns Our Knowledge?“, the Nigeria Maritime University Library in collaboration with the Kwara State College of Education Library, Oro is organising an engaging programme titled: Owning Your Identity: One Researcher at a Time”. It is designed to help researchers understand and take charge of their scholarly identity in a digital and open knowledge environment.

The event will feature experienced professionals who will facilitate interactive sessions on building and managing researcher profiles, enhancing visibility through Open Access platforms, protecting intellectual identity, and leveraging global scholarly tools to increase impact.

This event will take place online via Zoom.

The Library intends to create awareness ahead of the event through its social media platforms, using flyers, reels, and short features. Throughout the week, we will align our activities with the global programme by:

Monday & Tuesday: Sharing insights from the global Open Access Week activities on our social media handles.

Wednesday: Hosting our flagship programme “Owning Your Identity: One Researcher at a Time!” across our two campuses’ libraries.

Thursday & Friday: Joining the global conversation by amplifying highlights and resources from Open Access Week.

Saturday: Sharing a recap of our activities on all social media handles.

Relaunch Principles and Practices of Open Research (PaPOR TRaIL) digital badge. This is an accessible entry point to open research. Introduce Navigating Open Research; a guide for early career researchers. This guide supports early career researchers in understanding open research, it offers practical advice, resources, and checklists to enable open research across disciplines. Checklist your way to Open - presentation of new resources followed by a roundtable discussion to look at how checklists and models can be used to support the open research journey— resources have been developed nationally and by UCC Library and aim to support researchers at every stage of their open research journey, including RDM resourcing, OA publishing, and DMPs.

“Who owns our knowledge?” – The motto of this year’s Open Access Week raises a question that has been at the core of the Open Access movement. The rise of AI and large language model (LLM) training and use brings a new urgency to this question. In this talk, David Rosenthal will share his perspective as expert lawyer on this field. Specifically, he will focus on how today's copyright law deals with the training of large language models with third party content (what is permitted?), how well copyright law is prepared for fairly balancing the interests of rights holders models and those using AI, and what we have to expect from a legal point of view.

On the 22nd of October from 1:30 to 4:30 pm, Circle U. will host the online event ‘Fast forward Open Science’, led by Université Paris Cité, as part of the International Open Access Week 2025. Experts in open access publishing, research data management, open source code and software, and open education will come together to share their perspectives, confront challenges, and explore solutions. This half-day programme is an opportunity to hear diverse voices from across our alliance — and beyond — and to reflect together on the future of Open Science. Register before the 20th of October!

Open access to scholarship involves the removal of price and permission barriers, enabling the free flow of scholarly research across all disciplines of study and research. Global in its reach, open access encompasses a wide variety of forms and models, ranging in their complexity from simple and straightforward to intricate and multi-faceted. In this introductory workshop, led by Colleen Cressman, Librarian for Open Publishing, we will discuss various open access models, illuminating their similarities and their key differences. Designed with collection development and e-resources librarians in mind, we will cover recent developments in both open access publishing and rights retention.

Join Duke University Press and the MIT Press during Open Access Week 2025 for a 30-minute webinar introducing Duke’s collection within the MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) program. Through this model, libraries collectively and directly contribute to publishing books open access while also receiving access to curated backlist titles. Duke’s participation adds new titles in the humanities and social sciences. Like Diamond OA and Subscribe to Open (S2O), Direct to Open is a community-aligned approach, showing how libraries and university presses can work together to make knowledge more open and accessible for readers everywhere.

Scholarly publishing is changing. New platforms and models—from modular “micropublications” to community-owned infrastructure—are challenging traditional modes of publication and raising new questions about ownership, equity, and sustainability. This panel brings together leading scholars and publishing technologists to share how these changes might transform research creation, dissemination, and evaluation.

Open access is a valuable tool for showcasing your expertise and sharing information with a wide audience. At Iowa State University, many faculty and staff have shared their work openly with support from the University library. During this panel presentation, researchers will bring their experiences working with the library to expand the impact of their work, and reflect on why and how they chose to share.

Attendees will leave this event with examples of how they can effectively utilize library services to build relationships across and beyond campus by making their work open.

Join us for a timely and thought-provoking discussion on the evolving impact of generative AI on open access materials. This event will explore how advancements in AI are reshaping the landscape of academic research and raising new questions around copyright, authorship, and information sharing.

Our featured speakers, Janet Burka, Managing Librarian for Research Support and Partnerships, and Vanessa Garrett, Digital Publishing Librarian, will offer expert insights into the legal, ethical, and practical implications of generative AI tools in the context of open access.

Please be sure to Register for this event!

In celebration of International Open Access Week, the BOAI Org and the National Council of Rectors of Costa Rica (CONARE) are pleased to announce the organization of the third event in our series of webinars addressing the worrying trend of no-fee OA journals adopting the APC model. The webinar will include stakeholders from the scholarly communication system discussing best practices for no-fee OA journals. In addition, we will introduce the idea of the development of a resource to show institutional investment in the no-fee OA model to recognize those institutions that are supporting this equitable model and encourage others to do so.

🗓️ Wednesday, 22 October, 2025
⏰ 11:00am-12:30pm CST/1:00-2:30pm EDT/2:00-3:30pm BRT

The webinar will be moderated by Arianna Becerril García of Redalyc, and will feature:

Barbara Rivera López, Barcelona Declaration, Chile
Jorge Herrera Murillo, Rector, Universidad Nacional,CONARE, CSUCA, Costa Rica
Lúcia da Silveira, bibliotecária do Portal de Periódicos, Universidade Estatal do Santa Catarina, Brasil
Paola Carolina Bongiovani, docente e investigadora, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Manager, Ukraine

Simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish and English will be provided.

In the U.S., it's possible to go off to college, walk into your first class, and be told one of two things: that your required text is a very expensive commercial textbook product, available in the campus bookstore/online... OR that the required text is a free, online resource that you can go and read starting on day one. And then: "By the way; instead of a final, you'll be working in groups to ADD NEW CHAPTERS to the textbook, which next semester's students will be using to learn."

How did such a vastly different textbook, and even classroom experience, come to be possible? If you're new to Open Educational Resources, you may be asking: where did they come from, and why are some professors who use OER also doing instruction where they have the students create future course content?

Come find out where the idea for Open Educational Resources came from, how they became reality thanks to a new set of legal tools related to copyright ownership...and how their existence and use stands in stark contrast to the profit-driven capitalism of our legacy commercial textbook publishers.

The Libraries' Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Team's presentation will emphasize the impact of using and creating open educational resources (OER) and other affordable learning materials. Participants will learn how the benefits of OER go far beyond textbook affordability, supporting instructional innovation, diverse learning styles and students' preparation, and disciplinary relevance. As leaders in the use of OER, the presenters will share outstanding examples of how Rutgers University instructors have used OER in the curriculum. Included in the presentation is an overview and demo of Pressbooks, an open platform that simplifies the process of creating and publishing a text, making it accessible and practical for faculty authors. You will come away inspired to apply for an OAT Award in January when the new award cycle opens.

This hands-on session will introduce you to tools that help you establish a credible and visible scholarly presence, including ORCID, Google Scholar, and more.

When you publish your work, who really owns it? This 30-minute online session will explore how you can retain control over your research rights through Open Access (OA) publishing and the use of Creative Commons licenses. Learn the basics of copyright as it relates to open access publishing and how to make your work more accessible—on your terms.

Please join us on Wednesday, October 22, for a panel discussion at The New York Public Library with the winners of the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards.

Join Deakin Library for a thought-provoking panel discussion exploring the 2025 Open Access Week theme, “Who owns our knowledge?”. Facilitated by Dr Danny Kingsley, this seminar brings together diverse voices from across Deakin University to unpack the systems, structures and stories that shape how knowledge is created, shared and valued.

Our panelists will reflect on:

• Who has access to education and research

• How knowledge is produced and disseminated

• Where knowledge originates

• Whose voices are recognised and amplified

This timely conversation invites us to consider the ethics and equity of knowledge, and the role open access plays in shaping the future of research, teaching and learning.

What does it mean to “own” your research in 2025? How can academic authors make informed choices about where and how people (and/or machines!) can access and build on their work? This session explores how the scholarly community can wrest control back from the oligopoly and maintain agency over their own work, ensuring their research has the widest and most meaningful impact. Vive la révolution!

Join us for an engaging panel discussion exploring the power and potential of open educational resources (OER) in higher education. Discover how Monash academics are using OER to enhance access and foster inclusive, innovative teaching practices.

This session will feature insights from educators who have created and adopted OER. Whether you're new to the concept or already experimenting with open content, this is a valuable opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired.

A day of live interviews asking our community: "What Ugandan problem does your research solve?" and "Who should benefit from your findings?" Join the conversation online!

Live broadcast. Student teams from all six campuses compete in a thrilling quiz on Open Access, research, and Busitema's impact. Let’s celebrate our students' knowledge!

Unisa, TUT, SMU & UP Open Access Collaborative Event

Every year in October, Chalmers Library awards a person or a group for excellent work on creating open access to Chalmers' research output.

Welcome to this important webinar on the Decolonization of African Knowledge. For too long, African research has been overshadowed by publication systems dominated by the Global North, where our local journals are often dismissed as secondary or lacking in quality. Yet, these journals are the true custodians of our contexts, our realities, and our solutions. Today, we gather to challenge these narratives, to uphold the value of African scholarship, and to encourage researchers to prioritise local journals as legitimate and powerful platforms for knowledge dissemination. This is not merely about publishing, it is about reclaiming intellectual sovereignty, amplifying African voices, and ensuring that our knowledge systems shape the future of global research.

In this Coffee Lecture, on 23 October 2025 at 12:00 p.m. (Central European Time), Dr Andreas Hübner from the Free University of Berlin will address the question ‘Who owns research data?’.

This lecture is part of International Open Access Week 2025 and is organised by the State and University Library of Bremen and the Library and Information System of the University of Oldenburg.

The event will be held in English and online via Zoom. Registration is not required.

How can publicly funded research projects secure their data in the long term while maintaining legal compliance, transparency and guaranteeing the FAIRness of their data? In our online presentation, we share practical experiences from our collaboration with humanities projects. Our focus is on facilitating the sharing and reuse of data by providing clear legal information for the users of our platform.

But the reality is often complex: many cultural institutions do not make their archives publicly available or do not allow the data to be reused in its entirety. How could a project reuse material that they are not allowed to share publicly?

In addition, new technologies such as AI raise questions – and sometimes fears. What influence can it have on the open access mentality?

Join us as we navigate the challenges of data management in our role as a long-term archive!

Speakers : Nora Olivia Ammann, Noémi Villars-Amberg

SPARC Africa Open Access Week 2025 Webinar Series - Day 2

Day 2 Focus – Thursday, October 23, 2025

Topic: African Universities Publishing Diamond Open Access on the African Platform for Open Scholarship (APOS)

The second webinar turns to Africa, with a spotlight on the African Platform for Open Scholarship (APOS). Speakers from universities already publishing through APOS will share their experiences, challenges, and benefits. This will be a practical session, showing how DOA is being implemented on the continent and how APOS is strengthening scholarly publishing in African universities.

Who Should Attend?

• Librarians and library leaders

• Researchers and academics across all disciplines

• Students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

• Scholarly publishers and editors

• University administrators and policymakers

• Anyone interested in open science, open access, and equitable knowledge sharing

Registration Information

• Registration is free and gives you access to both sessions. Click here for more information on Day 1.

• Only one registration is required.

• Registered participants will receive reminders one week, one day, and one hour before each webinar.

• Time: 1:00 pm UTC | 2:00 pm WAT | 3:00 pm CAT/SAST | 4:00 pm EAT (each day)

Technical Requirements

• The webinars will be hosted on Zoom.

• Participants who do not already have Zoom should download, install, and create an account ahead of time.

• Please log in at least 10 minutes early to test your connection.

• Audio and video will stream through computer speakers. For the best experience, we recommend using a headset or earpiece.

Webinar resources

• A list of additional resources will be provided at the end of each webinar.

• Registrants may receive presentation slides.

• Webinar recordings will be uploaded to the AfLIA YouTube Channel after each session for wider access.

• Please note: No certificates of participation will be issued for this series.

Enquiries

For further questions or assistance, please contact:

• Stanley Boakye-Achampong – researchcoordinator[at]aflia.net 

• Jill Claassen– jill.claassen[at]uct.ac.za

Programming Historian journals are published under an open CC BY licence, allowing others to freely remix, reuse and share any of our lessons.

Would your community benefit from digital humanities resources in its own language? Have you ever used Programming Historian to learn a new skill, and thought to yourself: "How could I adapt the method for a different environment, language or use case?"

You could develop new computational learning resources and empower communities whom we do not yet reach.

This webinar will:

- Explain the freedoms offered by the CC BY licence under which we publish

- Share insights & tips to help you independently translate or adapt our lessons for the needs of your community

- Set out what kind of support we can provide

The webinar will take place on Zoom on Thursday 23 October (15:00-16:00 BST). Participants will receive the Zoom link by email before the event.

Webinar lead: Anisa Hawes is Programming Historian's Publishing Manager

Please join the Penn State University Libraries for a panel discussion with three thought leaders in the field:

Dr. Samuel Moore, Scholarly Communication Specialist at Cambridge University Library, one of the organizers of the Radical Open Access Collective, and author of the forthcoming book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care and the Commons.

Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Directory of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and author of the widely acclaimed book Data Cartels.

Peter Suber, author of the seminal monograph Open Access and a leading theorist of the Open Access movement.

The theme of the panel discussion is “We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyone.” Whether you’re a faculty member, a researcher, an independent scholar, a student, a librarian or library worker, or someone working in the publishing industry, we hope you’ll join us for this event, which is free and open to the public.

Hosted by Sysrev and led by Neal Haddaway, this webinar will focus on the importance of Open Science principles in evidence synthesis and how adopting Open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) workflows are vital for maintaining rigour in evidence synthesis. The session will cover both theory and practical advice, indicating the tradeoffs and cost implications of each component of Open Synthesis. We will discuss examples of good and bad practice, as well as becoming aware of tools to support open practices.

As commercial scholarly publishing consolidates and costs continue to rise, universities are working to regain control over how scholarship is disseminated, maintained, and acquired. This panel will examine the promise and challenges of university-based publishing—from university presses to library publishing programs and beyond.

This year’s International Open Access Week asks us to reflect on Who Owns our Knowledge—a question made especially urgent when we consider the systems that shape how research is created, shared, and valued. How can we collectively reclaim ownership of scholarly knowledge and support sustainable, open infrastructures that serve the public good?

Join the University of Ottawa Library for a bilingual (French/English) hybrid event featuring Dr. Stefanie Haustein and Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin, who will examine the evolution of research assessment infrastructure and its implications for equity, transparency, and inclusivity in scholarly communication. Dr. Haustein will trace the history of closed bibliometric infrastructures and their lasting influence, while Dr. Alperin will outline the opportunities presented by open infrastructures—systems designed to be community-driven, transparent, and inclusive of diverse types of research outputs. Together, they will invite us to consider how today’s choices shape who is recognized, rewarded, and included in the scholarly record of tomorrow.

* The event is bilingual, with transcription for the online portion provided via Zoom features.

Qui contrôle nos connaissances? Des infrastructures fermées aux infrastructures ouvertes pour l'évaluation de la recherche et la métascience

Cette année, la Semaine internationale du libre accès nous invite à réfléchir sur Qui contrôle nos connaissances. Cette question devient particulièrement importante lorsque l'on considère les systèmes qui déterminent la manière dont la recherche est créée, partagée et valorisée. Comment pouvons-nous collectivement nous réapproprier les connaissances savantes et soutenir des infrastructures durables et ouvertes qui servent l'intérêt général?

Rejoignez la Bibliothèque de l'Université d'Ottawa pour un évènement bilingue (Français / Anglais) en format hybride avec en vedette Dr. Stefanie Haustein et Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin, qui examinerons l’évolution de l'infrastructure d’évaluation de la recherche et ses implications pour l’équité, la transparence et l’inclusivité dans la communication scientifique. Dr. Haustein retracera l’historique des infrastructures bibliométriques fermées et leur influence sur le long-terme, alors que Dr. Alperin présentera les opportunités offertes par les infrastructures ouvertes, des systèmes conçus pour être communautaires, transparent et inclusifs de divers types de travaux de recherche. Ensemble, ils nous inviteront à réfléchir à la manière dont les choix d’aujourd’hui déterminent qui sera reconnu, récompensé et inclus dans les archives scientifiques de demain.

* L'événement est bilingue, avec transcription fournie via les fonctionnalités de Zoom

It can be exciting to get an article accepted – and you might be tempted to rush through signing the publication agreement or author contract without reading all the fine print. However: signing a contract without understanding it can mean giving away your intellectual property – and can have long-term negative consequences. In this session, you'll learn how to read author agreements, and how to negotiate them, so that you’re not giving away your work for free!

Session 1: Understanding Creative Commons Licenses.

Session 2: How to Publish Your Thesis in BUScholar (Self-Archiving Demo).

Highlights: Launch of the BU Journal, Self-Archiving Platform, and Research Data Management Portal. Award of prizes to quiz winners and certificates to participants. Chief Guest: Chairperson, University Council.

International Open Access Week 2025 runs from October 20 to 26, challenges us to ask who controls knowledge production, access, and dissemination. This webinar, organized by The Digital Librarian in collaboration with LIBSENSE Nigeria and Upskill & Connect Village seeks to spark conversation around the roles of AI, licensing, data ownership, and institutional practices in knowledge governance. We hope to create a platform for academics, librarians, and researchers to reflect, engage, and plan toward reclaiming community control over research outputs and infrastructure.

The 2025 International Open Access Week, themed - 'Who Owns Our Knowledge?', invites reflection on the tension between knowledge as a shared public good and as a commodity controlled by publishers and commercial platforms. For LIBSENSE Early Career Researchers, this question underscores critical issues of equity, integrity, and sustainability in scholarly communication. The roundtable brings together librarians and researchers to explore how Creative Commons (CC) licensing can empower knowledge creators to retain rights, enhance visibility, and promote responsible sharing. By bridging perspectives from both groups, the session seeks to deepen understanding of ownership, licensing, and access in the context of Open Access publishing.

The 90-minute roundtable will include short presentations, reflective discussions, and an open dialogue segment to unpack the theme and explore practical pathways for adopting CC licensing in research practice. Participants will learn about different types of CC licenses, the roles of authors, publishers, and institutions in knowledge ownership, and how librarians can support responsible licensing choices. Expected outcomes include increased awareness of CC licensing, shared insights on the challenges and opportunities of Open Access, and practical recommendations for embedding CC licensing in institutional strategies. The event targets academic librarians, researchers, repository managers, and Open Access advocates committed to advancing equitable and sustainable scholarly communication.

This webinar, organized by The Digital Librarian in collaboration with LIBSENSE Nigeria and Upskill & Connect Village seeks to spark conversation around the roles of AI, licensing, data ownership, and institutional practices in knowledge governance. International Open Access Week 2025 runs from October 20 to 26, under the theme “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, which challenges us to ask who controls knowledge production, access, and dissemination.
We hope to create a platform for academics, librarians, and researchers to reflect, engage, and plan toward reclaiming community control over research outputs and infrastructure.

The lecture focuses on the development of open science and open access in Ukraine in the context of global trends and open science policies. It will explore the concept of open science, the FAIR principles, and key directions for implementing open practices worldwide and in Ukraine. Special attention will be given to the National Repository of Academic Texts — the largest Ukrainian initiative in the field of open access that brings together scientific, educational, and research outputs. Participants will learn about the history, current state, and development prospects of the Repository, as well as its role in enhancing the visibility of Ukrainian science on the international level.
Additionally, the lecture will cover the open science tools available on the official NRAT web portal, including those for open peer review, dissemination of research results, and popularization of scientific achievements as key factors in boosting economic competitiveness and supporting social progress.

In the evolving landscape of academic research, the principles of Open Science are reshaping how knowledge is created, shared, and governed. This event invites researchers, administrators, and institutional stakeholders to explore a critical question: Who owns our knowledge?
Through a series of focused presentations and interactive activities, we will examine the institutional and practical dimensions of knowledge ownership in the context of Open Science.

Participants will gain insights into:

Open Science Policy.
Practical tools and templates for research data management.
Community-building efforts to support an open research culture.

Who really owns the information we create and use? Join us for Copyright and Licensing – Helping to Understand “Who Owns Information” and explore how copyright, Creative Commons, and open licensing shape access,

Join us for a webinar exploring KCWorks, an open repository platform designed to support collaborative creation, sharing, and stewardship of open knowledge. In the spirit of Open Access Week, this session will introduce participants to the features of the Knowledge Commons, demonstrate how KCWorks empowers communities to contribute and curate content, and highlight real-world examples of uploads to the repository. Whether you're an educator, researcher, student, or open education advocate, you'll leave with practical tools and inspiration for contributing to a more open and inclusive knowledge ecosystem.

Drop by to learn how to deposit your scholarship in Harvard’s open access repository, DASH! Claire Blechman, Digital Repository Coordinator, will give a brief live demo, explain the benefits of making your research openly available, and answer all your questions.

Join Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom, for a discussion of her 2022 book, Data Cartels: The Companies that Control and Monopolize Our Information (Stanford University Press). Drawing from her expertise in law and library science, Lamdan explores how a handful of powerful corporations—often better known for legal and academic databases—have transformed public data into private commodities, which raises urgent questions about privacy, surveillance, and access to information in our digital society.

Open scholarship and open education can often feel mystifying—especially from the outside. But even for those working within these practices, common challenges and shared experiences are bound to emerge across institutions.
Approaches to countering the gatekeeping of knowledge manifest in various forms, including library-led initiatives and programming, teaching and learning centres' guidebooks, and collaborations, as well as student union endorsements of open education, open-access university press publishing, and open science working groups. These efforts—led by libraries and librarians, university presses and their dedicated staff, teaching and learning centres and their instructional designers, faculty groups, student unions, and more—might often be united by a common goal: to prioritize community over commercial interests in the pursuit of democratizing knowledge.
This Behind the Scenes hybrid event brings together practitioners from different institutions to share what excites them about a current project, the behind-the-scenes work that makes it possible, and a key challenge they face in their practice!

What would happen if Google Scholar were to vanish tomorrow? For many researchers, it has become the default gateway to academic literature, yet its dominance also exposes vulnerabilities in how knowledge is discovered and accessed. This presentation will discuss how the proliferation of open access journals, led by scholars and published out of universities from around the world, is challenging publishing models, reshaping access to knowledge, and redefining the global landscape of scholarly communication. It concludes with a call to strengthen and sustain scholar-led publishing infrastructures—so that access to knowledge is secured by the academic community itself, not left at the mercy of corporate platforms.

What is "open source"? In reality, answering to this question is extremely complex, this concept is even a source of conflict in its interpretation. Usually associated with software, we could be at the dawn of a paradigm shift in the very meaning of this concept which could extend beyond software which could encompass various typologies of digital resources.

This will be a discussion about the idea of open source resources, this (open) resources where source files are provided to enable truly their modification (ex: odt/docx/latex files of a pdf). Open licenses provide the right to modify without the ability to do so, open source resources is probably the missing step in open science.

Come to this exchange to try to understand "open source" together!

Initiative related to a citizen research project on the meaning of open source with the intent to build a collaborative open science and open education project (https://open-source-undefined.org/).

This session explores how open-science practices and data-integrated publishing can strengthen reproducible research in Pakistan. Based on the Conduct Science flagship presentation, it will highlight open instrumentation, FAIR data workflows, and metadata standards that can make regional research more interoperable and transparent.

Disappearing data! Unreadable ancient files! Ordinary researchers losing hours of their time trapped in data nightmares! This Halloween week, join UNM HSLIC's Research Data Specialist for an hour of spine-tingling, hair-raising data horror stories...and some advice to prevent them from happening to you. Feel free to lurk or bring some data horror stories of your own to share. Beware: This session is not for the faint of heart.

XploreOpen Celebrates Open Access Week 2025
November 14–15, 2025 | Global Theme: Equity, Openness & Inclusion - Open Infrastructures