The OASPA annual conference brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible. The 2023 online conference will encourage participants to work towards making equitable open scholarship a reality and will address many timely… Read full article >
An Interview with Vilnius University Press on joining OASPA
Vilnius University Press recently joined OASPA as member in the professional publisher category, adding them to the expanding community of members. We had the opportunity to interview Dr. Arūnas Gudinavičius, Managing Director of Vilnius University Press, and Vincas Grigas, Head of scholarly journals, to delve deeper into their recent decision to become a member of OASPA and… Read full article >
Webinar – Funding Open Access after the Transformation
As well as the recording above, please find the panelists’ slides and responses to attendee questions below. Date: 23 May 2023 Time: 4.00 pm UK (BST) / 3.00 pm UTC / 5 pm CEST Other timezones: 8.00 am Pacific Time | 10.00 am Central Time | 11.00 am Eastern Time | 12.00 pm Brasilia… Read full article >
Report from Equity in Open Access workshop #2: Why do professors pick paywalls?
Following workshop #1, OASPA’s second ‘Equity in OA’ workshop was held on 28 March 2023. The report from workshop #2 was published last week by Alicia Wise and Lorraine Estelle of Information Power. Researchers’ preferences for publishing behind paywalls was a recurring topic in workshop conversations, and our reflections on ‘Equity in OA’ workshop #2… Read full article >
Webinar – Scholarly Communication in Crisis: Research Integrity and Open Scholarship
As well as the recording above, please find the panelists’ slides, responses to attendee questions and an edited webinar chat transcript below. Date: 19 April 2023 Time: 3.30 – 4.45 pm UK (2.30 – 3.45 pm UTC) Other timezones: 07:30 am Pacific Time | 09:30 am Central Time |10:30 am Eastern… Read full article >