Our Open Scholarship Webinars invite a number of speakers to consider contemporary debates and issues in open research and open access publishing
FORTHCOMING
Webinar: Shadow Libraries and Access to Knowledge: Origins, Policies, Legality, and Accessibility (May 12, 2022)
Large segments of the scholarly literature, both from backlist catalogs and new publications, continue to be only accessible behind paywall infrastructures. This poses a challenge to those scholars not affiliated with well funded research institutions, in particular in the Global South, exacerbating extant inequities. At the same time, the often cumbersome user interfaces of paywall-protected platforms continue to prevent efficient usage by researchers who do happen to have access to these materials. As a result, an ecosystem of so-called “shadow libraries” has evolved, developing different strategies to make closed content accessible to a wide scholarly public. Contrary to for example the music and movie industries, the academic publishing industry has been unable to formulate a platform solution that would provide an alternative. This OASPA webinar will address the origins and architecture of these forms of widely used online repositories, their position in relation to Open Access policies, legal aspects in terms of copyright and fair use, and what they can teach us in terms of accessibility. The webinar will be chaired by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei (punctum books) and we welcome panelists Arul George Scaria (National Law University Delhi), Martin Paul Eve (Birkbeck), Marcell Mars (Memory of the World, Pirate Care) and Balász Bodó (University of Amsterdam).
PAST
Making reporting easy and increasing visibility of open access publication output – a how-to webinar from OA Switchboard publisher participants (April 20 2022)
This webinar showcased three publisher case studies on how to connect to OA Switchboard to make reporting easy and increase visibility of OA publication output. Our speakers covered the different options for interacting with OA Switchboard (manual, via API or custom connector), illustrated by their own real-life experiences and lessons learned. Our tech partner added background information and best practices across all publishers operational on OA Switchboard, as well as with future trends that are shaping. Chaired by Yvonne Campfens (OA Switchboard). Speakers: Wendy Patterson & Christian Lange (Beilstein-Institut), Matthew Day (Cambridge University Press & Assessment), Frederick Atherden & Kamruj Jaman (eLife) and Ivo Verbeek (Appetence/ELITEX).
Policy into Action: the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science under the spotlight – actions for publishing focused on the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and the practical actions open access editors and publishers take to implement. Practical guidelines for open access publishers were discussed and will be co-developed together following the webinar. Chaired by Iryna Kuchma, EIFL, our speakers will be Ana Persic (UNESCO), Roheena Anand (PLOS), Krzysztof Siewicz (Polish Library of Science) and Raoul Kamadjeu (Pan African Medical Journal).
Business Models for Open Access Books: A Compendium focused on business models for open access books. It presents a new online resource, in which a range of open access book presses from different countries around the world share their business model including: how it works, why it took the form it did, and the specific factors that shape and guide its ongoing development. The collection will be open for other presses to add their own business models, and it will be a resource for consultation by anyone interested in this issue.
Chaired by Lucy Barnes (Open Book Publishers)
Panelists: Francois van Schalkwyk (African Minds); Beth Bouloukos (Lever Press); Julien McHardy (Mattering Press); and Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei (punctum books)
So can publishing respond to a crisis? An evidence-informed approach (January 13, 2022). This first webinar of 2022, took an evidence-informed approach to how publishers and others in the scholarly communications system responded to the pandemic and explored what the findings can tell us about the future of scholarly communication. In particular, can we now seize the opportunity to use the evidence to improve the way all global scholarly knowledge is shared, evaluated and communicated?
Chair: Catriona J. MacCallum (Hindawi and OASPA Board Member). Panelists: Ludo Waltman (Leiden University/RoRI), Stephen Pinfield (Sheffield University/RoRI), Robert Terry (World Health Organisation), Hannah Hope (Wellcome), Jessica Polka (ASAPBio) and Stefano Davide Vianello (EPFl, Lausanne, Switzerland).
The Fully Open Access Agreement – an essential component of a diverse, open access world (December 6, 2021) This webinar focused on “Fully Open Access agreements” which entail institutions making central agreements to support open access (OA) publishing with Fully OA publishers who have no content to transition to open access. Chair: Jennifer Gibson, Dryad with panelists Wilhelm Widmark, Stockholm University, Sharla Lair, Lyrasis and Wolfgang Benedikt Schmal, Heinrich-Heine-University. This webinar aims to address an audience from the OASPA community, as well as librarians and the wider scholarly communications community.
Openness and Privacy (November 4, 2021) This webinar focused on the interface between openness and privacy. Open Access is part of a large movement in scholarly research toward openness, often captured in terms such as Open Science, Open Licenses, Open Data, and Open Metadata. In this OASPA webinar, we discussed some aspects of this tension between openness and privacy. The webinar was chaired by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei and we welcome speakers: Chris Bulock (University Library of California State University Northridge, USA), Farzaneh Badiei (Digital Medusa, USA), René Mahieu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium), and Molly van Houweling (University of California, Berkeley, USA).
OA Switchboard Webinar: Matching Publication Costs with Publication Funds (September 8, 2021) This OA Switchboard webinar focused on the shared use case: Matching Publication Costs with Publication Funds that our launch customers and founding partners are working on collaboratively. A highly practical evidence-based look at how the OA Switchboard is helping to match publication costs with publication funds for all these use cases via a series of short five-minute talks and use case presentations.
OASPA endorses Make Data Count: join our webinar (July 13, 2021) This webinar introduced Make Data Count, sharing a publisher case study on data publishing and citation, and covering the how, why and when for data citation. It also looked at the importance of supporting data citations from the OASPA perspective. The webinar was chaired by Claire Redhead and the speakers were Rachael Lammey, Daniella Lowenberg, Catriona Maccallum and Johannes Wagner.
Researcher Focus 1: Researcher Needs, Common Values and Practices (June 29, 2021) This webinar brought together a cross-disciplinary panel of researchers to discuss what unites them in terms of their motivations and values around open research and open access, and how and if this is enabled in practice. Chair: Curtis Brundy. Panellists: Michelle Arkin, Melodee Beals, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou and Zulidyana D. Rusnalasari
Webinar: OA Switchboard – Reporting Made Easy (March 31 2021) Chair: Yvonne Campfens This webinar took a practical evidence-based look at how the OA Switchboard is making reporting easier via a series of short five-minute talks and use case presentations. Find the Q&A from the session here.
Webinar: On track or off the rails? Australia’s Open Journey (Mar 22 & 23 2021) Chair: Dr Danny Kingsley. This webinar explored how Australia is travelling towards an open agenda. Speakers: Professor Lucy Montgomery, Emeritus Professor Ian Chubb and Martin Borchert. Recording and slides as well as speaker takeaways at the link.
Webinar: Open Book Metadata (Feb 2021) Chair: Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei (punctum books) This webinar explored the question of open metadata with regard to books. Speakers: Micah Altman (MIT), Mel Bach (Cambridge University), Dominique Babini (CLASCO), Christina Drummond (OA eBook Usage Data Trust), Jennifer Kemp (CrossRef/Metadata2020). Please see this post for speaker takeaways, answers to attendee questions, slides and a curated list of resources shared via the chat channel during the webinar.
Webinar: Introducing the OA Switchboard (Dec 2020) Chair: Yvonne Campfens This webinar provided insight, through real-life use cases, into how the OA Switchboard facilitates the fulfilment of open access strategies across business models, policies and agreements. The short five-minute case study presentations were followed by a q&a. Please see this post for the Q&A. Slides can be viewed here.
Webinar: Analyzing Open – Gaining Insights into Global OA eBook Usage (Nov 2020) Chair: Cameron Neylon (Director at COARD). Speakers: Lara Speicher (Head of Publishing at UCL Press), Ros Pyne (Director of Open Access Books at Springer Nature), Cameron Neylon (Director at COARD), and Christina Drummond (Data Trust Program Officer at the Educopia Institute) explored open questions around the effects of open access on books and how OA ebook usage data can be improved to better answer such questions in the future. Please see this post for the recording and answers to attendee questions.
Webinar: Scholarly Communication & COVID-19: Closing the Loop for Effective Peer Review (June 2020) (Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Sarah Greaves (Hindawi), Monica Granados & Daniela Saderi (Outbreak PREreview), Susanna-Assunta Sansome & Peter McQuilton explored recent steps to increase efficiency and speed in the publication of COVID-19 research. Slides can be downloaded here. Please see this post for webinar speakers’ key takeaways and answers to attendee questions.
What is scholarly communication and publishing in the 21st Century? (April 2020) (Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Heather Joseph (Executive Director of SPARC), Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University) and John Wilbanks (Chief Commons Officer at Sage Bionetworks) will explore publishing’s role in service to 21st century scholarship. Slides can be downloaded here. Please see this post for webinar speakers’ key takeaways and answers to attendee questions.
PhD students take on openness and academic culture (Dec 2019) Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Noémie Aubert Bonn (Hasselt University) will discuss Research Integrity and Open Science. Nadia Soliman (Imperial College, London) will talk about Leadership in Academia, and how this relates to publishing. Gareth O’Neill (Leiden University) focuses on the PhD perspective on academic culture, and Open Access policies such as Plan S. Slides can be downloaded here. Please see this post for webinar speakers’ key takeaways and answers to attendee questions.
How should Scholarly Societies transition to OA? Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Aileen Fyfe (University of St Andrews), Stuart Taylor (The Royal Society), Alicia Wise (Information Power) and Rachael Samberg (UC Berkeley Library). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here. Please see this post for webinar speakers’ key takeaways and answers to attendee questions.
How to set up your data sharing policy – Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Iain Hrynaszkiewicz (Springer Nature Head of Data Publishing), Tina Lee (PI and Project Coordinator of the Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures and Data Management (e-I&DM) Project) and Shelley Stall (Director for American Geophysical Union’s Data Programs). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
Implementing a consortial funding model for open access publishing – Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Martin Paul Eve (Co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities), John Willinsky (Director of the Public Knowledge Project) and Oya Y. Rieger (arXiv Program Director). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
‘The Academy Takes on Publishing’_OASPA Webinar in Support of Academic Led Publishing Day – Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Paul Ayris (Pro-Vice-Provost UCL Library Services / Chief Executive UCL Press), Charles Watkinson (Associate University Librarian for Publishing / Director, University of Michigan Press) and Kathleen Shearer (Executive Director of Confederation of Open Access Repositories, COAR). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
The OASPA Open Science Webinar – Chair: Catriona MacCallum (Hindawi). Speakers: Dr Danny Kingsley (Cambridge University Libraries), Professor Christopher Jackson (Imperial College London), and Professor Eva Méndez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the European Commission’s Open Science Policy Platform.). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
The Economics and Sustainability of Open Access – Chair: Dr Stuart Taylor (Royal Society). Speakers: Dr Rupert Gatti (Trinity College, Cambridge), Liz Ferguson (Wiley), and Claudio Aspesi (independent consultant). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
Previous webinars on topics relating to open access publishing:
OASPA and Knowledge Exchange Webinar: New Developments in Open Access Monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Chair: Jeroen Sondervan (Knowledge Exchange). Speakers: Eelco Ferwerda (OAPEN), Lucy Montgomery (Knowledge Unlatched Research), and Christina Emery (Springer Nature). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
Future of Open Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences – Chair: Caroline Sutton (Taylor and Francis). Speakers: Rebecca Kennison (K|N Consultants, Open Access Network) Dr Jennifer Edmond (Trinity College Dublin) and Ron Dekker (CESSDA). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
JATS for Reuse – Chair: Melissa Harrison (eLife). Speakers: Kelly McDougall (MIT Press), Mary Seligy (Canadian Science Publishing), and Stephen Laverick (Maverick). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here.
Open Access Publishing in the Global South – Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), and Xin Bi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here. Our blogpost summary of the webinar discussion can be found here.
Attribution in Open Access Publishing – Chair: Catriona MacCallum (PLOS). Speakers: Cameron Neylon (Curtin University), Michael Carroll (American University), and Ernesto Priego (City University London). Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here. Our blogpost summary of the webinar discussion can be found here, and our summary of our Twitter Chat on this topic can be found here.
Creative Commons Licenses, Resources, and Current Issues in Open Access Publishing – Chair: Mark Patterson, eLife. Speaker: Timothy Vollmer, Creative Commons. Slides from this webinar can be downloaded here. Our blogpost summary of the webinar discussion can be found here, and our summary of our Twitter Chat on this topic can be found here.
Perspectives on Publication and Research Ethics. Chair: Jigisha Patel, BioMed Central. Speakers: Paul Peters (Hindawi Publishing Corporation), Michaela Torkar (F1000 Research) and Liz Wager (Sideview). Slides from Paul Peters’s presentation can be downloaded here, slides from Michaela Torkar’s presentation can be downloaded here, and slides from Liz Wagner’s presentation can be downloaded here.
Open Access Funding and Policy. Chair: Grace Baynes, Springer Nature. Speaker: Ros Pyne, Springer Nature. Slides from this presentation can be downloaded here.
We are able to organise these freely accessible webinars thanks to the generous support of Copyright Clearance Center.