On March 7th, 2023, 28 stakeholders from a variety of world regions came together for OASPA’s first ‘Equity in OA’ workshop to discuss issues of exclusivity and inequity within open access. The workshop was facilitated by Alicia Wise and Lorraine Estelle of Information Power. We are pleased to share this report carrying a summary of… Read full article >
Working to create equity in open access
The world of open access (OA) academic publishing is not a fair or inclusive space as recent conversations and older conversations show. OASPA recognises that OA at any cost is not acceptable, and is mindful of inequities introduced by the current (fully-OA and transitioning) publishing landscape; in removing the paywall to read we should not… Read full article >
OASPA members’ output in Fully OA journals is accelerating
Each year, OASPA surveys its members about their publication output. This year, we are delighted to continue to work with Delta Think who have helped us by taking on the analysis, structuring and presentation of the data we collected. This guest blog post from Delta Think by Dan Pollock covers some highlights from our findings. … Read full article >
Webinar: Rights Retention for Books and Book Chapters
As well as the recording above, please find panelist’s slides and responses to unanswered attendee questions below. Date: Wednesday November 23, 2022 Time: 4 – 5 pm UK/UTC Other timezones: 8.00 am Pacific Time | 10.00 am Central Time | 11.00 am Eastern Time | 12.00 pm Brasilia Time | 5.00 pm Central European Time… Read full article >
Webinar: Normalizing Open Research practices via grassroots community-building
As well as the recording above, you can find panelist slides at the following links Anita Eerland, Caleb Kibet and Etienne Roesch Resources shared during the webinar chat: Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities Contextualizing Openness: Situating Open Science https://reproducibilitea.org/ Guest post summarising some webinar takeaways can be… Read full article >