This is a guest post by Mithu Lucraft, TBI Communications OASPA hosted an excellent discussion last week exploring how to normalise open research practice through grassroots community building. Speakers highlighted the need for culture change, where open science and research practice is more visible and accessible. Anita Eerland referred to the importance of policies in driving… 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 >
Webinar: Shadow Libraries and Access to Knowledge: Origins, Policies, Legality, and Accessibility
As well as the recording above, you can find panelist slides, resources shared via the chat during the webinar and responses to some of the unanswered questions below.. Date: Thursday May 12, 2022 Time: 2 – 3.30 pm UK (1 – 2.30 pm UTC) Other timezones: 6.00 am Pacific Time, 8.00 am Central Time, 9.00… Read full article >
Webinar: Policy into Action: the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science under the spotlight – actions for publishing
As well as this recording please find speaker slides: Ana Persic, Roheena Anand, Raoul Kamadjeu and Krzysztof Siewicz. During the webinar, we announced the development of some draft guidelines for OA publishers on implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. We welcome feedback – the draft guidelines are open until 31 March. Please do comment… Read full article >
Webinar – Business Models for Open Access Books: A Compendium
As well as this recording, please find panelists slides – Lucy Barnes, Francois van Schalkwyk, Beth Bouloukos and Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei You can find the collection of case studies detailing the business models of a range of open access (OA) academic book presses at Business Models for Open Access Books. Resources… Read full article >