OA 2023
“Community over Commercialization” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week (October 23-29). This theme encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not.
More information on the OA Week website.
On this page, we have listed out Open Access events happening in academic libraries across the country. All events are free, though some do require that you register. This is by no means a comprehensive list of what events are happening around the world!
Open Access 2023 Events
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
October 23-27
The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the Diamond OA community together in a dialogue between journal editors, organizations, experts, and stakeholders from all continents. This unique event consists in a series of hybrid and multilingual events organized from 23 to 27 October 2023 in Toluca (Mexico) by Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS and Science Europe.
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
October 23-27
The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the Diamond OA community together in a dialogue between journal editors, organizations, experts, and stakeholders from all continents. This unique event consists in a series of hybrid and multilingual events organized from 23 to 27 October 2023 in Toluca (Mexico) by Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS and Science Europe.
Yale Keynote Session
On October 25, 2023 at 1:00 PM ET, Yale Library invites you to celebrate Open Access Week 2023 during a Keynote Session with Peter Suber, Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, in conversation with Daniel Dollar, Associate University Librarian at Yale.
The Digital Humanities Lab and the Scholarly Communication and Information Policy unit at Yale Library invite you to our Open Access Week Keynote Session. Join Sandra Aya Enimil, Program Director, Scholarly Communication & Information Policy, and Lindsay Barnett, Scholarly Communication Librarian, for a brief interactive presentation on Open Access and current library initiatives. Stay for a fireside chat on the current landscape of Open Access and academic publishing with Peter Suber, Senior Advisor for Open Access and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project and Daniel Dollar, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, Yale Library. After the presentation and conversation, there will be further discussion and Q&A.
Agenda
1:00-1:30 PM ET - Open Access at Yale Library Presentation
1:30-2:30 PM ET - Fireside Chat and Discussion
Register here.
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
October 23-27
The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the Diamond OA community together in a dialogue between journal editors, organizations, experts, and stakeholders from all continents. This unique event consists in a series of hybrid and multilingual events organized from 23 to 27 October 2023 in Toluca (Mexico) by Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS and Science Europe.
Imaging Neuroscience & community over commercialization
10:00am EST
Please join MIT Libraries and the MIT Press on October 26, 2023, for an online panel with the editor of Imaging Neuroscience, a new open access journal that launched after editorial teams from two Elsevier journals left the publisher over disputes around the high cost for authors.
We'll explore some of the benefits and challenges of moving a journal from a large, commercial publisher to a non-profit university press, and how the new journal better prioritizes the interests of this community.
The webinar is part of MIT's celebration of Open Access Week, whose theme this year asks us to think about what's lost when a shrinking number of corporations control knowledge production rather than researchers themselves.
Speakers
- Stephen Smith, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Oxford and editor-in-chief of Imaging Neuroscience
- Nick Lindsay, journals and open access director at MIT Press
- Moderated by Katharine Dunn, scholarly communications librarian at MIT
Register here:
https://libcal.mit.edu/calendar/events/OAweek2023
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am (EST)
Location: Zoom
Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023
October 26 & 27
The aim of the II International Scientific Conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023" is to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders of the scientific community to discuss practical aspects of implementing the principles of open science and innovation in Ukraine. The conference aims to explore viable solutions to address pressing issues such as uninterrupted access to research infrastructure, free access to full-text scholarly publications, the need to reform the system of research evaluation, and accelerate the integration of Ukrainian science into the European Research Area by aligning with European Union policies on open science and data exchange formats. The discussions and presentations will result in a list of recommendations for higher education institutions and research establishments. These recommendations will contribute to the implementation of practical measures and policies to support open science and innovation in Ukraine. The event serves as an open platform for exchanging experiences, ideas, and knowledge, promoting scientific progress, and fostering the development of the Ukrainian scientific community.
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
October 23-27
The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the Diamond OA community together in a dialogue between journal editors, organizations, experts, and stakeholders from all continents. This unique event consists in a series of hybrid and multilingual events organized from 23 to 27 October 2023 in Toluca (Mexico) by Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS and Science Europe.
Community and commercialization in biomedical preprint servers
October 27, 11am EST
This year’s open access week theme, “Community over Commercialization,” is relevant to not only journals but also other parts of the scholarly communication infrastructure. There are now over 50 preprint servers for the biomedical community, many of which—including the largest by monthly volume, Research Square—are owned or closely affiliated with for-profit publishers. By owning servers, publishers can seamlessly integrate preprints into the journal submission workflow, thereby normalizing preprinting and helping the concept reach new audiences. While for-profit ownership raises questions about a server’s integration with other services, responsiveness to community needs, and adherence to principles of open scholarship, these issues are in fact relevant to non-profit entities as well. In this event, we will discuss principles for open infrastructure and how different preprint servers interact with their communities.
Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023
October 26 & 27
The aim of the II International Scientific Conference "Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023" is to stimulate dialogue among stakeholders of the scientific community to discuss practical aspects of implementing the principles of open science and innovation in Ukraine. The conference aims to explore viable solutions to address pressing issues such as uninterrupted access to research infrastructure, free access to full-text scholarly publications, the need to reform the system of research evaluation, and accelerate the integration of Ukrainian science into the European Research Area by aligning with European Union policies on open science and data exchange formats. The discussions and presentations will result in a list of recommendations for higher education institutions and research establishments. These recommendations will contribute to the implementation of practical measures and policies to support open science and innovation in Ukraine. The event serves as an open platform for exchanging experiences, ideas, and knowledge, promoting scientific progress, and fostering the development of the Ukrainian scientific community.
Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
October 23-27
The purpose of the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access is to bring the Diamond OA community together in a dialogue between journal editors, organizations, experts, and stakeholders from all continents. This unique event consists in a series of hybrid and multilingual events organized from 23 to 27 October 2023 in Toluca (Mexico) by Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS and Science Europe.
- Paywall: The Business of ScholarshipThis documentary focuses on the need for open access to research and science. The film questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher, Elsevier, and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, and Google.