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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Theme for Open Access Week 2025 Asks “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Open AccessThe theme of International Open Access Week for 2025 asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce.
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Monday, May 5, 2025
SPARC Webcast: OA, Attribution, and Addressing Faculty AI Concerns
Open AccessAs AI adoption accelerates, authors have growing concerns over maintaining control of their own work that may reduce their willingness to share their research openly. Publisher licensing deals with AI companies and instances of these same companies using scholarly content without permission ...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
OA 101 Round 2: Visibility & Impact, Problematizing “Predatory” Publishing, and Authors Rights
Open AccessSPARC is excited to announce a second round of our Open Access 101 series, building on the significant response from the community to the first series hosted last year.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
OA 101: Who Owns Scholarly Work? Copyright and Open Access
Open AccessSpeaker: Dave Hansen, Executive Director, Author’s Alliance Who owns the copyright in scholarly work has been one of the most confusing, yet most important, legal questions in the move toward open access. While the answer might seem like it should be obvious (“authors!”), the reality is that ...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
OA 101: Problematizing “Predatory” Publishing
Open AccessSession recording is available here. Speakers: Matt Ruen, Head of Collections and Digital Scholarship, Grand Valley State University; Teresa Schultz, Scholarly Communication and Social Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada Reno “Predatory” publishing, which generally refers ...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
OA 101: Open Access, Visibility, and Research Impact: An Introduction
Open AccessSession recording is available here. Speaker: Rachel Borchardt, Scholarly Communication Librarian, American University There are many visibility and impact benefits associated with publishing open access research, but researchers do not always prioritize open access when disseminating ...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Toluca-Cape Town Declaration is a Milestone for Recognizing Science as a Public Good
Open AccessThe Toluca-Cape Town Declaration, signed by representatives from countries around the world in December, clearly defines the Diamond Open Access model as “community-owned, community-led, and non-commercial.”
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