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Thursday, June 9, 2022
Theme for Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice
Open AccessThis year’s focus on Climate Justice seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community.
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Monday, June 6, 2022
OER Resources to Help Equip Growing Field of ScholComm Librarianship
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The University of Maryland Department of Psychology Leads the Way in Aligning Open Science with Promotion & Tenure Guidelines
Open AccessThe University of Maryland is rewarding faculty members in the department of psychology who perform and disseminate research in accordance with open science practices.In April,the department adopted new guidelines that explicitly codify open science as a core criteria in tenure and promotion review.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Applying Subscribe to Open to Scholarly Books
Open AccessPublisher perspectives: Anthony Cond, Chief Executive, Liverpool University Press Emily Poznanski, Director, Central European University Press Amy Harris, Senior Manager, Library Relations and Sales, MIT Press Charles Watkinson, Director, University of Michigan Press Author ...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Knowledge Justice (Online): Different Ways of Knowing and Doing
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis event is a public lecture component of the Knowledge Equity and Justice Spring Seminar. Anasuya Sengupta is Co-Director and co-founder of Whose Knowledge?, a global multilingual campaign to centre the knowledges of marginalised communities (the minoritised majority of the world) online. ...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Inequities of Article Processing Charges: How the Oligopoly of Academic Publishers Profits from Open Access
Open Access · Open Data · Open EducationThis event is a public lecture component of the Knowledge Equity and Justice Spring Seminar. Speakers Stefanie Haustein is associate professor at the School of Information Studies (ÉSIS) at University of Ottawa. She also co-directs the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab), an ...
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Monday, April 4, 2022
OSTP Requests for Information on Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
Open AccessSPARC responded to requests from the White Office of Science & Technology Policy for public input to improve federal scientific integrity policies.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Public Access Language in the U.S. Innovation & Competition Act (USICA)
Open AccessThe House and Senate are considering language that supports providing public access to taxpayer-funded research results in a larger package of competition legislation.
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