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SCELC Recommendations for Open Access Week

International Open Access Week begins October 20th, and there are many virtual presentations to choose from. Below are seven events SCELC recommends to members of our community interested in this important subject.

Recommended Events

Sunday, October 20 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT

Keynote Address: Community Over Commercialization

Dr Danny Kingsley, Deakin Library’s Director, Library Services (Information)

Open Access (OA) Week kicks off with a keynote address from Dr Danny Kingsley, Deakin Library’s Director, Library Services (Information) and internationally recognized champion of and advocate for open access. Dr Kingsley’s keynote will set the scene for OA Week by exploring the open scholarship movement, tracing its evolution, current state and future potential. Dr Kingsley will explore the underlying principles of open scholarship, the diverse approaches taken globally and their impact. This session will also highlight the challenges and barriers to broader adoption, laying the groundwork for Tuesday’s panel discussion and setting the tone for a week of thought-provoking discussion.

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Monday, October 21 2024, 2:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

Open and Engaged 2024: Empowering Communities to Thrive in Open Scholarship

Several sessions are available throughout the wee hours on Monday, streamed from the UK. The Open and Engaged 2024 conference centers on leveraging the power of communities in the axis of open scholarship, open infrastructure, emerging technologies, collections as data, equity and integrity, skills development and sustainable models to elevate research of all kinds for the public good. 

We recommend two of the sessions in particular:

Monday, October 21 2024, 715AM

Enabling collections as data: from policy to practice

Gustavo Candela Romero, Assistant Professor at the University of Alicante

Monday, October 21 2024, 815AM

Closing keynote: Future role of libraries as open and inclusive digital (and physical) spaces

Erik Boekesteijn, Member of Board of Directors at the Storyhouse and Senior Advisor at the National Library of the Netherlands

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Wednesday, October 23 2024, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

Copyright Confusion: Demystifying Creative Commons Licenses for Industry-Funded Research — International Open Access Week

This webinar will give participants an overview of CC licenses in the context of industry-funded research publications. What are the factors to consider when selecting a CC license? What are the implications of selecting each type of CC license? Case studies will be shared that show the consequences of CC license selections on content reuse.

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Thursday, October 24 2024, 6:30 AM – 8:00

Karger in Conversation - Open to Interpretation: Translating the Vocabulary of Open Access into Action

Join four leading experts as they dissect these and other key terms, revealing how local biases, historical contexts, and practical challenges shape our understanding. Our Panelists will be Jeff Lewandowski, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Andrea Chiarelli and Malavika Legge. Moderated by Chris Box, this event promises fresh insights and thought-provoking discussions.

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Thursday, October 24 2024, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Data Cartels and Commercial Obstacles to Open Access

The Penn State University Libraries will participate in the 17th annual global celebration of Open Access Week by hosting Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and author of Data Cartels. Lamdan has worked on data justice projects across the spectrum from open government to personal privacy. She researches and writes about information access, surveillance and privacy, and informational capitalism.

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