Theme for Open Access Week 2024 Continues Call to Put “Community over Commercialization”
The theme of International Open Access Week for 2024 will continue with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Taking the unprecedented step to build on this theme for a second year highlights the importance of this conversation and presents the opportunity to turn more of these deliberations into collective action. READ MORE
Tuesday, October 22
Multimedia content and third-parties rights: The beauty and complexity of open science in art, design and music
Date/time: Tuesday, October 22 2024 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT (GMT -04:00)
Host: University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
Join: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/61120778777
Description: Starting with a brief overview of the key features of data in the arts and humanities, we follow the research data throughout their lifecycle: from research planning to long-term sustainability. A series of case studies illustrate the main challenges towards the implementation of open access in the fields of arts, design and music. We offer a hands-on perspective and suggest some solutions in the form of best practices collected in a set of guidelines. The presentation is based on the results of the project Open Science for Arts, Design and Music (OS-ADM), co-funded by Swiss universities and led by SUPSI.
Wednesday, October 23
Publishing and Licensing Choices that Support Research in an AI World, with Rachel Samberg
Date/time: Wednesday, October 23, 2024: 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT (GMT -04:00)
Host: Johns Hopkins
Event page: https://jhu.libcal.com/event/13248729
Register: https://jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S9kKFzGEQa6mwP9YqyxiXg#/registration
Description: Celebrate Open Access Week with the JH Libraries and JHU Research Administration! In this webinar, Rachel Samberg, program director of scholarly communication and information policy at UC Berkeley, will explore the dual role scholarly authors have in contemplating the use of AI in research as both users of other people’s content, and creators of new content themselves. If you're nervous about understanding copyright issues when using new AI tools in your research, don't miss this informative presentation.
About the Speaker: Rachael G. Samberg is director of Scholarly Communication & Information Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. A Duke Law graduate, Rachael practiced intellectual property litigation at Fenwick & West LLP for seven years before spending six years at Stanford Law School’s library, where she was dead of reference and instructional services and a lecturer in law. Rachael speaks throughout the country about scholarly communication, copyright, licensing, privacy, and ethics. She has been project director for multiple NEH-funded grants to develop and teach scholars legal literacies for text and data mining in U.S. and cross-border research contexts, and is widely published on these matters. Currently, she is supporting regulatory analysis of Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions to break digital rights management within text and data mining research.
Thursday, October 24
Karger in Conversation - Open to Interpretation: Translating the Vocabulary of Open Access into Action
Date/time: Thursday, October 24 2024 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM (-04:00 GMT)
Host: Karger Publishers
Registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4833495338657960542
Description: This Open Access Week, uncover the hidden nuances of Open Access with us, as we analyze critical terms and concepts like "Transformative Agreement" and "cost neutral". Join two leading experts as they dissect these and other key terms, revealing how local biases, historical contexts, and practical challenges shape our understanding.
Moderator: Christian Box, Head of Academic and Research Markets, Karger Publishers
Speakers:
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor for Research Professional Development, University Library of the University of Illinois
Jeff Lewandowski, Director of Publishing, American Physical Society
Data Cartels and Commercial Obstacles to Open Access
Date/time: Thursday, October 24 2024 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (-04:00 GMT)
Host: Penn State University
Registration: https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YQRWqbvLTou36duRDe1feQ#/registration
Description: Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and author of Data Cartels (Stanford University Press), will present on “Data Cartels and Commercial Obstacles to Open Access.”
