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"CAUL firmly believes that Australia needs a multi-faceted open access strategy – or preferably, an open science strategy, in line with Australia’s adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science" In a world of increasing mis and dis information, access to high quality research is more important than ever, and yet much of the world's academic research is only accessible to people working or studying at academic institutions. This is a significant challenge that is addressed in the newly released Council of Australian University Librarians Board Position Statement on Open Access, which states "all routes to making research outputs free to access, read, share and reuse play an important role in progressing the open access agenda" #OpenAccess #LibrariesTransform https://lnkd.in/gpAbA2HV

Open access opens doors! AU is like no other—our research approach is rooted in access, opportunity, and community. Four of our researchers explain why open access publishing matters and how it helps drive meaningful change: https://athau.ca/4fhwSyp #AthabascaU #OpenAccessWeek

Library Matters Initiative Africa (LMI-Africa) is a Library blog established in 2022 by David Koech, aimed at promoting Open Knowledge ecosystem particularly ,Open Educational Resources (OER) across the African continent. The following are its objectives: 1. Promotion of Open Educational Resources (OER): LMI-AFRICA provides curated lists of OER to libraries and individuals, facilitating access to quality educational materials across various disciplines. 2. Information Literacy: LMI-AFRICA promotes information literacy initiatives to empower individuals with the skills needed to critically evaluate, navigate, and utilize the vast amount of information available in today's digital age. 3. Education: Through its initiatives, LMI-AFRICA supports educational endeavors by providing resources and trainings 4. Knowledge Sharing: LMI-AFRICA facilitates knowledge sharing among libraries and information professionals through networking opportunities, collaborative projects, and platforms for sharing best practices and innovative ideas. 5. Adoption of Open Knowledge Ecosystem: LMI-AFRICA advocates for the adoption and integration of Open Knowledge principles and practices within libraries and educational institutions, fostering a culture of openness, collaboration, and sharing. 6. Library Establishment: LMI-AFRICA supports the establishment of libraries, particularly in areas lacking adequate access to information resources, thereby promoting literacy, education, and community development. 7. Advocacy: LMI-AFRICA engages in advocacy efforts to raise awareness about the importance of libraries, information access, and Open Knowledge within local communities, national governments, and international organizations: https://lnkd.in/d_R_F5S3

Did you know that all of the #JFBR's content is permanently archived in the dedicated portal Polona, created by Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library of Poland)? Storing academic journal publications in the Polona system provides publishers with a reliable, sustainable, and globally recognized platform for archiving and disseminating scholarly work, contributing to the advancement of academic research and knowledge dissemination in Poland and beyond. Key advantages of Polona are: 1. Polona provides permanent archiving for electronic scholarly journals, ensuring the long-term preservation of published content. This guarantees that the publications remain accessible to future generations of scholars and researchers. 2. This portal is a widely recognized platform, both nationally and internationally, allowing publishers to reach a broader audience of readers and researchers. 3. Polona offers free access to its digital collections, enabling publishers to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge without imposing access barriers. This promotes the democratization of information and supports the principles of open-access publishing. 4. Polona adheres to international archiving standards, ensuring that stored publications meet the requirements for long-term preservation and accessibility. Publishers can rely on Polona to maintain the integrity and authenticity of their archived content.

Transforming Open Research Europe: A Vision for the Public Good I am thrilled to announce the release of our latest scoping report, “Open Research Europe: Towards a Collective Open Access Publishing Service”. This report unveils a transformative vision for Open Research Europe (ORE), the European Commission’s innovative open access publishing platform. Since its launch in March 2021, ORE has been a game-changer, offering a cost-free publishing service to grantees of the Commission’s Framework Programmes. It supports high-quality scholarly publishing through a transparent, cost-efficient model with post-publication open peer review. ORE champions open science practices, including early and open sharing of research, recognition of diverse research outputs, and visibility for peer review as a valuable research contribution. Our new report envisions transforming ORE into a service collectively supported by multiple funders and research institutions, making it accessible to all researchers at no cost. This vision aligns with broader EU policies and current developments in scholarly communications. We propose ten guiding principles for ORE to operate as a collectively supported service, aiming for a more equitable and transparent scholarly communication system. A collective ORE is set to foster innovative scholarly communication practices and address current system shortcomings. Backed by Council Conclusions on open science and scholarly publishing from 2022 and 2023, the report encourages Member States and research funding organizations to join ORE and explore its operation as a collective, non-profit, open access publishing service for the public good. Indeed, I want equity, diversity, and inclusivity to be at the heart of ORE’s operations, ensuring that access to knowledge and publishing services is treated as a public good. This report is the result of a collaborative effort involving my team, EC services, and several national research funding and performing organizations, incorporating feedback from a consultation with R&I stakeholders. Discover the ten principles and read the full report here http://europa.eu/!9WYp8q #EUResearchArea EU Science, Research and Innovation

New Publication! Really excited to share a new #research report – Improving Open Access Discovery for Academic Library Users. Sending a big THANK YOU to my OCLC colleagues who worked on the #OpenAccess (OA) Discovery project with me Brittany Brannon, Lesley A. Langa, PhD, Brooke Doyle, and Titia van der WERF. Based on group interviews with library staff at seven academic institutions in the Netherlands and a survey of users from the same institutions, our findings 1) highlight what library staff were doing to facilitate the discovery of OA publications and users’ experiences with scholarly, peer-reviewed publications and OA, 2) show where library staff’s efforts and user experiences were aligned and where improvements can be made, and 3) identify key OA stakeholders and suggest ways they can improve OA discovery. #Libraries #Librarians #AcademicLibraries #AcademicLibrarians https://oc.lc/oa-discovery

Check out our new report helping illuminate how search and discovery of #openaccess materials works for librarians and users!

Open Access (OA) week will be celebrated from October 21–27 across the globe this year. The theme of this year’s OA week is "Community over Commercialization”. The theme reflects the growing importance of prioritizing collective knowledge over profit-driven research agendas. OA continues to evolve, with institutions and funders increasingly mandating that publicly funded research be made freely accessible. Initiatives like Plan S, launched by a coalition of research funders in Europe, require that all scientific publications resulting from research funded by public grants be published in OA journals or platforms. New models are also emerging, such as Diamond OA, where neither authors nor readers pay fees, rather these costs are covered by institutions or consortia. This model represents a step that envisages the vision of equitable access to knowledge without commercial barriers. At ManuscriptEdge we pledge to actively support OA by facilitating the dissemination of research to the widest possible audience. We are committed to empower researchers by providing high-quality writing, editing, and publishing support that aligns with the principles of free and equitable access to knowledge. Our mission is to help authors contribute to the global research community in a way that breaks down paywalls and promotes inclusivity in scholarly communication. #OpenAccessWeek2024 #OpenScience #OpenAccessPublishing #ResearchWithoutBorders #KnowledgeForAll #OpenResearch #ScholarlyPublishing #ManuscriptEdge #OpenAccessMovement #FreeToRead #GlobalResearch #AcademicPublishing #EquitableKnowledge #OpenAccessMatters

Participation yesterday in the library trainers' day in French-speaking Switzerland, a first event of this type (in the region) with some intents of turning it into a community of practice. If you're curious to see what was the program: https://lnkd.in/dCtHFd-T A day to question the practices of those involved in pedagogical work in university libraries. Co-organised by EPFL and the University of Geneva, the event was attended by around a hundred participants, mainly from nearby higher education establishments. Even if I am a bit of an imposter among librarians, libraries are (too much ?) at the heart of these challenges of openness, notably for open science and open education, or even open data. An introduction to open education was provided by Mathilde Panes, to explain the concept, to share some tips to navigate in this messy landscape. A sharing was made on the initiatives of Open Educational Resources (OER) factories as in Canada which already exists (fabriquerel.org) or that in project at Nantes University. (Marilou Bourque we talked about you and your great title 😉) The workshop was an invitation to librarians who would like to think about integrating these open education topic as the subject is really emerging. Of the thirty or so participants, only one was already working on open education in his library (not including the presenter). Mathilde Panes is working at the "Haute École" (~university) in pedagogy, with an orientation on open data and open education in the structure's open science division. Her work on integrating open education into a structure focused on educational sciences could be very interesting to follow, curious to see what will happen there in the future. In the continuity, the Open Science Days will be held in (French-speaking) Switzerland during the first week of September organised by several institutions (EPFL, UNIL, HES-SO and the HEP) (see :https://lnkd.in/dg2hsdpK). I wonder whether during the next academic year it might be possible to infiltrate higher education via the libraries in order to provide education on open models from a more general point of view. To provide a foundation integrated into digital literacy, on top of which specialisation can be built according to dominant open models used by people in their field. Image: EPFL(/Rolex) Learning Center, the EPFL library building.