International Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. This year’s theme, Community Over Commercialisation, encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not.
To celebrate Open Access Week, the Library’s Research Services Team are running a program of events across the week for researchers to learn more about Open Access – what it is, how to do it, and what’s in it for you. Some events are open to all and some are for University of Leicester staff and students: this is indicated in the listing.
| Date and Time | Subject | Location |
| Monday 23 October, 12:30-13:20 | Community journals for teaching natural sciences A discussion led by Dr Will Farrell (Research Services Consultant: Open Publishing) and Dr Cheryl Hurkett (Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics) | Teams – click here to join the event Public event: open to all |
| Tuesday 24 October, 12:30-13:20 | Open Research Community Forum: open access monograph publishing A drop-in session exploring the current landscape for open access monograph publishing, facilitated by Dr Will Farrell (Research Services Consultant: Open Publishing) and Laurian Williamson (Associate Director Research) | Digital Culture Studio, David Wilson Library Read more about the event here For University of Leicester staff and students. |
| Wednesday 25 October, 10:00-11:00 | Exploring Leicester Research Archive (LRA) A training workshop is for researchers who want to discover research from the University of Leicester and share their research data outputs in the University of Leicester digital research archive, led by Dr Radek Pajor (Research Services Consultant: Research Data Management) | Teams – click here to register Read more about the event here For University of Leicester staff and students. |
| Wednesday 25 October, 12:30-13:20 | Open Access and research metrics A presentation about the impact of open access publishing on the reach of research, and the future of open research indicators as measures of research culture, by Merinne Whitton (Research Services Consultant: Bibliometrics) | Teams – click here to join the event For University of Leicester staff and students. |
| Thursday 26 October, 11:00-12:00 | An Introduction to Open Access A session for researchers who are interested in learning more about the practice of applying open research principles to the open access research publishing environment, led by Laurian Williamson (Associate Director Research) | Teams – click here to register For University of Leicester staff and students. |
| Thursday 26 October, 12:30-13:20 | University of Leicester Open Journals: rewards, challenges and future plans in community publishing A discussion led by Dr Will Farrell (Research Services Consultant: Open Publishing), Prof. Amy Levin (Museum and Society), Dr Peter Lester (Museum and Society and Dr Sweta Ladwa (New Directions in the Teaching of Natural Sciences) | Teams – click here to join the event Public event: open to all |
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