Imagine you’re part of a group project where no one communicates, and as the deadline approaches, you find yourself doing most of the work alone. On presentation day, it turns out that everyone in the group did the same thing,…

Event Details The online seminar “An Introduction to Open Access 2024” is set to take place over two half-days, from Monday, August 19, 2024, at 10:00 BST to Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 13:30 BST. Hosted virtually, this event aims…

To advance the democratization of knowledge and open educational policies, the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education is relaunching the Open Education Policy Game in 2024. Originally created in 2018, this social technology has been updated to incorporate the 2019 UNESCO…

Open science is a movement that advocates for transparency, accessibility, and collaboration in scientific research. Its goal is to make scientific knowledge freely available to everyone, enabling greater participation and innovation. To effectively convey the message of open science, it…

The academic publishing landscape is experiencing a transformative shift towards open access (OA) models, which promote the free availability of research outputs. While the benefits of OA are widely recognized, the challenge of funding these models remains significant. Traditional subscription-based…

BY ZEN FAULKES AND HALEY HAZLETT, DECLARATION ON RESEARCH ASSESSMENT (DORA) “Responsible research assessment & open scholarship are interconnected.”— Zen Faulkes & Haley Hazlett, DORA In recent years, the landscape of research assessment has been evolving to better recognize and…

A recent study has provided comprehensive estimates of global spending on article processing charges (APCs) for open access (OA) publishing, focusing on six major publishers from 2019 to 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing articles in fully open access…

We are excited to forward an open call for submissions of innovative Open and Responsible Research and Innovation (ORRI) practices for the upcoming REINFORCING Forum, taking place on October 7 and 8, 2024, in Vienna, Austria. This event, organized by…

Giovanni Abramo argues for a nuanced approach to research assessment amidst rising movements like DORA and CoARA, which advocate for qualitative judgments over quantitative metrics. CoARA, supported by the European Research Area (ERA), seeks to shift the focus from metrics…

Event Date: September 17, 2024Event Time: 14:00-15:00 CESTLocation: Online, accessible via the EARMA website Registration: This event is free, but registration is required. Click on the yellow button at the top of the event page for details on accessing the…

Open Access (OA) has become a pivotal focus within academic libraries, profoundly affecting the entire higher education landscape. This evolving paradigm influences all facets of library management, including outreach, collection development, technical services, public services operations, and dedicated scholarly communication…

Bologna and Forlì, July 9-11, 2024 The G7 Science and Technology Ministers convened in Bologna and Forlì, Italy, from July 9 to 11, 2024, underscoring the critical importance of science, technology, innovation, higher education, and advanced training in fostering a…