[IRTalk] Open Access Week - 23 October 2023 - Stellenbosch University Library

[Mpikashe, S, Mr [songezom@sun.ac.za]]

Dear Colleagues

We are excited to invite you to participate in Open Access Week 2023, a global event dedicated to promoting open access to research and the benefits it offers to the academic community and society as a whole. This year's event promises to be engaging and informative, and we believe your expertise and insights would greatly enrich our discussions.

Open Access Week 2023



"Community over Commercialization" is the theme for this year's International Open Access Week
(October 23-29). This theme 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.  According to UNESCO, by prioritizing the community we can prevent the "inequitable extraction of profit from publicly funded scientific activities".

The theme can be applied to various case scenarios you might find within the research cycle process.  Stellenbosch University Library will engage in an active panel discussion that will address the aspects of transformational agreements and its impact on the publisher, author, and research-intensive institution.  The research community is hereby invited to join and actively participate in this discussion and find out how these agreements work within the SU research community.


Programme:
Type: Panel discussion
Place: Stellenbosch University Library, Auditorium
Date: 23 October 2023
Time: 11h00 - 12h00
Audience: in-person or online
Please register at the following link: http://library.sun.ac.za/en-za/Research/oa/week23/Pages/default.aspx

Examples of possible questions:
1.      What is lost when corporations control knowledge production rather than researchers themselves?
2.      What is lost when authors research output becomes just a number?
3.      Considering current economic conditions, how does Stellenbosch University Library plan to continue to support the SU research community?

Should you have any questions for the panel, please send it to scholar at sun.ac.za<mailto:scholar at sun.ac.za>

Please take note that the discussion will be streamed, and the recording will be available on YouTube after the event.

Enquiries: Songezo Mpikashe<mailto:%20songezom at sun.ac.za>


Thank you.

Kind regards | Ngemibuliso emihle | Vriendelike groete

Songezo Mpikashe

Digital Scholarship Librarian | Digitale Dienste Bibliotekaris
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