From bernie.folan at oaspa.org Thu Dec 11 16:20:16 2025 From: bernie.folan at oaspa.org (Bernie Folan) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:20:16 +0000 Subject: [IRTalk] Register now: Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today Message-ID: Dear OASPA member or supporter OASPA is excited to announce our next webinar to welcome in the new year on a topic much needed for our times. *Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today *will feature four noteworthy speakers exploring not just how open access contributes to the general information environment, but if and how open access can serve as a force multiplier in this current period of destabilisation and uncertainty. In short – why do we care about opening up access to scholarship? And what is the risk of not having this content openly available? At a time when the relevance of taxpayer-funded research at universities and other institutions is being questioned and debated, this session will include perspectives from four US-based speakers: ____________________________________________________________________ *Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today * *Thursday January 29, 2026* 10.30am Pacific Time | 1.30pm Eastern Time | 6.30pm GMT | 7.30pm CET *Moderator and Panelist* *Ameet Doshi* (Princeton University Library) *Panelists* *Joy Connolly* (American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)) *Beth Daley* (The Conversation, US) *Lacey N. LaGrone* (UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies, Colorado) ____________________________________________________________________ Be sure to bring your own views and questions along so you can contribute to this live discussion. *Full information including biographies* . Join us for this exciting first webinar of 2026 and be sure to bring your own views and questions along so you can contribute to this live discussion. *Register now *Please share this link with all who may be interested in this webinar – *https://bit.ly/registration-january-2026 * -- Bernie Folan Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association https://oaspa.org/ ======================== Bernie Folan Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: