Open Access Summit 

When: March 20 - 21, 2024 

Where: Central European University 

Registration is full. 

Thank you for your interest in the Open Access Summit. We have reached max capacity, but please email Meggan Houlihan at mhoulihan@bard.edu, if you would like to add your name to the waitlist. 

If you have any questions about the Open Access Summit, please contact Meggan Houlihan, Library Director at Open Society University Network, at mhoulihan@bard.edu.

Event Information 

The Open Access Summit is sponsored by Open Society University Network and Central European University.  The event is free and open to all. The first day will consist of a day-long workshop on Open Access publishing models, and the second day will consist of a series panels, presentations, and workshops on a wide-array of topics related to Open Access, including open access publishing, global OA challenges & opportunities, and open science. 


Open Society University Network (OSUN) is a new model of global higher education. It integrates learning and knowledge creation–in the social sciences, the humanities, the sciences and the arts, on undergraduate and graduate levels–across geographic and demographic boundaries; promotes civic engagement to advance open societies; and expands access of underserved communities to higher education.

 

The Central European University and Bard College cofounded OSUN, with the support of the Open Society Foundations, and run the network. They collaborate closely with a wide range of institutions, including universities, such as Arizona State University, American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan, Ashesi University in Ghana, BRAC University in Bangladesh, Sciences Po in Paris, and SOAS and Birkbeck, University of London.


Schedule 

March 20, 2024, QS D-001 

9:00 - 9:30 AM          Coffee & Registration

9:30 - 9:45 AM          Opening Remarks

9:45 - 12:00 PM         The Age of Open Access:  Understanding the Academic Library in the Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications


Over the past 20 years, open access publishing has evolved from an aspirational idea into a widely accepted practice in scholarly communications. These days, it can seem like everyone just “knows” what is meant by open access; however, how open access is defined and how widely it is adopted can differ greatly across institutions, disciplines, and geographies. Participants in this workshop will learn about the history and evolution of open access principles and practices, from the Budapest Open Access Initiative to Plan S and the recent OSTP memo. The workshop will address "green" and "gold" models, the demands for Creative Commons licenses, and possible roles for academic libraries in this age of open access. In particular, because open access publishing is funded through a kaleidoscope of models, including micropayments, transformative agreements, pure publish agreements, memberships, and collective action, libraries are now challenged to develop a strategy for engaging in this complex landscape with scholarly publishers, some of whom also remain committed to the subscription funding model. Participants in this workshop will learn about the various business models and their applicability in different contexts and consider how the role of the library may evolve to better meet researcher needs. 


Participants are encouraged to read these essays in preparation for the workshop:

Participants should bring a laptop to the workshop.  


Workshop materials and presentation

12:00 - 12:45 PM        Lunch

12:45 - 3:45 PM          The Age of Open Access:  Understanding the Academic Library in the Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications

Workshop continued.

March 21, 2024, QS Auditorium

9:00 - 9:30 AM                  Registration and Coffee

9:30 - 9:45 AM                 Opening Remarks

                                        9:45 - 11:15 AM                    Introduction to OER Adoption Workshop

This hands on workshop will teach faculty support professionals how to demonstrate to faculty that open textbooks lower student costs and increase educational equity. Participants will also learn how to encourage faculty to engage with open textbooks by inviting faculty to review a book in the Open Textbook Library.

11:15 - 11:30 AM                  Break

11:30 AM - 12: 15 PM         Quality vs. Prestige in Scholarly Publishing

The perception of quality is crucial in establishing trust in scholarly outputs. Various entities responsible for the assessment of scholarly publications claim quality to be their primary concern. However, there are many examples demonstrating that measures of quality can be exclusive and biased (in terms of formats, languages, territories or disciplines), irrelevant to the context and determined by technical limitations, as well as that quality is often confounded with prestige. The presentation looks into the complicated relationship between quality and prestige in scholarly publishing, with a special focus on initiatives to develop more equitable quality criteria, detached from prestige (e.g. DOAJ and DOAB inclusion criteria, DIAMAS Extensible Quality Standard for Institutional Publishing, national and institutional criteria focusing on best practices, transparency and Open Access rather than impact, etc.).

Presentation materials

12: 15 PM - 12: 45 PM        Lunch

12:45 - 1:20 PM                    Austria's Transition to Open Access - Milestones of a Longtime Partnership 

Melanie Stummvoll will provide insights into the development of the open access-movement in Austria. Starting with the signature of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and Universities Austria (UNIKO), heading towards the first national open access-agreement, negotiated between the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ), FWF and the Institute of Physics (IOP) in 2014, lingering briefly at the Austrian Transition to Open Access (AT2OA) project and it’s successor, the journey will skip through more than two decades, till it reaches present age. All these milestones on Austria’s way to open access were and are characterized through a strong will to cooperate between the stakeholders, to discuss different views and harmonize them to a certain extent, to be able to adopt a joint negotiating position on a national, as well as an international level.

Presentation materials

 

1:20 - 2:00 PM                     Focus on Positive Research Cultures through Open Science and Research Assessment Reform

Bregt Saenen will present the work of Science Europe and its research performing and funding member organizations on open science and research assessment reform. These are key efforts in their overall commitment to shaping positive research cultures in Europe and beyond. He will expand on the policy and public sector nexus developing in this field and the growing global outlook, illustrating both points through recent work to promote diamond open access.

Presentation materials

2:00 - 2:45 PM               Increasing Transparency in Academic Publishing: the Transformative Impact of the   

German DEAL Agreements  

The German DEAL agreements represent a significant step towards Open Access, aiming at transparency within the academic publishing oligopoly. This presentation will summarize DEAL's strategy and set-up, its impact on German research accessibility and author support, focusing on the DEAL operations run by MPDL Services gGmH. We'll discuss workflow improvements, transparency goals, cost reduction effects, and respond to criticisms. The presentation will also link DEAL to the OA2020 and ESAC initiatives and highlight its influence on global negotiations on Open Access.

Presentation materials

2:45 - 3:15 PM                    Coffee Break

3:15 - 3:50 PM                   Keynote           


Presentation materials

3:50 - 4:00 PM                  Closing Remarks