This year’s theme for the 10th annual Open Access week was the invitation to answer the question Open in order to… Its aim was to identify what concrete benefits can be realized by making scholarly outputs openly available. “Open in order to…” serves as a prompt to move beyond talking about openness in itself and focus on what openness enables—in an individual discipline, at a particular institution, or in a specific context; then to take action to realize these benefits.
It did not disappoint with dozens of activities around Australasia throughout week.
One of the highlights was a visit by SPARC’s Executive Director Heather Joseph who came to Australia for a series of presentations in Brisbane, Sydney & Canberra. She outlined four critical areas for action to achieve “open” as an enabling strategy in order to make progress.
1. Need to realign institutional incentives to reward practices that contribute toward achieving core mission.
2. We need Open Access business models that support both local knowledge creation and global dissemination in an equitable manner.
3. We need community owned/controlled infrastructure for knowledge creation and dissemination.
4. New strategies for dealing with new volatility in political arena.
SPARC’s Heather Joseph speaking at AOASG event in Brisbane
Slides from Heather Joseph’s presentation
See below for how the theme of “Open in order to…” was embraced around the world:
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Open in order to…… |
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| …make information freely available …to advance and share scholarship |
Australian Catholic University |
| …discover buried connections | Leeds University Library blog |
| …to challenge inequality | Laura’s Dark Archive |
| …to innovate | US National Federation of Advanced Information Services |
| …enable free access to the full text of the social sector research we collect and preserve | IssueLab – a service of Foundation Centre |
| …to make sure those necessary connections between research and practice are easier, smarter, and more effective | Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice |
| …to give voice to the many cultures of giving | Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) |
| …create, contribute and share knowledge required to develop critical thinkers, knowledgeable citizens and an improved diverse, differentiated but integrated South African educational system | Independent Institute of Education South Africa |
Open Access Week Presentations & videos
Griffith University hosted a panel discussion on Open Research: Four stories from Griffith see the blog post & captured Tweets here
Associate Professor Leanne Wiseman – Associate Director, Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture
Griffith also ran a presentation about MOOCs.
Victoria University Library ran an event: The benefits to researchers of open access publishing: Q&A (video recording available on link)
See our AOASG Facebook page for video presentations by Heather Joseph & AOASG patron Emeritus Professor Tom Cochrane.
Also, listen to our OA Week webinar with guest presenter Heather Joseph.
| Open Access Week 2017 | ||
| Date | Event | Institution |
| 23rd Oct
1-4pm |
Open Access afternoon
Research Education and Development (RED) Panel & speakers |
La Trobe University
Vislab, Research Commons Library Level 2
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| 23rd Oct
12-12:45pm |
“Unethical practitioners in a world of Open Access”
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UQ |
| 23rd Oct
10am-11am
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OA good News Stories
Presented by: Dr Kieron Rooney (Health Sciences) & Dr Alice Williamson (Science) |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Room 218 |
| 23rd Oct
2pm-3pm |
OA good News Stories | University of Sydney
Fisher Library Room 218 |
| 23rd-27th Oct
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Open Educational Practice – Open online courses | Australian National University |
| 23rd Oct
2-4pm |
Open Access Bizarre Bazaar:
Jargon Bingo Show & tell Speed dating with research publishing experts |
QUT Library Research Support
Gibson Room Gardens Point Campus |
| 23rd Oct
12-1pm |
Open Access for ACU Researchers
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Australian Catholic University |
| 24th Oct
11am AEST
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Tweet chat on OA week theme “Open in order to…”
#OAweek |
AOASG
@openaccess_anz |
| 24th Oct
3-5pm |
Open: The future of research
Prof Ian Atkinson – Open Access and Research: a struggle between the past and the future Prof Sean Ulm – Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable University-Led Open Access Journal Publishing |
James Cook University
Room 145-030, Building Townsville Campus Room B1-031, Building B1 – Library, Cairns Campus |
| 24th Oct
12-2pm |
Attend screening of The Internet’s Own Boy. Documentary tells the story of Aaron Swartz, an early supporter of the OA movement. | UNSW Main Library
Room 209 Kensington Campus Sydney |
| 24th Oct
10-11am |
Copyright and Open Access presentation
Kate Stanton and Brett McCarthy (The University of Sydney Library) |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Exhibition Space level 2 |
| 24th Oct
12noon |
Data Publication: The Essentials
Jennifer McLean and Ryan Stoker (The University of Sydney Library) |
University of Sydney
Online |
| 24th Oct
2-3pm |
OA Book Publishing: How, Why and Why Not
Prof. Nick Enfield (Linguistics) Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya and Denise O’Dea (Sydney University Press) |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Exhibition Space level 2 |
| 24rd Oct
3-5pm |
Open in order to: Speakers Panel
Prof Sue Carthew, Provost and Vice President Prof Lindsay Hutley, School of Environment Prof Peter Morris, Menzies School of Health Research Dr Michaela Spencer, Northern Institute For more info – jayshree.mamtora@cdu.edu.au |
Charles Darwin University
Orange 3 theatre
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| 24th Oct
2:30pm-4:30pm |
The benefits of open access fees (or article-processing charges/APCs) to researchers
Hear from publishers Springer Nature (BioMed Central), Taylor & Francis and Wiley about their open access publishing programs.
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Victoria University
P412 Footscray Park Campus |
| 24th Oct | Wikipedia Editing Workshop
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QUT Library
Kelvin Grove Campus KG-R306 |
| 24-26th Oct | Software is not just for Scientists – A series of lightning talks.
Open access stall outside Library Virtual reality showcase |
Macquarie University |
| 24th Oct
3-5pm |
Open Access Week Panel Session
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Charles Darwin University
Casuarina Campus Orange 3 theatre |
| 25th Oct | Brisbane Tri-university event
Open Educational Resources: Open in order to…transform education |
University of Queensland
Terrace Room
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| 25th Oct
10:30am-12noon |
Open Education Grants: Reflections on ‘practical openness’ | University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba Studio Y103 |
| 25th Oct
12:15pm-12:45pm |
Quick Bite: Thesis by Publication
Phillippa Bourke (The University of Sydney Library) and Charles Foster, PhD Candidate (Science) |
University of Sydney
Abercrombie Building Case Study Lecture Theatre 1050 |
| 25th Oct
3-5pm |
Open Access Drop-in Session
Repository, Data and Copyright teams will be waiting to answer any OA questions |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Seminar Room 218 |
| 26th Oct
11am AEST |
AOASG Webinar with Heather Joseph
Executive Director of SPARC |
AOASG |
| 26th Oct
11-12noon |
Four stories from Griffith: panel discussion
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Griffith University
Environment 1 (N55) Lecture Theatre 0.06 Nathan Campus |
| 26th Oct
3-4pm |
ORCID Drop-in Session
Anne Goodfellow (The University of Sydney Library) |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Exhibition Space |
| 26th Oct
1-2pm |
Creative Commons in LEO | Australian Catholic University |
| 27th Oct
10am -11:30am |
The Power of Open…International Policy and Practice
SPARC Director Heather Joseph AOASG Patron Tom Cochrane |
QUT
Gardens Point Campus Z1064 The Gibson Room |
| 27th Oct
10am-11:30am |
Open Access Week Social!
It’s All About the Orange … |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Seminar Room |
| 27th Oct
2-3pm |
The Future of OA
Repository Team (The University of Sydney Library) |
University of Sydney
Fisher Library Seminar Room 218 |
| 28th Oct
11:30-5pm |
Game of Libraries | Toowoomba City Library
Toowoomba |
| 23-29th Oct | Why is open access important to early career researchers? video produced for OA week | Curtin University |
| 30th Oct
2-3pm |
Presentation by Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) For more information | Macquarie University
Library (4.01) |
| 1st Nov
12-1pm |
Presentation by Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | CAUL
Australian National University Macdonald Room Menzies Library |
| 2nd Nov
2-3pm |
Presentation by Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Register for this event | University of NSW
Central Lecture Block 1 Kensington Campus |
Events are in the pipeline all around the world so get involved and please let us know what activities you are planning.
#OAweek
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