The theme for this year’s OA Week “Community over Commercialisation” encourages a candid conversation about approaches to open scholarship that prioritise the best interests of the public and academic community. According to UNESCO, by prioritising 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.
Stellenbosch University Library will engage in an active panel discussion that will address the aspects of transformational agreements and their 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.
Venue: Stellenbosch University Library, Auditorium
Date: Monday, 23 October 2023
Time: 11h00 – 12h00
Should you have any questions for the panel, please send it to scholar@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
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