OA books and open licences
Description
Presentation delivered as part of a 2-day workshop at the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access: Centering Social Justice in Scholarly Communication to Advance Research as a Public Good (University of Cape Town, 8-14 December 2024). The second summit focused on integrating social justice into scholarly communication. It highlighted the necessity of making research a public good by ensuring equitable access and participation across diverse communities. The summit attracted over 1,100 participants from 73 countries and featured discussions on decolonization, inclusivity, and the role of language diversity in academic publishing.
The Open Monograph Publishing Workshop, hosted by Copim and the Association of African Universities (9-10 December 2024), explored strategies and mechanisms to move towards sustainable open access (OA) book publishing ecosystems in Global South contexts. The event brought together librarians, publishers and those developing open research strategies to collaboratively work towards new ways of supporting longform (book) Diamond OA publishing. Plenary sessions explored routes for securing bibliodiverse, equitable publishing futures, alongside case studies from librarians highlighting innovative local approaches, and from publishers highlighting new and experimental publishing practices while parallel sessions provided opportunities for hands-on skills building and collaboration.
Speakers for the day one session 'Why open access for books?' gave short presentations on the benefits and opportunities of OA for books, followed by collective discussion chaired by Jill Claasen.
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Prof. Olusola Oyewole (AAU): The Association of African Universities and open research
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Jill Claasen (University of Cape Town Libraries): OA books and social justice
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Mutinta Nabuyanda (National Institute of Public Administration/Zambian Library Consortium): OA for books in Zambian Libraries
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Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers/Thoth Open Metadata): OA books and open licenses
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Niels Stern (DOAB & OAPEN): OA books and discoverability
Notes (English)
The Open Book Futures project is co-funded by Arcadia and Research England Development (RED) Fund (UKRI). Arcadia is a charitable foundation that works to protect nature, preserve cultural heritage and promote open access to knowledge. Since 2002 Arcadia has awarded more than $1 billion to organizations around the world. Research England Development (RED) Fund (UKRI) is a fund supporting institutional-level innovative projects in research and knowledge exchange including collaborations between education providers and between education providers and business.
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