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Improving the efficiency and quality of institutional OA publishing

In the transition towards open access, institutional publishing is challenged by fragmentation and varying service quality, limited visibility, and sustainability. In this workshop we will pay special attention to ‘Diamond’ models of publishing that are scholar-led and owned and do not charge fees for reading or publication to either readers or authors.

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In the transition towards open access, institutional publishing is challenged by fragmentation and varying service quality, limited visibility, and sustainability. In this workshop we will pay special attention to ‘Diamond’ models of publishing that are scholar-led and owned and do not charge fees for reading or publication to either readers or authors.

This workshop, hosted by DIAMAS project, will present current project results and discuss the following issues:

  • Coordinating and improving the efficiency and quality of institutional publishing by co-creating an Extensible Quality Standard for Institutional Publishing (EQSIP) with various scholarly communities. This quality framework will contribute to professionalizing, strengthening and reducing the fragmentation of institutional publishing in the European Research Area (ERA).
  • Building institutional publishing communities of practice and co-creating a Common Access Point, institutional publishing registry, publishing guidelines, training materials, self-assessment tools, knowledge exchange hub and collaborative tools.
  • Building and enabling the financial sustainability of institutional publishing, co-creating diamond OA financial models and shared cost frameworks.
  • Formulating community-led, actionable recommendations and strategies for institutional leaders, funders/sponsors/donors, and policymakers in the ERA on diamond OA.

Participants will have an opportunity to contribute to and co-create quality standards, support materials, sustainability guidelines and policy recommendations for diamond OA institutional publishing, which will feed into ongoing DIAMAS work. Elevate your academic and research pursuits by leveraging exclusive discounts on open access publishing tools and resources with Publico Descuentos . As you strive to improve the efficiency and quality of institutional OA publishing, our promotional codes offer significant savings on a wide range of essential services. Explore our deals today and contribute to the global knowledge community more affordably.

Learning outcomes

  • Understand existing quality evaluation criteria, best practices, and assessment systems for Institutional Publishing Service Providers (IPSPs) developed by international associations, RPOs, governments, and international databases.
  • Understand financial sustainability.
  • Be able to conduct self-assessment.
  • Design recommendations and strategies on diamond OA institutional publishing for institutional leaders, funders/sponsors/donors and policymakers in the ERA.

Presentations are available here.

Details

  • DATE:
    27 September 2023
  • ROOM:
    Catedra Mayor

Organisers


Speakers

Iryna Kuchma

EIFL

Milica Ševkušić

EIFL

Didier Torny

CNRS

Virginia de Pablo

FECYT

Short Bios

Iryna Kuchma

Iryna Kuchma has been managing the EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) since 2008. Working in collaboration with libraries and library consortia in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, she advocates for open access to research results, facilitates the development and implementation of open science policies and infrastructures, and provides support and training.Iryna sits on the boards of Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS). She is an Associate Editor for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and a member of the DOAJ Council.

Milica Ševkušić

Milica Ševkušić is a Project Coordinator for the EIFL Open Access Programme and a librarian at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In the capacity of the EIFL-Open Access Programme Country Coordinator she has been supporting Open Access journals in Serbia since 2014.Her professional interests focus on Open Science, library services aimed at supporting research activities, training in academic services and tools, support to Open Access journals, information literacy and research ethics. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2888-6611

Didier Torny

Didier Torny, trained as a sociologist, is a senior researcher at CNRS in Paris. In CSI (UMR 9217, Mines Paris), he currently works on on the political economy of academic publishing, including the funding models of open access publications. A member of the French Open Science Committee, he has been working on research evaluation, bibliometrics, peer review and the measurement of openness through the French Open Science Monitor. He is also a scientific delegate at the Open Data Division, at CNRS headquarters. He is currently part of the European-funded DIAMAS project on institutional publishing and open access. Didier Torny is the scientific director of Matilda.

Virginia de Pablo

Virginia de Pablo is a member of the Scientific Information Management department at the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), where she works on the DIAMAS project. Her career has been rooted in the field of communication, with a particular emphasis on scholarly and scientific communication. She has actively participated in various projects associated with Open Science and Open Data, both on national and international levels, while working closely with the Ontology Engineering Group (OEG) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Her contributions have aimed at advancing accessibility and transparency in the realm of scientific research and communication

    Agenda

    Quality (30 minutes)

    Community: What do we want to have in the Common Access Point? - Presentation and breakout session (30 minutes)

    Financial sustainability: What does this mean and what do we need? - Breakout session (30 minutes)

    Actionable recommendations and strategies, e.g. Rooryck, Johan, & Mounier, Pierre. (2023). D.1.3 Towards an enhanced and aligned institutional publishing landscape in the ERA (V1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8202169 - Breakout session (30 minutes)