Information session

The target audiences for this webinar, presented jointly by SPARC Europe and EIFL, are "Open Science policymakers, Research Funding Organizations and Research Performing Organizations managers, librarians, repository managers and academic institutional copyright experts." More information

 

Policy is one of the key ingredients for sustainable, effective open education efforts. In this special Open Education Week webcast, members of the SPARC policy team will provide a timely update on the state of open education policy across the U.S. and Canada. What are the key trends in successful state and province-wide efforts? What are the opportunities with the new U.S. administration? What can community members do to advance open education policy in your context?

Improving Research Collaboration and Transparency: Using the Open Science Framework to Enhance Your Research Projects

Kevin Read, a health sciences librarian at the University of Saskatchewan, discusses the Open Science Framework, a research tool that supports collaboration, data management, and transparency throughout the research lifecycle.

Plan S Rights Retention Strategy Webinar

Starting in January 2021, cOAlition S Organisations are changing their grant conditions to mandate Open Access for all publications reporting original research supported in whole or in part by their funding. cOAlition S Organisations offer three routes that allow their funded researchers to be compliant with this policy. Authors can publish in fully Open Access journals and platforms, they can self-archive a version of their paper, or they can publish in journals that are under a Transformative Arrangement.