Join Deakin Library for Open Access Week as we discuss, share, learn, and workshop the Open Access Landscape. Open Access Week is an international campaign with the theme of this year’s event being Community over Commercialisation.  

Over the week of October 23, the Library will host a series of events to recognize Open Access Week 2023. The program, which will be spread across three campuses, includes a keynote address by University Librarian, Hero Macdonald, an online panel of Deakin journal editors, an interactive workshop for members of the Deakin research community to co-create solutions to the wicked problem of the current state of Open Access publishing, and a hybrid panel about Open Education. Please see below for details on each event – Registration links coming soon!  

Open Access Week is situated within the broader landscape of scholarly communication, which is increasingly dynamic and complex. Within Deakin, support for Open Access publishing is increasing alongside growing concerns about the commercialisation of scholarly communication. Open Access Week invites members of the Deakin research community to bravely engage in candid conversations about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not. 

 

Open Access Week Keynote

Monday 23^rd October
2pm. Waurn Ponds and Online

All Welcome. Afternoon tea and discussion to follow the keynote

University Librarian Hero Macdonald will kick-off Open Access Week with a provoking keynote, responding to the overarching theme question of which approaches to open scholarship prioritise the best interests of the public and academic community – and which do not?
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Open Publishing at Deakin: An online panel discussion
Tuesday 24^th October
12pm, Online Zoom Webinar

All Welcome

Join us along with a panel of Deakin’s Diamond Open Access Journal Editors to learn more about the world of Open Publishing. In this session, editors of diamond OA journals at Deakin will gather to share ideas and experiences with each other and with the broader Deakin community.
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Open Access Hackathon: Workshopping wicked problems collaboratively
Thursday 26^th October
9.30am – 12.30pm, Waterfront Campus
Includes morning tea and lunch. Spaces are limited – register to secure your spot  

Researchers, including PhD Candidates, are invited to come together to workshop solutions to address the “wicked problem” of how to realise community over commercialisation in Open Access. This workshop is a unique opportunity to contribute ideas to the Deakin Open Access Taskforce.  Over the course of 2 hours, participants will engage in a series of Liberating Structures, which are unique ways of creatively engage people in shaping their own future through collaborative problem-solving activities.
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Open is more than open access research: An Open Education panel discussion
Friday 27^th October
12pm – 1pm, Burwood Campus and Online
All welcome. Includes light lunch

What can Open be and mean at Deakin? This dialogic panel discussion responds to the provocation Open is more than Open Access research and does so through an exploration of how we are becoming open at Deakin. We will foreground a philosophy of openness through the voices of open education practitioners and discussions that engage with the processes and practices involved in the creation of open educational materials.
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