Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Building Structural Equity

In recognition of Open Access Week and Media and Information Literacy Week, University of Tehran’s Central Library and Documentation Center organizes “Open Science and Open Access Publishing: Building Structural Equity” workshop on Tuesday, 2 November 2021.

In this workshop, the instructor elaborates on the concept of open science, what encourages authors to choose open access publishing, and explores whether there are any specific points to consider when opting for OA publishing.

This workshop covers some components of open science, remarks the challenges specific to open access, and illustrates the ways in which the new technology and tools can improve research in terms of collaboration, efficiency, and productivity.

The workshop participants will further their comprehension of open access with a clear understanding of the potential matters they should consider when it comes to open access publishing.

Learning outcomes and the topics of presentation:

·     What is open access?

o  OA journals

o  OA archives or repositories

o  OA books

·     Why does open access matter?

o  Highly effective research data

o  Benefits of open access

·     The main routes to open access

o  OA licenses

o  Article sharing policy

o  Copyright

o  The legal fine print

·     Open access in the humanities and social sciences

o  A report on the analysis of open data

·     Open access funding

·     How academicians and institutions can promote open access

Target audience: Faculty members, Graduate students, Librarians, Editors

Date: Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Time: 10:00 (IRST)

Venue: Online

Secretarial: Central Library and Documentation Center, University of Tehran, 16 Azar St., Enghelab Sq., Tehran, Iran

About the instructor: Alireza Salehi Nejad is a researcher at Cyberspace Research Policy Center, University of Tehran, and has extensively collaborated with numerous academic publishers - notably SAGE Publications, Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, Canadian Center of Science & Education, Springer Nature - and scholarly journals as an editorial board member and reviewer. Alireza has served as Associate Editor for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Associate Editor on linguistics for De Gruyter Open, the Ethics Committee of Linguistic Society of America, Mendeley Advisor, Figshare Ambassador, Center for Open Science Ambassador, and Web of Science Academy Mentor.

This event is endorsed by

·     Center for Open Science

·     Cyberspace Research Policy Center

·     Figshare

·     Humanities Common

·     International Association of Communication in Healthcare

·     Mendeley

·       UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture

·     UNESCO Chair on E-Learning & Teaching

·     UNESCO Chair on the Communication of Science & Technology