The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is officially launched today, 23 November 2018, during an event hosted by the Austrian Presidency of the European Union. The inauguration marks the conclusion of a long process of consultation and reflection with stakeholders led by the European Commission.
The event demonstrates the importance of EOSC for the advancement of research in Europe and introduces the new EOSC Portal.
U bent vriendelijk uitgenodigd op de vertoning van de documentaire Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
op woensdag 5 december 2018 om 20u in de grote zaal van Cinema Zed – Vesalius, Vesaliusstraat 9C te Leuven.
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Programma
Verwelkoming door Demmy Verbeke, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Korte inleiding door Veerle De Laet, Universitaire Pers Leuven Vertoning door ‘Paywall: The Business of Scholarship’
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Bevestig uw aanwezigheid graag voor 1 december 2018 via deze link.
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.
With an introduction by Veerle De Laet (Leuven University Press) about the diverse landscape of academic publishing.
Participation is free, but registration is mandatory. To register, please email Carl Demeyere (carl.demeyere@kuleuven.be) or go directly to registration.
Vincent Detours (ULB – publications) talks about Open research data. He is a researcher from The Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology (IRIBHM), a part of the ULB Medical School.
Alessandro Parente (ULB – publications), talks about Open Access. He is a researcher from Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department, a part of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
As a part of the international Open Access Week 2018, Belgium universities host a series of lunch-time webinars. Themed “Everyone on the road to Open Science”, these online presentations will cover different topics concerning Open Science aimed at PhD’s, researchers and research supporting staff.
Practical
October 22, 12:00-13:00 |Register here for the Webinar: Open Peer Review
October 23, 12:00-13:00 |Register here for the Webinar: How to achieve OA to publications and books?
October 24, 12:30-13:30 | Register here for the Webinar: How to achieve FAIR data and good Research Data Management?
October 25, 12:00-13:00 |Register here for the Webinar: Boosting academic reputation with OA publications
October 26, 12:00-13:00 | Register here for the Webinar: Open Science Policy: funder requirements H2020, FWO, FNRS and Legal aspects in Belgium
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The day and an hour before your selected webinar you will be sent a reminder email. The webinars will last an hour with time for questions.
Can’t make it? No problem! The sessions will also be recorded and be posted here after the event.
During the international Open Access Week 2018, themed “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”, the Belgian universities jointly organize a 5 day online event entitled “Everyone on the road to open science”, from the 22nd until the 26th of October 2018. Several topics of open science will be addressed, such as open peer review, the FAIR data principles, research data management, legal aspects, etc.
Anyone can attend the event, although the webinars are primarily intended for PhD students, postdocs and (junior) professors. All sessions are English-spoken.
Twitter hashtag #openaccess_be
Programme webinars
Date
Topic
Speaker(s)
22/10
12h-13h
Open Peer Review
Emilie Menz (ULB), Head of Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles
Axel Cleeremans (ULB), Chief Editor for Frontiers in Psychology
A change in the belgian copyright law allows the authors of scientific articles financed by the public sector, to retain the right to make their article available in Open Access even if otherwise stipulated in their contract with the publisher.
Published the 5th September 2018, this law completes and reinforces the recent decree of the fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) which requires the deposit in open access of scientific articles in institutional directories.
The text specifies that :
The article must be publicly financed by at least 50%
The article can be diffused in open access even if the author has already waved his copyright to the editor
The embargo period is 12 months after publication for the human and social sciences and 6 months after publication for the applied sciences; or less if authorized by the publishing contract
The source of the first publication must be mentioned
This rules also apply to every article published before the publication of the law.