Open Science : connecting the actors!

Open Access Belgium would like to invite you to join the “Open Science: connecting the actors” event on the 21st of November to share best practices, foster community, and encourage knowledge-sharing on Open Science. The conference is free of charge and open to anyone interested in Open Science, training, networking, and Open Data solutions.

Slides and recordings – Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access

In the context of the International Open Access Week (Oct. 25-31, 2021), Open Access Belgium organized two webinars, one on Open access free alternatives for Researchers and one themed around FAIR open access as a sustainable alternative to scholarly communication and Publisher negotiations. You can find recordings and slides of this webinar here. 26th October:Continue reading “Slides and recordings – Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access”

Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access

Let’s celebrate International Open Access Week together. Join us in the yearly Open Access week by attending one of our webinars. 26th October – Free open access Researchers and research audiences alike are considering the challenges and opportunities of open access publishing. To this end we like present free, sustainable and open alternatives to theContinue reading “Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access”

Open Science Webinars recordings – Skills and training

During Open Access Week, Open Science staff from Belgian universities, teamed up to organize a series of 4 webinars aimed at research support staff to provide information on Open Science skills and offer the opportunity to discuss approached to open science literacy and training. Media content – Slides and recordings Tuesday October 20, 10.30-11.30 |Continue reading “Open Science Webinars recordings – Skills and training”

Hasselt University Library presents: Open Science Webinar with our top UH COVID-19 researchers!

In the context of the International Open Access Week (Oct. 19-25, 2020), Hasselt University Library organizes an online webinar, where Niel Hens, Geert Molenberghs, Liesbet Peeters, Thomas Neyens and Jan Aerts will give a talk on the role of open data in COVID-19 research. The event will take place on October 23rd, from 9.30 untilContinue reading “Hasselt University Library presents: Open Science Webinar with our top UH COVID-19 researchers!”

Mosa, Window of Visibility for Open Access Research in Belgium

A new tool is now live in the Belgian Open Access landscape: Mosa (https://www.mosa-research.be). Mosa aims to highlight Open Access research produced by scholars from Belgian and Luxembourgish institutions. More than 10 repositories are daily harvested in Mosa. Interface is in Dutch, English (default), French and German. Mosa currently contains more than 295,000 records inContinue reading “Mosa, Window of Visibility for Open Access Research in Belgium”

Open Access publication costs and transformative agreement strategies: a round table discussion

A round table discussion will bring together research administration and libraries to have an in-depth discussion about the financial implications of transformative agreements and the monitoring of cost for Open Access publishing.

OpenAIRE Workshop on ‘Research policy monitoring in the era of Open Science and Big Data’ announced in Ghent.

A two-day workshop titled ‘Research policy monitoring in the era of Open Science and Big Data – The what (indicators) and the how (infrastructures)’, co-organised by OpenAIRE and Data4Impact, with support of Science Europe, will explore mechanisms for research policy monitoring and indicators, and how to link these to infrastructure and services. The first dayContinue reading “OpenAIRE Workshop on ‘Research policy monitoring in the era of Open Science and Big Data’ announced in Ghent.”

World Humanities Conference in Liège : “Humanities and knowledge as a public good”

Over the past 20 years digital open scholarly communications have slowly changed the way we study, research, publish and share knowledge in developed and developing regions, with a trend toward open access, open science, en data. Openness brings benefits but also challenges for  sustainable and participatory knowledge infrastructures. As part of the World Humanities ConferenceContinue reading “World Humanities Conference in Liège : “Humanities and knowledge as a public good””

Practical information for participants ‘Open Science on the Move’

Practical information As the ‘Open Science on the Move’-event is drawing closer, we’d like to inform you about a few practicalities. For organizational reasons, we invite you to register before October 17th. You can register for one or both days here. Registration starts at 9.00. The first presentation will start at 9.30 the 24st andContinue reading “Practical information for participants ‘Open Science on the Move’”