Open Access Week 2024
21st-25th October 2024 was International Open Access Week, an opportunity to discuss and explore the value and possibilities of open access scholarship. Read more about OA Week events at the University of Sheffield below, and access recordings of the sessions.
Tuesday 22nd October, 1.00-1.30pm
White Rose University Press - A bitesize introduction
White Rose University Press (WRUP) is the University of Sheffield’s university press. WRUP is a non-profit, open access publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books, publishing across a wide range of academic disciplines, primarily in digital formats. Jointly run with the Universities of Leeds and York, WRUP offers strong support for academic authors, and delivers high-quality research publications.
This 30-minute bitesize webinar aimed at University of Sheffield researchers will include an introduction from the WRUP’s Press Manager, Kate Petherbridge, to its work, its commissioning process and its support for authors, followed by time for questions at the end. PhD students welcome - it’s never too early to begin thinking about possible venues for your work.
Wednesday 23rd October, 12.00-1.00pm
Open Research Conversation
Beyond open access: Democratising knowledge through accessible research outputs
While making journal and monograph publications open access is an important step in the democratisation of knowledge, the question remains: to what extent are these outputs, created in the often arcane discourses through which we communicate as researchers, genuinely accessible to the broader public?
In this Open Research Conversation, we explore the work of colleagues who have gone beyond merely making their research publications open, instead pursuing the open dissemination of research in ways that are genuinely accessible beyond the university or research institute.
Three speakers from the University of Sheffield’s research community - Monika Fratczak (Sociological Studies), Susan Oman (Centre for Machine Intelligence), and Andy Tattersall (School of Medicine and Population Health) - will explore the importance of outputs including blog posts, animations and podcasts in the open communication of research.
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