Designing the Future of Open Scholarship in Canada

Tuesday November 01, 2022

From 9:00am to 3:30pm

We are mid-way through an ambitious strategic plan, in which transforming scholarly communications is at the core. As we consider our progress over these last three years in advancing open scholarship and prioritizing cost reductions with commercial vendors, during this workshop we will review the principles that guide licensing decisions, collectively brainstorm approaches that advance open scholarship in Canada, explore the potential of a collective investment strategy, and more. This workshop will include breaks, including a break for lunch.

During this workshop we will:

Review the principles and approaches that guide licensing and renewal decisions
Highlight themes and emerging discussions from the transformative agreement webinar series held throughout 2022
Collectively brainstorm approaches that advance open scholarship in Canada
Consider what we are transitioning towards with our transformative agreement approach
Explore the potential of a collective investment strategy

Through these discussions, we will explore how members wish to partner through CRKN with Canadian not-for-profit publishers to ensure a sustainable Canadian scholarly publishing ecosystem, as well as investigations into other models of transformation in scholarly communication.

Recognizing the value of collaboration as we strive toward an open scholarship future, we will also provide space to discuss a CRKN-CARL joint vision for open scholarship and highlight the ways in which both organizations can work together to meet shared goals. As an outcome of this workshop, we hope to collaboratively develop the principles, goals, data, and milestones of CRKN’s member-driven approach to open scholarship and brainstorm concrete actions and next steps in stakeholder engagement.

Workshop Schedule:

Time	Title	Speakers
7:30-8:30	Breakfast (provided)
8:45-9:00	Welcome	Clare Appavoo
9:00-10:30	Where Are We Now: Licensing and Open Scholarship at CRKN	Craig Olsvik, Guylaine Beaudry
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:30	Where Are We Going: Imagining the Future of Open Scholarship in Canada	Facilitated Discussion with Julien LeBlanc
12:30-1:30	Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:30	How Do We Get There: Transforming Scholarly Communications Together Short-term Medium-term Long-term	Craig Olsvik, Denise LaFitte, Karen Nicholson