CRKN is pleased to announce that the panel, “Unlocking the Future: Conversations on the Canadian Research Landscape Post-Transformative Agreements” has been rescheduled to September 25, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET on Zoom.
This panel was initially scheduled as the keynote for the 2024 CRKN Virtual Conference that was held in May, and due to unforeseen circumstances needed to be postponed. Registration for this session is open to all and there is no cost to attend.
Session description:
The open access landscape in Canada is entering a new phase, with the ongoing tri-agency review of their open access policy expected to bring Canada in line with policies in the United States and Europe to mandate immediate, open access to research outputs. Based on member input, CRKN pursues multiple pathways to open access. With the recent signing of the Elsevier agreement, CRKN members now have read-and-publish agreements with three of the five major commercial publishers, and several more with society publishers and university presses. While these agreements have made a significant impact on the amount of Canadian research that has been and will be published in OA (15,000+ articles per year are now eligible), there are nonetheless ongoing and fair questions about the sustainability of this model long-term.
Alternative models, such as Diamond OA, Subscribe to Open, green OA/self-archiving, and others, may offer more equitable solutions, but there remain questions about the sources of funding for these models, as well as how promotion and tenure and researchers’ choices on publication venue affect this transition.
Our panelists will discuss their visions for the future of open access beyond the transformative agreement model and lay a foundation for actions we can collectively take to achieve a more sustainable OA future for Canada.
Speakers:
Moderated by Denise Lafitte, Acting Vice-Provost (Library & Museums) and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta; CRKN Content Strategy Committee Chair.
- Tanja Niemann, Executive Director, Érudit
- Sonya Betz, Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services, University of Alberta
- Ian Robson, Head Information Resources, Queen’s University, CSC Member
A recording of the presentation will be posted after the event.
We look forward to your attendance at this session.