- Happy new year! Let’s meet up (postponed to 4 Feb.)
Thank you to everyone who came to our re-launch meeting on 25 Nov. The energy in the room was brilliant, and we have some solid areas to pursue this year. It’s time to get together and make things happen! Meeting details: Date: 4 Feb. (Tuesday)Time: 11am-noonLocation: Cairnes Biz Hub, CA239dRegister for the next OSCG meeting. Here …Continue reading “Happy new year! Let’s meet up (postponed to 4 Feb.)”
- We are back!
We’re delighted to invite you to announce that OSC Galway is kicking off with a (re)launch event on 25 Nov. Who’s invited? Everyone in the city of Galway who is interested in open research, open access, and open practice, is welcome to join! Where is it happening? Arts Millennium Building: AMB-G065 (ground floor, Psychology extension) … - How to build an open research community: Inter-institutional perspectives
The recording of the following session, part of the ‘Open Research Conversations‘ seminar series at the University of Sheffield (organised by the University Library, Scholarly Communications Team), held on 29 November 2023 is available to view: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.24658950.v1 The abstract of this Open Conversation is: While centrally-led and policy-driven initiatives can be effective in supporting uptake …Continue reading “How to build an open research community: Inter-institutional perspectives”
- Open Access in Sweden moving beyond transformative agreements
In our latest Open Voices blog post we talked to to Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director at Stockholm University Library, about the Open Access strategy of Swedish universities and research institutes who are organised in the Bibsam Consortium. Wilhelm and his colleagues in Sweden have been thinking hard about how to move beyond transformative agreements, which …Continue reading “Open Access in Sweden moving beyond transformative agreements”
- New blog post on Open Science training from OSCG member Rory Coyne
In this Open Voices blog post we are talking to Rory Coyne about Open Science training! Rory is a PhD student in Health Psychology at the University of Galway. He completed the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at University of Galway in 2020, and the Master of Science in Health Psychology at University of Galway …Continue reading “New blog post on Open Science training from OSCG member Rory Coyne”
- New blog post: The state of Open Access at the University of Galway
A new blog posts looks at ambitions and the reality of Open Access publishing at the University of Galway. Can we really get to 100% Open Access? And how? Read the post at https://hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2023/08/stateofoa.html - Open Scholarship Café: Open Access Publishing – everything you need to know on 27th Sept 2023
On 27 September 2023 we will have another Open Scholarship Café! This time we will return to a core Open practice: Open Access publishing! Open Access is an academic publishing model which makes research freely available to read, avoiding subscriptions or paywalls. Open Access comes in many flavours and this session will focus on the Library’s … - Open Scholarship Community Galway moving to new websiteThe Open Scholarship Community Galway (OSCG) website has moved under the umbrella of the INOSC family. Please bookmark our new site: https://osc-international.com/osc-galway/ This will make our website more sustainable and link us with our Open Scholarship and Open Science friends across the globe. Thanks to INOSC for making that happen! Our members need to re-register …
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