Presenter: Dr. Heide HackmannDate: 27 March 2025Time: 12:00 - 13:00 (SAST/CET)
The session delves into the importance of exploring new collaborations, across countries, sectors and knowledge communities based on the idea of common purpose (Global Challenges) and shared value (leave no one behind). The session alludes to the library professionals' significance in thinking about the university as an anchor institution that serves as a unique resource to the broader communities in which it is located. It further delves into the role of Open Access in facilitating TD research and fostering societal impact.
This was an online event.
Presenter: Professor Astrid Söderbergh WiddingDate: 19 June 2025Time: 12:00 - 13:00 (SAST/CET)
In this webinar, Professor Astrid Soderbergh Widding shares insights form the work of the Beyond Transformative Agreements Group, a task group within the Swedish Bibsam Consortium, which sought to guide Sweden away from unsustainable TA models. She highlights the group's key findings, the challendes faced, and the opportunities that lie ahead on the journey toward open science.
This was an online event.
Presenter: Professor Rich SchneiderDate: 17 September 2025Time: 15:30 - 16:30 (SAST/CET)
Professor Rich Schneider (PhD) (Professor and Director, Laboratory for Developmental and Evolutionary Skeletal Biology Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of California at San Francisco), explores the critical issue of author rights within the context of Open Access (OA) publishing, particularly in relation to transformational agreements. While OA is intended to make scholarly works freely accessible and allow authors to retain more control over their works, some publishing practices continue to undermine these goals. Authors often choose OA to increase the reach and impact of their works and to preserve key rights, such as the right to share, reuse, and adapt. However, many publishers still require restrictive “license to publish” (LTP) agreements that can limit these rights, despite commitments to support OA and the use of Creative Commons licensing. This webinar explores how recent publisher negotiations at the University of California, San Francisco, have resulted in revised LTP agreements that better support open access publishing and uphold authors’ rights.
