OASPA’s annual conference is the only event that brings together the whole
of the open access community, accelerating connection, discovery and new
thinking. Join us at OASPA2025, September 22-24 at the Irish College
Leuven, Belgium.

This year, we tackle the big question: What will it take to reach 100% open
access?

We are excited to announce additional speakers, sessions and poster
lightning talks as we move to finalise our programme
<https://www.oaspa.org/events/oaspa-2025-conference-programme/>. 

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The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA <http://orcaopen.org>) is
thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort
<https://www.orcaopen.org/work/cap> of Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards
Program recipients.

These thoughtful, innovative projects come from 18 non-research-intensive
institutions, minority-serving institutions, and other traditionally
under-resourced US colleges and universities. Collectively, they reflect
the rich diversity of disciplines and approaches needed to build a more
open, inclusive, and collaborative research ecosystem. 

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Dear colleagues,

We (Joachim Schöpfel, Niels-Oliver Walkowski, and me) are excited to announce the third lecture of the Open Divide Lecture Series 2025/2026. It will take place on June 25, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CEST).

We look forward to the lecture:
🎤 “The Sustainability and Stability of Open and Closed Access Publishing”
by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. 

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OASPA is pleased to announce our next webinar
<https://www.oaspa.org/events/rethinking-innovative-open-scholarly-outputs-practice-recognition-and-impact/>
on Wednesday July 2 which will explore the landscape of innovative open
access publishing formats, especially those that go beyond traditional
monographs. We’ll look at their visibility, practical applications, and how
they are currently assessed within research evaluation systems. Despite
their growing importance, such outputs are often overlooked in traditional
academic assessment frameworks. 

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