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Open access commentator Richard Poynder posted that the OA movement “has failed and is being rebranded in order to obscure the failure.” Today’s open landscape is vastly different than it was at the advent of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) over 20 years ago. This is presenting challenges for how scholarly communications librarians can discuss publishing with researchers. As U.S. federal public access requirements change, and with the anticipated 2026 release of Canada's Revised Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications nears) and APC prices continue to rise, is OA a sustainable movement or has it been co-opted beyond repair?
Join us at the next OpenCon Librarian Community Call on February 10 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT for an interactive etherpad conversation led by Haley Walton, Librarian for Education and Open Scholarship at Duke University Libraries, about the state of OA and how librarians can best support our researchers and colleagues in an ever-changing open scholarship landscape.
OpenCon Librarian Community Calls are limited to those working in libraries, and registration is now required. You can register for the February call here.
Agenda and Notes
You can find all the proposed agendas and notes from the Librarian community calls in one place, right here.
Recordings
Community Calls are not recorded to support a safer environment for open and honest discussion. However, notes are taken.
What to expect
Community calls are always friendly, and we love new faces. The more you participate, the more you'll get out of it!