11th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar, University of Ljubljana, 22-24 April 2024

The 11th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar “Open Science and Academic Libraries: Organizational Challenges in an Evolving Research Landscape” was kindly hosted by the University of Ljubljana, 22-24 April 2024.

About the Seminar

Universities have to address Horizon Europe Open Science policy, legislation updates and policies in the EU Member States, transformative agreements, diamond open access publishing, infrastructures, and other aspects of Open Science. Together with their libraries they are facing organizational challenges that increasingly involve international environments and cooperation.

The Seminar focused on sharing Open Science good practices related to the management of academic libraries, the role of European Universities alliances and reform of research assessment:

• How can universities and academic libraries best manage Open Science services to support their communities?

• What are the most significant Open Science initiatives developed within the European Universities alliances in which UNICA member universities are involved?

• How will COARA and the new research assessment model in the EU help drive Open Science?

Presentations

Session I – Organizational Challenges in Academic Libraries

• Open Science Support Centre at Charles University, by Žaneta Procházková, Open Access Coordinator and Open Science Support Centre member, Central Library of Charles University, and Dagmar Hanzlíková, Head of Open Science Support Centre, Charles University
• Leadership in Open Science Strategic Activities: Vilnius University Library’s experience, by Irena Krivienė, Director General and Žibutė Petrauskienė, Director of Scholarly Communication and Technologies Department, Vilnius University Library
• Academic libraries as Open Science knowledge hubs: the case of the University of Cyprus Library, by Elena Diomidi-Parpouna, Acting Library Director, University of Cyprus
• Open science at the University of Ljubljana, by Mojca Kotar, Assistant Secretary General, Office of Library Services, University of Ljubljana
• The Road(map) to Open Science in Sweden, by Sabina Anderberg, Senior Advisor, Stockholm University
• New Directions for Academic Libraries: Embedding Open Science and Citizen Science in Library Services, by Dominic Tate, Head of Library Research Support & Deputy Director, Edinburgh University Library

Session II – Open Science within the European University alliances

• Keynote speech: For-EU lib: Encouraging sharing between alliances, by Julien Sempéré, Director General of Mission Services, Paris-Saclay University, and Coordinator of the Open Science Working Group of FOR-EU LIB
• European University Alliances: Opportunities and Challenges at UAM and UC3M, by Santiago Fernández Conti, Library Directory, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Enhancing Visibility in the EUTOPIA Research Community through an Open Access Metadata Portal, by Lucy Amez, Policy Advisor Open Access, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Session III – Reforming of Research assessment (organized in cooperation with the partners of the Erasmus+ project Open4UA – Open Science for Ukrainian Higher Education System)

• Keynote speech: Translating Values into Practice: Navigating CoARA Principles in Research Libraries, by Eva Méndez, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Member of the CoARA Steering Committee
• Keynote speech: Rethinking Research and Academic Career Assessment: the role of universities, by Vinciane Gaillard, Deputy Director for Research and Innovation, European University Association (EUA)
• When Research Assessment Moves Forward: Experience from UAM and UC3M libraries, by Raúl Aguilera Ortega, Head Librarian, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Results of the Ministerial WG on research assessment at the institutional level in Ukraine, by Pavlo Zhezhnych, Vice-Rector for Education and Informatization, Lviv Polytechnic National University and Open4UA institutional coordinator
• Contributions of early-career researchers to reforming research assessment via OPUS, SECURE and CoARA, by Sebastian Dahle, Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana and President at the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers

Showcase of good practices

Open Science @ Ca’ Foscari, by Daniela Grandin, University Library System Coordinator and Linda Spinazzè, Digital Librarian

Pictures from the event can be found in this Flickr album!