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LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable

Online forum for discussing LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable programming and other scholcomm issues.

Co-chairs, 2024-25: Monica Berger (City Tech) & Jill Cirasella (Graduate Center)
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Open Divide Lecture Series

  • Hi all – Sharing this announcement for the Open Divide Lecture Series, “a year-long exploration of the challenges, contradictions, and evolving landscape of Open Access and scholarly publishing.” One event per month for a whole year!

    Dear colleagues,

    We are excited to announce the Open Divide Lecture Series (2025โ€“2026, online), a year-long exploration of the challenges, contradictions, and evolving landscape of Open Access and scholarly publishing. Building on the critical reflections of the 2018 volume Open Divide: Critical Studies on Open Access (https://opendivide.hypotheses.org/open-divide-2018), this series brings together leading international experts to discuss key issues shaping the future of open scholarship.

    What to Expect?
    Throughout the series, speakers will address fundamental questions such as:
    ๐Ÿ“Œ Who truly benefits from Open Access?
    ๐Ÿ“Œ Does Open Access foster inclusion, or does it reinforce inequalities?
    ๐Ÿ“Œ What are the real costs of Open Access?
    ๐Ÿ“Œ How do commercialization, governance, and global power dynamics shape Open Access?
    ๐Ÿ“Œ What role do alternative models like shadow libraries and commons-based publishing play?

    Each lecture will offer critical insights, followed by discussions with the audience. The talks will be recorded and made accessible online, and we plan to publish the contributions in an updated edition of Open Divide after the series concludes. The edited volume will be published in Diamond Open Access by Melusina Press at the University of Luxembourg.

    Schedule & Speakers
    ๐Ÿ“… April 23, 2025 โ€“ Rebecca Bryant: Libraries Supporting Open Research: International Perspectives
    ๐Ÿ“… May 28, 2025 โ€“ Thomas Parisot & Yann Mahรฉ: Open Science and the Information Industry: French Debates and Insights
    ๐Ÿ“… June 25, 2025 โ€“ Lisa Janicke Hinchcliffe: The Sustainability and Stability of Open and Closed Access Publishing
    ๐Ÿ“… July 23, 2025 โ€“ Michael Laakso: Long-Term Preservation of Open Access Publications: Facts, Current Practices, and Future Outlook
    ๐Ÿ“… August 27, 2025 โ€“ Wolfgang Benedikt Schmal: Competition as a Driver of Progress in Academic Publishing
    ๐Ÿ“… September 24, 2025 โ€“ Arend Kรผster: Size Matters: Why Scale is the Key Ingredient for OA Publishers
    ๐Ÿ“… October 22, 2025 โ€“ Wilhelm Peekhaus: Open Access and the Continued Exploitation and Alienation of Academic Labour
    ๐Ÿ“… November 26, 2025 โ€“ Sam Moore: Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
    ๐Ÿ“… December 17, 2025 โ€“ Zakayo Kjellstrรถm: Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Shadow Libraries as Commons and the Future of Knowledge Preservation
    ๐Ÿ“… January 28, 2026 โ€“ Joachim Schรถpfel, Hรฉlรจne Prost & Behrooz Rasuli: The Global Southโ€™s Role in Shaping the Open Science Paradigm
    ๐Ÿ“… February 25, 2026 โ€“ Kevin Elliot: The Promise and Perils of Transparency and Openness
    ๐Ÿ“… March 25, 2026 โ€“ TBA

    ๐Ÿ“ Format: Online lecture series (free participation)

    ๐Ÿ”— More information & registration:
    https://opendivide.hypotheses.org/open-divide-2025-2026-speakers-and-topicsย 

    We would be grateful if you could share this event within your networks. Feel free to forward this email or spread the word via social media.

    We look forward to thought-provoking discussions and hope to see many of you there!

    Best regards,

    Ulrich Herb, Joachim Schรถpfel, Niels-Oliver Walkowski

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