Hi all,
Members of this group may be interested in this webinar about Belgian university KU Leuven’s approach to investing in open publishers, infrastructures, and other initiatives:
Library funding for Open Access at KU Leuven
May 16, 2022
8-9am ET (really early, but interesting enough to get me out of bed!)
Description: At KU Leuven we believe that it is essential to apply library budgets to foster a greater diversity in the market of academic publishing. With this purpose in mind we have founded the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access, which is exclusively devoted to stimulating the development of non-profit and community-led publishers, infrastructures and initiatives. During this presentation I will share some insights about the operation of such a fund, the type of open scholarship infrastructures and OA programmes we support, and explain our decision to cease financing article processing charges, even in a Fair OA business model.
More info and registration link at:
https://www.uksg.org/event/free-uksg-webinar-library-funding-open-access-ku-leuven
