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ACU and Western join forces for Open Access week

International Open Access Week 23 – 29 October 2023

We are thrilled to announce that Western Sydney University Library and Australian Catholic University have established a cross-institution collaboration for Open Access Week 2023 and will be providing five key presentations to connect and inform our vibrant research communities.

HDR Candidates, Researchers at all career levels and academic staff are encouraged to attend. Events will be held on Zoom with a presentation, leaving adequate time for discussion and Q&A.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to engage with your peers in Research at these cross-institution events running 23-27 October.

For general enquiries, please contact Maureen O’Brien, Research Literacy Coordinator, Western Sydney University Library via maureen.obrien@westernsydney.edu.au.

Open Access Week Events

Creating your Researcher Profile

Monday 23 October, 2023 12.00 – 1.00pm
Online via Zoom. Registration essential, secure your spot.

To kickstart Open Access Week, we are holding a Researcher Profile training session.

Are you a seasoned researcher, an early, mid-career researcher or just starting your HDR candidacy? You will need a strong researcher profile to avoid author ambiguity and to make your research output more 'discoverable'.  If you want to create a Google Scholar profile, Orcid ID and sync your publications in Scopus to your Oricid ID, then this session is for you!

Join Sharon Lind, Senior Librarian, Research Services, ACU Library, Nicole Godfrey, Consultant, Elsevier and Maureen O'Brien Research Literacy Coordinator, WSU Library in this joint presentation.

Content covered in this session includes:

• Using Research Identifiers to ensure the seamless, long-term access to research outputs and researchers
• An overview of Researcher Profiles
• Setting up a profile in Google Scholar
• Creating and updating an Orcid profile
• Managing your Scopus Profile and syncing with Orcid

Community over Commercialisation and the impact of AI

Tuesday 24 October, 12.00 – 1.00pm
Online via Zoom. Registration essential, secure your spot.

Join our copyright gurus Vanessa Tuckfield, Copyright Manager, ACU Library and Frank Hill, University Copyright Officer, WSU in this joint presentation.

As artificial intelligence becomes all pervasive this session will look at current AI happenings regarding copyright and then discuss the possible impact they could have on research publishing.

We will explore just how important community ownership of knowledge maybe into the future.

• Discussion around text and data mining for training AI’s
• Discussion on some of the current court cases and AI, particularly ownership of AI produced works.
• Discussion on the corporatisation of knowledge.

Research Data Management

Wednesday 25 October, 12.00 – 1.00pm
Online via Zoom. Registration essential, secure your spot.

Open research data accelerates the discovery and dissemination of research findings, provides improved confidence in the supported research publications, and contributes to discipline and public knowledge. To achieve the profile, citation, collaboration, and contribution benefits of open research data, researchers can plan to align their projects with the FAIR and CARE data principles.

We will take advantage of the opportunity to talk through open access considerations for research data in an institutional partnership project.

Join Karen Sheehy Research Data Consultant, WSU Library and Thomas Reeson Research Data and Infrastructure Librarian, ACU Library in this joint presentation.

Content covered in this session includes:

• An overview of the benefits to open research data
• Discussion of the FAIR and CARE principles and how to apply them to your projects
• Discussion of the sensitivities for research data and how to maximise openness
• How to collect and publish open research data in inter-institutional projects

Developing your Publishing Plan

Thursday 26 October, 2023, 12.00 – 1.00pm
Online via Zoom. Registration essential, secure your spot.

This session examines the importance of using a strategic approach for publishing to maximise research impact and support your career goals.

Join Lucy Walton, Scholarly Publishing Consultant, WSU Library and Sharon Lind, Senior Librarian, Research Services, ACU Library in this joint presentation.

Sharon and Lucy will discuss the ‘5-steps’ approach to strategic scholarly publishing that will help you develop a publishing plan.

• THINK about criteria to help you select the most suitable publishing outlets for your research
• CHECK the quality of selected publishing sources to find the most impactful for your research
• SUBMIT your research which is aligned with publishing guidelines
• PROMOTE your research at three stages during the project lifecycle
• TRACK your publications and evaluate your publishing decisions

Open Access Publishing | Read & Publish Agreements

Friday 27 October, 2023, 12.00 – 1.00pm
Online via Zoom. Registration essential, secure your spot.

Do you want to know about open access publishing and how it relates to you? Then this presentation is for you.

Join Stephanie McGlinchey, Library Manager, Research Services, ACU Library and Lucy Walton, Scholarly Publishing Consultant, WSU Library in this joint presentation.

This session examines the importance of using a strategic approach to publishing open access. Stephanie and Lucy will discuss open access and publishing options for your research. This session is aimed at anyone relatively new to scholarly publishing or interested in the latest developments in open access publishing.

This session will cover:

• Open access
• Subscription routes and manuscript versions
• Open access policies and mandates (including funding mandates)
• Library’s role in open access: AAM and data
• Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Read & Publish Agreements (including author rights and creative commons licensing)