Open Access Week 2023 - Open Access Panel Discussion: Short Form Publications

Open Access publishing has come a long way in recent years, especially in the academic journal space, but has this now become the norm or is there still work to do to fully embrace the movement to ensure equitable access for all? What are the challenges that the global research community still faces and how can these be overcome? The resurgence of Green Open Access and Institutional Rights Retention policies allow authors and universities to take back some of the power from large academic publishers, but does Green provide a sustainable future for Open Access, or should our efforts be more focused on Diamond Open Access? This panel discussion focuses on Open Access publishing and short form output types. During the session, we hear from expert speakers who discuss their experiences of publishing Open Access, how Rights Retention empowers author choice, and where we might be headed for the future. Panelist Biographies: Stephen Eglen - Professor of Computational Neuroscience, University of Cambridge. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/person/sje30 Kate O'Neill - Scholarly Licensing Manager, University of Sheffield. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/c... Dr Shelby Judge - Early Career Academic in Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Derby. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... Dr Caroline Edwards - Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature, School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, Birkbeck University of London and Director of the Open Library of Humanities. https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profi... https://www.openlibhums.org