Open Access Week, 23-29, Oct., 2023
Open Access Week, 23-29, Oct., 2023
„Community over Commercialization”
UNESCO's recommendations on Open Science, adopted by 193 member states, emphasize the need to prioritize community over commercialization. The theme for this year's International Open Access Week opens a discussion on preventing unfair profiteering from publicly funded scientific activities. It indicates support for open publishing models and prompts analysis of which approaches to open science prioritize the welfare of society and the academic community.
This year's theme, chosen by the Open Access Week Advisory Committee, provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of community control of knowledge-sharing systems.
Cracow University of Technology has been implementing solutions to support Open Science for years, starting with the introduction of an Open Access Policy, the establishment of a Repository of the CUT (new window) (green publishing path) and a RODBUK Cracow Open Research Data Repository (new window), as well as enabling academics to take advantage of open publishing programmes funded under national licenses.
Throughout the Week, we invite you to follow our website, Facebook and Twitter profiles, where we will present new Open Access issues every day.
From 24-27 Oct., this year, the Information Services Department invites researchers to consultations in the field of:
• issues related to Open Access and Open Science,
• Cracow University of Technology's openness policy,
• open publishing,
• depositing publications in the CUT Repository,
• depositing open research data in the RODBUK.