The first National Diamond Open Access Conference in Switzerland seeks to raise awareness for scholar-led and community-owned scholarly publishing and will bring together the Swiss Diamond Open Access community around issues of sustainability.
Sustainability concerns the question of funding but also encompasses aspects of governance and ownership, the transparency of costs, the long-term provision of shared infrastructures, collaboration as well as institutional recognition and procedures of research assessment.
The objective of this conference is to discuss pathways towards a sustainable scholarly
communication system in Switzerland. The conference is organised by the «Platinum Open Access Funding» Project (PLATO) and will feature contributions by international Diamond Open Access experts, representatives of hosting and funding institutions and editors of Diamond open access journals.
Detailed Programme:
9h30 Coffee and Gipfeli
10h00 Welcome: Daniela Hahn (PLATO)
10h15 PLATO: Furthering Diamond Open Access in Switzerland: Rudolf Mumenthaler (Director University Library Zurich)/Andrea Malits (Lead
Open Science Services University Library Zurich)
10h45 Keynotes: Sustainability and Collaboration
Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe/SCOSS): «Sustaining Diamond Open Access. What We Know so Far»
Pierre Mounier (OPERAS/DIAMAS): «Towards a European Capacity Hub and and a Global Federation for
Diamond Open Access»
Dirk Verdicchio (Head Open Science/University Library Bern): «Building a Diamond Open Access Environment»
12h30 Lunch Break
13h30 Roundtable: Initiatives for a Sustainable Future of Scholarly Communication
Chair: Marc Thommen (University of Zurich)
Panellists:
- Valérie Andres (FHNW Library/Co-President AKOA)
- Jeannette Frey (Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire
Lausanne/Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries)
- Beat Immenhauser (Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences)
- Tobias Philipp (Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Christian Schwarzenegger (swissuniversities)
15h00 Coffee Break
15h30 Diamond Open Access Practices: Quality, Efficiency and Sustainability
Moderation: Jean-Blaise Claivaz (Bibliothèque Université de Genève)
Panellists:
- Manuel Battegay (Swiss Medical Weekly)
- Margit Dellatorre (University Library Zurich/HOPE)
- Elio Pellin (University Library Bern/CRAFT OA)
- Klaus Rummler (PH Zurich/MedienPädagogik. Zeitschrift für Theorie und
Praxis der Medienbildung)
17h00 Wrap Up