Course presentation
Description
Open Access is becoming a new norm in academic publishing, as numerous research institutions and research funders are creating strategies and requirements to make research results openly available to everyone. But are you lacking an overview of all the requirements? Do you want to know how to choose the best way to publish Open Access? How to utilise UiO’s publishing deals?
In this 90-minute course we will introduce you to the tools and practices in Open Access publishing process, and we will discuss its benefits and limitations. Additionally, we will give you some practical tips for getting through this publishing process.
We will wrap up with a question and answer session where you will be able to ask us any questions you might have about this topic!
Target Audience
Primarily PhD students, postdocs, researchers, and research support staff at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital. There are a few spots for external participants and participants from other Norwegian/Nordic universities are especially welcome to attend.
Learning Objectives:
After the course, you will:
- Understand different ways of Open Access publishing, and how to choose the best way for you
- Know what is self-archiving
- Know how to recognise and avoid predatory journals
- Be acquainted with a difference between NPI level 1 and 2 journals
- Know how to utilise UiO's publishing deals and discounts
- Be acquainted with preprints and their archives
Setup
The course will take place digitally on Zoom and meeting link will be sent out to the registered participants the day before the course.
Contact
Ivana Malovic, PhD | ivana.malovic@ub.uio.no
Library for medicine and science, University of Oslo Library
Organizer
Library for medicine and science and Digital Scholarship Center, University of Oslo Library