International Open Access Week: Who Owns Our Knowledge?

The USI Libraries are happy to announce their first participation in the International Open Access Week 2025. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions, and organizations around the world, to discuss, disseminate and learn about the potential benefits of Open Access.

This year’s Open Access Week centers on the theme “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”: to celebrate this OA Week, the USI Libraries is happy to invite you to an event which will foster the discussion around this topic.

The event will be structured in two parts:

• First, together with Professor Patrick Gagliardini, USI Pro-Rector for Research, we will officially launch RICERCO, USI’s new publication management portal. Is an institutional repository a strong tool to enhance the visibility and the promotion of the results of its researchers?

• Then, we will present a Diamond Open Access initiative, through the example of the Studies in Communication Sciences (SComS) journal, with the participation of Professor Katharina Lobinger, editorial board member of SComS. How can community-led approaches, such as Diamond OA, help reasserting this year’s theme and “regaining” ownership of their community journals?

Join us for a lively discussion on different publishing and sharing models, on whether they can represent a solid alternative that have the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry is conducted, shared and reused by its community.

When: Tuesday, 21 October, 12.00 – 14.00

Where: BiblioAgorà, 1st Floor, Sector A, East Campus

The event will be held in presence, in English.

The presentation will be followed by a moment of networking around a light lunch and coffee.

Registrations: for organizational reasons, please register via the following link.

Additional information is available on our dedicated webpage.