Open Access Publishing: Challenges and Opportunities, Jan 21-22, 2010, ETH Zurich

Date: 21-22 January 2010
Location: ETH Zurich
Event Type: Workshop
Activity Area: Open Access Publishing and Opencast

The ETH Zurich Library and International Institutional Affairs Office organized a workshop on 21/22 January 2010 in Zurich (Switzerland). This workshop examined opportunities and challenges posed by the Open Access movement with a strong focus on needs and developments in research universities. Issues such as quality assurance, publication costs and impact factors were addressed. Further, technical and strategic aspects linked to the implementation of Open Access policies were discussed.

The workshop provided an opportunity for IARU institutions, their researchers, librarians and associated academic presses to share experiences and concerns related to the topic and was attended by representatives from 8 IARU institutions.

Apart from plenary lectures and the workshop sessions, the event provided several networking spaces, a tour of the ETH library and a trip to ETH's new science city campus.

As a follow-up to the workshop it is suggested that each IARU partner devises a primary person for Open Access issues for liaising with the partner institutions.

A report on the workshop published in ETHLife, ETH's online magazine can be found here (German only).

The workshop session A on Open Video and Opencast has been recorded and can be viewed online. Discussions in the same workshop led to the formulation of a declaration on Opencast, which is also accessible (Opencast Declaration).

All talks and summaries of the workshop sessions as well as the report submitted to the IARU Presidents' Meeting (pdf) are now available for download.