Who Owns Out Knowledge? Rethinking Publishing in a Scholar-led World

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Hi Everyone,

On Monday, Oct. 20 from noon to 1 p.m., University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa will be hosting a virtual lecture, Who Owns Our Knowledge? Rethinking Publishing in a Scholar-Led World with Juan Pablo Alperin. Juan Pablo Alperin is an associate professor in publishing, co-director of the Scholarly Communications Lab, and scientific director of the Public Knowledge Project at Simon Fraser University.

 Alperin will discuss how the proliferation of open access journals, led by scholars and published out of universities from around the world, are challenging publishing models, reshaping access to knowledge, and redefining the global landscape of scholarly communication.

 Among other things, he will draw on work from these two papers:

• Recalibrating the scope of scholarly publishing: A modest step in a vast decolonization process
• Scholarly publishing’s hidden diversity: How exclusive databases sustain the oligopoly of academic publishers

If you’re interested in learning more about the benefits of open access beyond OER, join us next Monday by registering here: 

https://uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/register/FTdY4Hb2SXu65m9vZZ7MZA 

You might also want to check out some of the other virtual worldwide events that will be happening all week from Oct. 20–26. 

Thanks, 

-Mahrya