Not looking forward to tackling my inbox tomorrow morning after three weeks gadding about on my UK tour at #UKSG2023, #LILAC23 and #KR21OAI…

Now @gtsakonas, @LIBEReurope VP and @upatras library director, talking about a project surveying secondary publishing rights (SPR) take-up across Europe. #KR21OAI

Why is the UK leading in Europe on this issue? Mix of culture of Open Access, greater access to legal guidance and advice, funder mandates, networks and peer pressure (ahh, benchmarking and competition! 😂) #KR21OAI

Breakdown of some of the features of existing rights retention policies. #KR21OAI

Take-up on author rights retention policies not universal but UK seems to be leading the way. 49 institutions of 150 surveyed across Europe had or were developing policy - most in UK. #KR21OAI

@SPARC_EU’s definition of what we mean by author rights retention, as there is varying understanding and interpretation of the concepts. #KR21OAI

#KR21OAI

sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-access/c...

@rmounce chairing today’s first session on author rights retention and secondary publishing rights. #KR21OAI

I made a little video on this topic for @KR21org, check it out!

https://youtu.be/--JKsY7scmc

@dswyber kicking off the proceedings by stressing the importance of knowledge sharing and access, and how often that concept and those who work in these areas are after-thoughts. The world of @KR21org is to give agency and highlight and push for change. #KR21OAI

Open Science & AI: A UK Policy Discussion The programme Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) is focused on br...

Will be tweeting about the @KR21org event at #KR21OAI - assuming I don’t get too caught up in proceedings!

www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/open-science-...