Setmana Open Access & Open Science en la UPC

Del 22 al 28 d'Octubre, la UPC va celebrar l'International Open Access Week. Es tracta de la 10ª edició de la Setmana Internacional Open Access Week, centrada no només en les publicacions open access, sinó també en l'open science: open data, open source, open educational resources, academic social networks, o citizen science.

En el marc de la X edició de la Setmana Internacional Open Access, les biblioteques de la UPC van organitzar una gran varietat d'activitats per a promoure que els estudiants i investigadors publiquin els sus resultats en revistes Open Access i repositoris: de webinars a workshops, coffee-talks o un Open Access Jeopardy Game, entre d'altres.

A més a més, la biblioteca de l'EEBE va promoure l'ús del Open Access i del repositori Open Access de la UPC FUTUR en les seves reds socials, Instagram i Twitter, publicant fotos d'investigadores i grups d'investigació de l'EEBE que publiquen en open access de manera regular, tal i com fan habitualment els membres del BBT:

• Projecteo MAXIBONE (IP Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra, Directora del BBT), "Publishing in open access allows free and universal access to research results. From the European Commission this is strongly encouraged, and this is what we do in the Maxibone project, understanding that it is the right way to return to the society the financial support provided".
• Dr. Daniel Rodríguez Rius, Professor del BBT i Editor de la revista Biomecánica, "I encourage all of you to persuade Universities and Scientific societies to support Open Access for all research publications. The existence of scientific knowledge trapped behind paywalls is a remnant of the past, when scientific knowledge travelled in printed pages. Digital publishing allows for a real Open Access, with very low edition and maintenance costs. I am editor of a Journal, Biomecánica, an example of Open Access. Neither the author nor the reader pays for publishing or for accessing the articles in Biomecánica. The (very minor) digital publishing costs are supported by both the UPC and the SIBB society. Open Access is the only way to go forward".
• Projecte ERC APACHE (IP Dr. Cristina Canal, Investigadora Ramón y Cajal al BBT), "The APACHE team is compromised with open access: we publish all our work through UPCommons, UPC’s repository".
• Dr. Carles Mas-Moruno, Investigador Ramón y Cajal al BBT, "As Ramon y Cajal Researcher and Principal Investigator of the MINECO-funded project MIMESIS, I am committed to Open Access initiatives to disseminate research and knowledge to both the scientific community and the general public".