Open Access & Open Science Week at UPC

From October 22th to the 28th, UPC adhered to the celebration of the International Open Access Week. The 10th edition of the International Open Access Week focused not only on open access, but also on open science: open data, open source, open educational resources, academic social networks, or citizen science.

Within the framework of the X edition of the International Open Access Week, UPC's Libraries organized a lot of activities to encourage students and researchers to publish their research and results in Open Access journals and repositories: from webinars to workshops, coffee-talks or an Open Access Jeopardy Game, among others.

Moreover, EEBE's Library encouraged the use of Open Access and promoted UPC's Open Access repository FUTUR within their social networks, Instagram and Twitter, by publishing pictures of EEBE's researchers and projects that publish in open access journals, such as those of members of the BBT:

• MAXIBONE project (IP Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra, Director of 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 at BBT and Editor of the Journal 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".
• ERC APACHE project (IP Dr. Cristina Canal, Ramón y Cajal Fellow at BBT), "The APACHE team is compromised with open access: we publish all our work through UPCommons, UPC’s repository".
• Dr. Carles Mas-Moruno, Ramón y Cajal Fellow at 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".