SPARC EuropeJan 13
📢 Save the date! Join us for the 8th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event!
📅 Wednesday, 18 February 2026 | 13:30–15:00 CET
🔍 Our next European Rights Retention meeting will bring insights from Finland and Germany.
Register now 👉 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TACrdWbKSSCcKxWsP2vVlg
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
SPARC EuropeNov 6
📢 Save the date! Join us for the 7th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event!
📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET
🔍 Our next European Rights Retention meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden.
Register now 👉https://tinyurl.com/42cukkxa
#OpenAccess #RetainYourRights
SPARC EuropeNov 5

#RightsRetention is a tool that helps institutions to manage their research outputs, making them immediately #OpenAccess. It's not just policy, it's power. What steps are needed to implement RR at your institution? Share your thoughts! #RetainYourRights #OA100

🔒 Institutional strength: institutional #RightsRetention policies lift responsibility from individual authors, and support them in fulfilling funders' requirements.

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SPARC EuropeApr 1, 2025

New Report ‘Building bridges to Open Access. Paths to Institutional Rights Retention in Europe 2024’ for insights from 10 European countries #OpenAccess #RetainYourRights: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15078315

https://www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/building-bridges-to-open-access-paths-to-institutional-rights-retention-in-europe-2024/

Building bridges to Open Access. Paths to Institutional Rights Retention in Europe 2024

This report contains the findings of the Phase Two of Project Retain began in the summer of 2024, building on the work of Phase One, which was completed with the publication of Opening Knowledge: Retaining Rights and Licensing in Europe 2023. This report identifies broad trends and patterns across Europe, considering a wide range of stakeholder groups, to better understand how institutional rights retention policies are developing across ten European countries. The case studies published in this report highlight different approaches and rates of progress, and feature initiatives in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Slovenia, and the UK. Project Retain is led by SPARC Europe as part of The Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) Programme, funded by Arcadia fund (https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/).

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SPARC EuropeFeb 24, 2025
❗Publishers & editors of scholarly journals! Deepen your understanding of #RetainYourRights with this #OpenEducationalResource #OER ’Rights and #OpenLicensing in scholarly publishing’ from Project Retain: https://zenodo.org/records/14831606 #RightsRetention #KnowledgeRights21
Retain Workshops. WS#1 Rights and open licensing in scholarly publishing

This Open Educational Resource on "Rights and open licensing in scholarly publishing" is based on the content of the workshop facilitated by the authors during the Summer School of the Pubmet 2024 conference, as part of the Retain project within the Knowledge Rights 21 programme*. The workshop aims to equip the publishers and editors of scholarly journals to understand the issues related to rights and licensing, review their current policies and practices, and improve them in line with the international standards and best practices. Pubmet 2024 workshop abstract: https://pubmet2024.unizd.hr/mz-abstract/Retain project: https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-access/copyright/project-retain/Rights retention helper: https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-access/copyright/project-retain/rights-retention-helper/* This project was funded by Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin

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SPARC EuropeFeb 17, 2025
This week! It’s not too late to register for "Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe"—a @SPARC_EU webinar under #KnowledgeRights21! Join us for findings & recommendations from the second Retain report. #RetainYourRights
Register now 👉 https://buff.ly/40zRex4
📅 20 February 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This event is organised by SPARC Europe under the Retain project: part of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme. The session “Ten approaches to rights retention in Europe” aims to empower institutions which are considering facilitating legal Open Access (OA) publishing by supporting their authors' rights retention. The webinar will present findings and recommendations from the second Retain SPARC Europe report to be published in Q1 2025. We will shed light on diverse approaches and discuss their implications. Sharing insights from 10 countries across Europe, based on our interviews with policymakers, advocacy specialists, and activists. This session will help you grasp the evolving dynamics of European RR policies and learn first-hand from a panel of European experts sharing their opinions, experiences, and challenges. Speakers include Raúl Aguilera (REBIUN, Spain), Christina Angelopoulos (University of Cambridge, UK), Susanna Nykyri (Tampere University, Finland), Eoin O’Dell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Jon Treadway (Great North Wood Consulting/SPARC Europe) and Victoria Tsoukala (European Commission). Whether you are currently shaping RR and OL policies or are new to the field, this webinar is a chance to participate in a thought-provoking dialogue that could redefine your institution's approach to rights retention and open licensing. Join us for an engaging discussion! Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025 Time: 13.00-14.30 CET

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✅ All stakeholders benefit from having a #RightsRetention policy! Collaborative initiatives bring stakeholders & institutions together to ensure researchers are informed & supported to implement #RetainYourRights

✅ Help authors know & manage their rights! Institutions can support you through policy development and implementation

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SPARC EuropeFeb 13, 2025
❗National policymakers: Developing a national #RightsRetention or Secondary Publishing Rights policy can take years, so act now by encouraging institutional RR policy to reap the benefits. #RetainYourRights #KnowledgeRights21 #openaccess https://knowledgerights21.org/retainyourrights
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SPARC EuropeFeb 6, 2025
⏩ #RightsRetention policies are an important tool for helping research institutions accelerate retention of rights by institutions or their researchers and ensure #OpenAccess to their work. #RetainYourRights #KnowledgeRights21 https://buff.ly/3PLdWNF
#RetainYourRights

The action to retain sufficient rights for academic worksto make them immediately openly accessible and reusable. The RETAIN project intends…Read More

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SPARC EuropeFeb 4, 2025
🌍 Join us for "Ten Approaches to #RightsRetention in Europe"—a SPARC Europe under #KnowledgeRights21! Discover #RetainYourRights approaches in 10 countries based on extensive research.
Register now 👉 https://buff.ly/40zRex4
📅 20 February 2025
⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This event is organised by SPARC Europe under the Retain project: part of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme. The session “Ten approaches to rights retention in Europe” aims to empower institutions which are considering facilitating legal Open Access (OA) publishing by supporting their authors' rights retention. The webinar will present findings and recommendations from the second Retain SPARC Europe report to be published in Q1 2025. We will shed light on diverse approaches and discuss their implications. Sharing insights from 10 countries across Europe, based on our interviews with policymakers, advocacy specialists, and activists. This session will help you grasp the evolving dynamics of European RR policies and learn first-hand from a panel of European experts sharing their opinions, experiences, and challenges. Speakers include Raúl Aguilera (REBIUN, Spain), Christina Angelopoulos (University of Cambridge, UK), Susanna Nykyri (Tampere University, Finland), Eoin O’Dell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Jon Treadway (Great North Wood Consulting/SPARC Europe) and Victoria Tsoukala (European Commission). Whether you are currently shaping RR and OL policies or are new to the field, this webinar is a chance to participate in a thought-provoking dialogue that could redefine your institution's approach to rights retention and open licensing. Join us for an engaging discussion! Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025 Time: 13.00-14.30 CET

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