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📢 New in the Connecting the Opens leadership series:
How is senior leadership advancing openness in Higher Education? 🏛️
👉️ Read here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20813992
The final item in our #ConnectingTheOpens series explores how university leaders move to embed #openscience & #openeducation into institutional strategy and culture, framing #openness as a core mission value.
⏰ Reminder: register today for the 10th European Rights Retention Community of Practice
📅 Tuesday, 9 July 2026 | 12:00–13:30 CEST
🔍 Topic: Rights Retention and Academic Freedom
Join Ana Lazarova, Lionel Maurel, and Sam Moore for thought-provoking conversation at the intersection of open access and academic freedom.
👉 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fc4DnzrISqu6pz9he8Xgrw
🇪🇸 ¡Ahora en español!
Thanks to our colleagues of the Repository Group at the Spanish University and Scientific Libraries Network (REBIUN), two Project Retain resources are now available in Spanish:
📄 Construyendo puentes hacia el acceso abierto
🎓 Retain OER. Políticas de Retención de Derechos
Both are part of our Rights Retention Helper 👉 https://sparceurope.org/rights-retention-helper/
Exciting news from SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services! 🌱
The spring & summer 2026 newsletter is out, packed with engaging stories and inspiring updates from the #SCOSSfamily.
👉 https://mailchi.mp/scoss/news_spring_2026?e=c0424f6a80
Don't forget to subscribe to receive the next edition!
SPARC Europe is heading to #OER26! 🌍
This year's theme – Openness Reimagined – invites us to reflect on what openness must become. Our Senior #OpenEducation Expert Paola Corti takes the stage with a contribution co-authored by Vanessa Proudman & Paul Stacey on connecting policy, coordination & community to transform Europe's open education landscape.
Find us there! 👋
#ConnectingTheOpens #SPARCEurope #OpenAccess #ENOEL #OpenScience
#OpenEducation has a history stretching back centuries – from monastery schools to the printing press, miners' libraries to MIT OpenCourseWare, and MOOCs enrolling 160,000+ learners at a time.
But what does it look like inside today's academia?
We genuinely don't know the full picture. That's why we need your voice.
If you work in or around higher education, please take 15 mins to share your experience in the #OEsurvey 👇
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/29W993M
📢 Save the date! Join us for the 10th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event!
📅 Tuesday, 9 July 2026 | 12:00–13:30 CEST
🔍 Topic: Rights Retention and Academic Freedom
Speakers: Ana Lazarova (Digital Republic), Lionel Maurel (@cnrs), Sam Moore (University of Cambridge)
👉Register now https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fc4DnzrISqu6pz9he8Xgrw
⏰ One week to go!
@almasiproject.bsky.social is hosting its 2nd discussion series on scholar-led publishing:
📖 From Preprints to Publication: How Community-Driven Models Are Reshaping Scholarly Communication
🗓️ 11 June 2026 · 16:30 CEST
👉 Programme and registration: u2l.fr/th3dc8
📚 #OpenEducation isn't just a trend – it's reshaping who gets to learn and how.
5 reasons it matters:
💰 Cost savings
🧠 Independent & interdisciplinary learning
🤝 Collaborative & open pedagogy
⚖️ Social justice
🎨 Versatility & creative use
But progress starts with understanding where we stand.
The #OESurvey 2026 is a community effort to map the current state of open education
⏱️ 15 minutes. Real impact. Take the survey 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/29W993M
🌍 Open science & education are reshaping how knowledge is created and shared – and research libraries are at the heart of it. We are heading to LIBER Conference 2026 to explore key challenges and opportunities together!
Find us at:
📌 Workshop 1.4 – Open Textbooks & Metadata | Wed 1 July, 16:00
📌 Networking Power Session | Thu 2 July, 17:00
📌 Session 14 – Shifts in Research Assessment | Fri 3 July
Full programme 👉 https://liberconference.eu/programme/
Going to LIBER 2026? Let's meet!
