Oct 11, 2021
Unlocking knowledge for social equity
To celebrate international Open Access week 2021, UTS Library is taking a closer look at how the UTS community can prioritise unlocking knowledge through open education and open research to support social equity and inclusion.
UTS Library’s Scholarly Communications Manager, Scott Abbott, sat down with leading voice in the open access movement Peter Suber, who is currently the Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project.
In this interview, Peter sets the scene for global scholarly communications, dissects how Australia sits within the context of open infrastructure and explores some of the current risks and opportunities of the open access movement.
Find out more about how we're Celebrating Open Access at UTS and register for our exciting program of panels and workshops during Open Access Week 25 - 29 October 2021.
*Credits*
*Contributors:* UTS Library, Scott Abbott and Peter Suber
*Editors:* Megan Wong and Elby Chai
*Music: *Bensound.com
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
*Episode Timeline*
*0:00 -1:44 *Introduction
*1:45 - 4:41 *Peter's involvement in OA
*4:44 - 5:38 *OA funding and founders
*5:40 - 7:52* Dissecting open knowledge, science and research
*7:52 - 9:25* Defining green and gold OA
*9:31 - 18:05* Past and present international scholarly communications
*18:06 - 18:49* Textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
*18:49 - 20:49* Building structural equity in scholarly communications
*20:49 - 22:52* International knowledge systems
*22:54 - 23:28* Threats to open access
*23:38 - 26:20* Opportunities and risks
*26:24 - 28:42* What a model OA policy in Australia would look like
*28:42 - 29:20* Thank you and conclusion
UTS Library would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the various lands from which our listeners join us, and to pay respects to those Elders past and present.