This year's International Open Access Week (https://www.openaccessweek.org/) is taking place from Oct. 20–26 under the motto „Who owns our Knowledge“. 

This year, the event is jointly organized by the open access teams at the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg allowing for a wider spectrum of both researchers at the resp. institutions and in the interested public.

The university libraries organized an online coffee lecture program and we would like to invite you to participate in these. From Oct. 20 to 24 the coffee lectures are scheduled for 12 noon as Zoom conferences. Two additional after-work sessions are planned for Monday and Tuesday at 5:00 pm. For the full program see below and on the left (pdf file). 

The 2025 theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce. It also challenges us to reflect on not only who has access to education and research but on how knowledge is created and shared, where it has come from, and whose voices are recognized and valued.

Monday, Oct. 20

• 12 noon: Dr. Marcel Wrzesinski, Charite Berlin: "Forschungsevaluation auf dem Prüfstand: Einige Probleme und Alternativen".
• 5 pm (after work session): Lukasz Dominiak, Nicolaus Copernicus University: „Rethinking Ownership” non-commercial models of scientific publishing and the role of Open Journal Systems at NCU. (In English)

Tuesday, Oct. 21

• 12 noon: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Hausmann (University of Oldenburg) and Prof. Dr. Anja Becker (University of Bremen): "Von der Open-Access-Publikation zur strukturierten Wissensaufbereitung mit neuen Möglichkeiten wissenschaftsnahen Publizierens im Zeitalter von KI”
• 5 pm (after work session: Prof. Vinzenz Hediger and Dr. Daniel Fairfax, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a.M.: "Können wir den Todesstern sprengen?" Strategien im Kampf gegen das Imperium der Wissenschaftsverlage.

Wednesday, Oct. 22

• 12 noon: Linda Martin (University of Oldenburg, ORCID 0000-0002-4634-2386) and Mareike zum Felde (University of Bremen): "Diamanten in der Northwest-Alliance” am Beispiel der Vierteljahreshefte zur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsforschung (VAW) und Vorprojekt NiedersachsenPUBLISHING.

Thursday, Oct. 23

• 12 noon: Dr. Andreas Hübner, Freie Universität Berlin: "Who 'owns’ research data?". (In Englisch)

Friday, Oct. 24

• 12 noon: Prof. Stefan Schmunk, Hochschule Darmstadt: „Open Data, Open History? – Die Bedeutung historischer Forschungsdaten im digitalen Zeitalter”

The coffee lectures take place via Zoom and are followed by a discussion and Q&A session. A registration is not required.

The Zoom link to the IOAW 2025 is:
https://uni-bremen.zoom-x.de/j/68567639384?pwd=VbFMNlaQrXsROTpJ78uCBVvhqR9ptn.1
Meeting ID: 685 6763 9384
Code: 132631