1st Swiss Diamond Open Access Conference

First Diamond Open Access Conference «Acting Together for Sustainable Scholar-Led Publishing»

8 March 2024, Bern

Summary

The conference gathered around 100 experts and representatives from a diverse group of stakeholders, including libraries, research funders, scholarly societies, institutional publishing service providers and publishers for a discussion on the key challenges for Diamond Open Access in Switzerland: funding models, sustainability and scalability. It aimed at opening discussions on the current landscape, existing infrastructures and the issue of quality assurance on a national level, in order to determine future directions of Diamond Open Access publishing in Switzerland and its alignment with European initiatives such as the DIAMAS and CRAFT-OA projects. The results of these discussions will be part of a paper on funding strategies and scenarios for Diamond Open Access published by the PLATO project later this year.

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Conference Programme (PDF, 100 KB)

Conference Report «Acting Together for Sustainable Scholar-Led Publishing» – 1. Schweizer Diamond-Open-Access-Konferenz
Authors: Daniela Hahn, Victoria Landau (PLATO)
Published on 12 April 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10955049

Conference Report «Acting together for sustainable scholar-led publishing». First Swiss Diamond Open Access Conference focuses on sustainability
Author: Karin Stork (open-access.network)
Published on 13 April 2024
Link: https://open-access.network/blog/

Blog Entry on the University Library Zurich’s UBlog
Author: Daniela Hahn (PLATO)
Published on 25 April 2024
Link: https://www.uzh.ch/blog/ub/

Welcome Address by PLATO Project Manager Dr. Daniela Hahn
Dr. Andrea Malits (Open Science Services, University Library Zurich) and Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mumenthaler (University Library Zurich)
Dr. Andrea Malits (Open Science Services, University Library Zurich) and Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mumenthaler (University Library Zurich)
Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe/SCOSS)
Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe/SCOSS)
Pierre Mounier (OPERAS/DIAMAS)
Dr. Dirk Verdicchio (Open Science/University Library Bern)
Roundtable with Marc Thommen (Chair; University of Zurich), Valérie Andres (FHNW Library/AKOA), Jeannette Frey (BCU Lausanne/Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries), Beat Immenhauser (Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences) and Christian Schwarzenegger (swissuniversitties)
Roundtable with Jean-Blaise Claivaz (Chair; Bibliothèque Université de Genève), Manuel Battegay (Swiss Medical Weekly), Margit Dellatorre (University Library Zurich/HOPE), Elio Pellin (University Library Bern/CRAFT-OA) and Klaus Rummler (PH Zurich/MedienPädagogik)