Lightning talks

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Choosing Open Access for Books: Myths and Truths Beyond the BPC (Judith Fathallah)
This paper addresses some of the common questions, concerns and myths academics hold around OA publication, such as the assumed necessity of a publication charge andthe concern that OA books will be of lower quality. It outlines the work that a new UK nonprofit, the Open Book Collective, is doing to provide authors with reputable high quality OA book publications options, without the need for BPCs.

Leading Education with Legal and Edu-preneurial Lens: Implications for Teaching, Open Access Research and Knowledge Exchange: The case of Oxford and HKU (Vincent Wong)
Open Access is fundamental to cultivation of scholarly communication in interdisciplinary teaching and research discussion groups in research staff society, such as Oxford Research Staff Society. This session shall give a brief introduction of how vital is Open Access with cases in Oxford and Hong Kong, and how Open Access can be further promoted in public or statutory bodies.

FAIRsharing (Alex Rooney)
A quick guide to the FAIRsharing registry and how it can be used by researchers, librarians, data stewards and as part of technical solutions and infrastructures around FAIR and open research data.

The crossover between open scholarship and personal data (Benjamin Schuster-Boeckler)
This paper will look at the global conversation regarding the crossover between open scholarship and personal data, where the drive to make all data as Open Access as possible can lead to unclear grey areas with regards to the crossover with personal data. In particular, the question is driven from the conversation regarding how genomic data (whole genome sequencing) is being perceived as more and more personal data on the worldwide stage.

A Community-Led Approach to Peer Review with PREreview (Vanessa Fairhurst)
At PREreview our work is a direct response to the flawed way scientific research is evaluated. Behind closed doors, a handful of unpaid reviewers—selected opaquely andmainly through personal connections—use subjective criteria to decide the fate of a research article. PREreview leverages preprints to offer a more open, equitable, and community-driven alternative to the traditional peer review model. In this short talk, Vanessa will explore PREreview’s approach, which combines community building, training, and human-centered technology to foster constructive and transparent scholarly dialogue. She will also share ways for you to get involved and join us in revolutionizing the peer-review process.

Authors: Fathallah, J; Wong, V; Rooney, A; Schuster-Boeckler, B; Fairhurst, V

• Publisher: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
• Place of publication: Oxford
• Publication date: 2025-03-11
• Event title: Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship 2025
• Event location: Oxford
• Event website: https://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
• Event start date: 2025-03-03
• Event end date: 2025-03-13
• Language: English
• Keywords: OxFOS
• Subjects: Research
• Subtype: Presentation