CONFERENCEThe University of Latvia Library in collaboration with EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), invites you to a webinar on October 20th at 16.00 titled "Retaining author’s rights to enable open access to research outputs " The aim of the webinar is to raise awareness of rights retention policies in Latvia and Secondary Publication Rights developments in Europe.
The Latvian Open Science strategy 2021-2027 encourages researchers and research institutions to retain copyright in their publications, and Horizon Europe requires rights retention to achieve open access to its research outputs. But how can these policies be implemented? This webinar will provide practical tips for researchers and institutions on how to retain their copyright. It will also introduce secondary publication rights, a legislative measure found in a growing number of countries in Europe, that requires publicly funded research to be made available in open access. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and to share practical experiences on how to retain their rights and to comply with open access policies.
Date: Monday, 20th October
Time: 16.00-17.00 (EEST) (~60min)
Place: virtual platform MS Teams
Language: English and Latvian
Target audience: Staff of higher education institutions and scientific institutions in Latvia, researchers, doctoral students, as well as staff involved in the coordination and support of scientific work, information specialists, librarians, policy makers, and other interested parties.
REGISTER(You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to join the session)
Speakers:
Milica Ševkušić - librarian at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She works extensively with libraries and research communities to promote open access to research outputs and to provide training in the area of open science. Since 2014, she has served as the EIFL Open Access Coordinator in Serbia, and since 2022 is also a Project Coordinator for the EIFL-OA Programme. Milica has great experience supporting researchers and a deep practical knowledge of research workflows, publication agreements and OA policies.
Teresa Hackett - EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager where she manages a copyright service for libraries in over 30 EIFL partner countries to build capacity, provide technical assistance and to support public interest copyright law reforms at national, European and international levels. At WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), she was part of a civil society coalition that successfully negotiated the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities, and has contributed to the adoption of this landmark treaty in 27 countries around the world.
Moderator:
Uldis Zariņš - director of University of Latvia Library; will provide a contextual introduction and moderate the discussion and Q&A session.
The webinar is organized as part of Open Access Week 2025.
