The document announces an Open Access panel event being hosted by Swinburne's Copyright Office during Open Access Week 2015. The panel will discuss the impact of Open Access for Australian universities, including Open Access mandates for publicly funded research and a focus on reusing research data and online learning resources. Several speakers from Swinburne will address topics like the university's approach to Open Access through its Research Bank, plans for Open Educational Resources, repositories for research data, and issues around publishing and citation metrics. Attendees will have an opportunity to discuss the presentations over a light lunch after the panel session.

1. Open Access week 2015 at Swinburne
Invitation to Open Access panel event – hosted by the Swinburne Copyright Office
Tuesday 20 October 2015
12.30 – 1.30pm
Penang Room, Hawthorn campus Library level 3
Join us for an informal panel discussion on the impact of Open Access for Australian universities.
Open Access is increasingly important for the university sector with Open Access mandates in place
for ARC and NHMRC funded research and an increasing focus on the re-use of research data and
online learning resources. The Swinburne Research Bank provides Open Access to scholarly
resources under terms defined by academic publishers, however increasingly publishers themselves
are offering open access via an Article Processing Charge or membership system.
The Open Access week 2015 panel will look at how Open Access issues affect Swinburne and what
staff need to know about incorporating Open Access into their activities.
Speakers:
Robin Wright, Copyright Manager, Project Leader Open Education Licensing project
The wider meaning of openness in the changing Higher Education environment
Dan Hunter, Dean, Faculty of Business and Law
Open Access and legal publishing
Mike Keppel, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Transformations
Plans for Open Educational Resources at Swinburne
Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean, Research & Engagement, FHAD
Data repositories and Open Access to research data
Fiona O’Donnell, Manager, Library Research and Collection Services
Research Bank and the wider open access publishing environment
Neale Yates, Research Performance Analyst, Swinburne Research
Issues around Open Access, vanity publishing and citation metrics
There will be a light sandwich lunch and discussion after the panel session.