UNED Library, along with the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (CUED), will be holding the International Conference Open Libraries: open science, open learning, in Madrid, from September 30th to October 3rd. The conference will focus on research and learning in Europe and the role of university libraries as support units for universities in both processes.

Presentation

UNED Library, along with the UNESCO Chair in Distance Education (CUED), will be holding the International Conference Open Libraries: open science, open learning, in Madrid, from September 30th to October 3rd. The conference will focus on research and learning in Europe and the role of university libraries as support units for universities in both processes.

The conference is also part of the Erasmus Staff programme, so participation is open to researchers, librarians and technicians from the scientific dissemination departments of any Spanish or European university. We will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss European and National programmes, projects and commitments, as well as to hold complementary working sessions between libraries of distance learning universities that work on common issues.

Attendance

This conference, which could be attended both in person or in streaming, will also be included into the frame of the Erasmus Staff Programme, so its impact and attendance will be both highly significant regarding researchers, librarians and technicians from many scientific support and dissemination units from Spanish and European Universities.  

Anyone interested in attending can apply within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, so travel costs can be covered by the programme if requested to your institution.  

We will have the opportunity to learn and talk about National and European programs, projects and propositions related to research within the frame of Open Science, as well as the technological infrastructure they require. Furthermore, the way open learning is changing the teaching model, lifelong learning, and how Artificial Intelligence has an impact on all of it, will be also main issues to talk and learn about.   

You can apply here.  

Remember those interested can apply within the Erasmus+ Programme.   

Please, feel free as well to share this call with your colleagues at your library or institution.  

For further information, please, contact us at erasmuslibrary@adm.uned.es  

Program

Monday, September 30th, 2024

Where: Salón de actos de la Facultad de Educación de la UNED

9:30-10:00  Welcome and registering.

• 10:00-10:45  Official Welcome speech.  Ricardo Mairal Usón,  Rector at UNED;  Laura Alba, Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Multilingualism at UNED; Rosa María Martín Aranda, Vice-Rector for Research, Knowledge, Transfer and Scientific Dissemination at UNED; Ángeles Sánchez-Elvira, UNESCO Chair of Distance Education Director; Isabel Calzas González, Head of UNED Central Library.
• 10:45-11:30  Inaugural Speech.  Rights retention policies and negotiations with publishers Bibsam Consortium. Wilhelm Widmark, Library Director of Stockholm University  .

11:30-12:15  Coffee break.

• 12:15-13:00  OpenEU: a strategic alliance of distance learning universities. Laura Alba, Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Multilingualism at UNED; Fernando Val, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Projects and International Relationships at UNED; Ángeles Sánchez-Elvira, UNESCO Chair of Distance Education Director (CUED).
• 13:00-14:00 European policies to promote open access. Susana Quicios Molina. Teaching Staff Evaluation Division Manager of ANECA. 

14:00-15:30   Lunch and networking

17:00-18:00  Guided tour to the  Senado de España Library

Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

Where: Salón de actos de la Facultad de Educación de la UNED 

• 9:30-10:15  Research websites. Pablo de Castro, Secretary euro, CRIS Board institutional repository. Strathcly University of Glasgow, Open Access Advocacy Librarian. Directory of Research Information Systems (DRIS). And/or A national research website portal. Dialnet Foundation.
• 10:15-11:00 European Libraries for Open Science: Legal framework conditions for Open Science – challenges and strategies for libraries, Eric Steinhauer, Head of the FernUniversität Library in Hagen (Germany) Madalena Carvalho, Director of the Library Universidade Oberta (Portugal), OpenEU Libraries.

 11:00-11:45 Coffee break

• 11:45-12:30  Open Science and the contribution of CoARA to the transformation of research funding. Eva Méndez, Professor at the Department of Librarianship and Documentation of the Carlos III University of Madrid and member of the Coara’s board of directors.
• 12:30-13:15  EOSC: strategies, projects and actions. Pilar Rico Castro, Head of the Department of Open Access at FECYT.

13:15-14:15  Round table: The future of libraries in the context of Open Science. 

• Moderator: Isabel Calzas González, Head of the UNED Library.
• Participants: Pablo de Castro, Eva Méndez, Wilhelm Widmark , Bego Aguilera, Head Open science UOC and María Boyer, Head of the UPM Library and member of the  de la Permanent Committee of REBIUN.

14:30  Lunch time

17:00-18:00  Guided tour to Instituto Cervantes (Caja de las Letras included), Guided tour to the  Senado de España Library 

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Where: Salón de actos de la Facultad de Educación de la UNED 

• 9:30-10:15  Artificial Intelligence applied to learning. Sergio Martín Gutiérrez, UNED Deputy Vice Chancellor for Educational Technologies.
• 10:15-11:00  Pecha-Kucha: The role of libraries in DIGCOM for detection of fake news and protection on the Internet. Alexis Moreno (UNED) Mavrotheris Stathis (Open University of Cyprus) OpenEU.

11:00-11:45 Coffee break

• 11:45-12:30  Next generation repositories. International Association COAR 
• 12:30-13:30  Round table: Allied technologies for the new libraries’ scenario 

13:30-14:30  Parallel sessions:

• Thematic working meetings OpenEU.
•  Erasmus+ participants’ experiences.

14:00  Lunch and networking

15:30-16:00  Group photo shot

17:00-18:00 Guided tour to the  Senado de España Library

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

Where: Centro Asociado de Escuelas Pías (UNED)

9:30-11:00  Thematic working meetings OpenEU.

12:00-13:00  Guided tour to the  Senado de España Library 

The event could be attended in person or via streaming.