Open Access Week: Open Access in all languages?

Webinar: October 23 14:00-15:00

Zoom link: Session link here

Research institutions are expected to provide research dissemination. Research is international, at the same time dissemination in our own language are expected to provide impact and outreach of research results to the informed public. Norwegian universities and research institutions are encouraged to support Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication, but what is it and why is it important? Multilingualism is considered a key challenge for Open Science and Research Assessment. Is Open Access in all languages possible?

Speakers

Janne Pölönen, Secretary General of Publication Forum at the Federation of Finish Learned Societies

Vidar Røeggen, Senior Advisor at Universities Norway

Marita Kristiansen, Associate Professor at University of Bergen

Program

Get to know the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication in a thirty minutes presentation, followed by two short commentaries from a Norwegian university setting and Norwegian scholarly language perspective. Possibility for questions and answers from participants.

Event organizers

Therese Skagen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Marta Eide, University of Bergen

Else Ness, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences