OA Conference 2025 Track A

Welcome and Keynote: Mobilizing to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship: An Origin Story and An Invitation

Lisa Schiff, Defend Research Against US Government Censorship
Catherine Mitchell, Defend Research Against US Government Censorship

Online

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Open Access and AI - How to Safeguard Your Published Work in a Time of Unmitigated Co-option

Carmen Estela Kennedy Saleh, San Jose State University

Online

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Break

San Jose State University

Online

10:20 AM - 10:25 AM

Sustaining Mission-Driven Publishing in Politically Constrained Environments: The Case of CEU Press

Linda McGrath, Central European University Press
Mónika Ambrus, Central European Univesity Press

Online

10:25 AM - 11:05 AM

Break

San Jose State University

Online

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

Keep it Open, Keep it Ours: The Importance of Community-Owned Infrastructure in Open Access Book Publishing

Lucy Barnes, Open Book Publishers

Online

11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

Break

San Jose State University

Online

11:35 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracking Removed and At-Risk Government Information

Molly Blake, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Sanga Sung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ben Amata, California State University, Sacramento
Jenny McBurney, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Online

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM

Break

San Jose State University

Online

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM

Implementing Open Access Dissertation Deposit at the University of Chicago

Kirsten Vallee, University of Chicago
Colleen Mullarkey, University of Chicago
Ellen Bryan, University of Chicago

Online

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Break

San Jose State University

Online

12:50 PM - 12:55 PM

Fairer Play: Addressing Challenges with Discretionary APC-Waiver Programs

Colleen Cressman, Harvard University

Online

12:55 PM - 1:35 PM

Closing Remarks

San Jose State University

Online

1:35 PM - 1:45 PM