To celebrate Open Access (OA) Week 2025 SCU Library is hosting a live stream of Open Access Australasia’s (OAA) free webinar Vive la révolution! Taking our knowledge back at all three campuses. Join us to view the webinar and discuss themes including ownership of research and open access over refreshments.

What does it mean to “own” your research in 2025? How can academic authors make informed choices about where and how people (and/or machines!) can access and build on their work? This session explores how the scholarly community can wrest control back from the oligopoly and maintain agency over their own work, ensuring their research has the widest and most meaningful impact.

Panellists: 
Professor Kathy Bowrey, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia 
Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), Canada 
Ngapera Riley, CEO, Figure.NZ, Aotearoa New Zealand 

Presenters: 
Jayshree Mamtora, Manager, Scholarly Communications, James Cook University, Australia 
Tove Lemberget, Team Leader, Repository and Metadata Services, James Cook University, Australia 
Wayne Bradshaw, Research Services Officer & Adjunct Research Associate, James Cook University, Australia 

Date: Thursday 23 October
Time: 11:30am for 12pm start (Qld)
Webinar duration: 1.5 hours
Location: Gold Coast Library (building C), Flexible Learning Zone, level 1*

*Please make sure you are registering for the correct campus, as this event is being held at Gold Coast, Lismore and Coffs Harbour.