by Britt Amell | 13 October 2025 | Community News, English
The Open Scholarship Policy Observatory has published four comprehensive volumes (two in English and two in French) documenting seven years of policy analysis and observations from the rapidly evolving open scholarship landscape. The collections, freely accessible through Open Scholarship Press via the Wikibooks platform, trace the movement’s development from foundational tensions to emerging challenges around artificial intelligence and community-controlled infrastructure.
by Britt Amell | 7 October 2025 | English, Insights and Signals Reports
Modern AI training bots are overwhelming open access repositories worldwide, potentially forcing institutions to choose between protecting their infrastructure and maintaining open principles. This insights and signals report offers a brief introduction to ‘bots,’ some of the issues they pose, as well as some early responses from the open access and open scholarship community.
by Britt Amell | 7 October 2025 | French, Insights and Signals Reports
Les robots d’indexation IA modernes envahissent les dépôts en libre accès à travers le monde, obligeant potentiellement les institutions à choisir entre la protection de leur infrastructure et le maintien des principes d’ouverture. Ce rapport « Insights and Signals » présente brièvement les « robots », certains des problèmes qu’ils posent, ainsi que quelques premières réactions de la communauté du libre accès et de la recherche ouverte.
by Britt Amell | 6 October 2025 | Community News, French, Observations, Observations and Responses
La Semaine internationale du libre accès 2025 (du 20 au 26 octobre) pose une question cruciale : « Qui contrôle nos connaissances ? » Le thème de cette année invite la communauté scientifique à s’interroger non seulement sur qui a accès à la recherche, mais aussi sur la manière dont le savoir est créé, partagé et valorisé. Ce rapport explore quatre dimensions clés du thème 2025 – le contrôle, la création, la reconnaissance et l’accès – tout en mettant en évidence des événements et des développements notables qui illustrent comment les communautés du monde entier s’efforcent de garantir que les connaissances servent le bien commun plutôt que des intérêts commerciaux.
by Britt Amell | 6 October 2025 | Community News, English, Observations, Observations and Responses
International Open Access Week 2025 (October 20-26) asks a critical question: “Who owns our knowledge?” This year’s theme challenges the scholarly community to examine not only who has access to research, but also how knowledge is created, shared, and valued. This report explores four key dimensions of the 2025 theme—control, creation, recognition, and access—while highlighting notable events and developments that illustrate how communities worldwide are working to ensure knowledge serves the common good rather than commercial interests.
