Open Research Conversation: Beyond open access: Democratising knowledge through accessible research outputs
Recording of the following session, part of the 'Open Research Conversations' seminar series at the University of Sheffield (organised by the University Library, Scholarly Communications Team), held on 23 October 2024:
Beyond open access: Democratising knowledge through accessible research outputs
While making journal and monograph publications open access is an important step in the democratisation of knowledge, the question remains: to what extent are these outputs, created in the often arcane discourses through which we communicate as researchers, genuinely accessible to the broader public?
In this Open Research Conversation, we explore the work of colleagues who have gone beyond merely making their research publications open, instead pursuing the open dissemination of research in ways that are genuinely accessible beyond the university or research institute.
Three speakers from the University of Sheffield’s research community - Monika Fratczak (Sociological Studies), Susan Oman (Centre for Machine Intelligence), and Andy Tattersall (School of Medicine and Population Health) - will explore the importance of outputs including blog posts, animations and podcasts in the open communication of research.
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