Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access? We brought together experts Alex Fenlon, Iva Melinscak Zlodi and Stephen Wyber to discuss how the ERA Act can make the research ecosystem more open, equitable, and resilient. 🎥 Watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q41... 1/2

WATCH NOW: CAN THE ERA ACT HELP REACH 100% OPEN ACCESS? @ivamz.bsky.social (@sparc-eu.bsky.social - KR21) warned about the need to protect the slogan “as open as possible, as closed as necessary,” and emphasised the valuable opportunity the #ERAact represents. 🔗 Recording: youtu.be/1q41ej37llY

‼️ Next week! Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access? What does the forthcoming #ERAAct means for the future of #OpenAccess in Europe? 📅 Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2025 ⏰ Time: 11:00-12:30 CET 👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #OA100

Libraries are central to the #OpenAccessPublishing transformation by 👇: #OA100

10 DEC (11H CET): CAN THE #ERAACT HELP REACH 100% #OPENACCESS? Join us & @sparc-eu.bsky.social to explore this with: ✱ @afenoer.bsky.social - @libereurope.bsky.social ✱ @ivamz.bsky.social - SPARC Europe ✱ Stephen Wyber - @ifla.org / KR21 ✱ Vanessa Proudman - SPARC Europe 🔗 kr21.info/oa100 #OA100

📢 Publishers should provide CC BY as the default option for publishing to authors. OA journals should not request a copyright transfer or an exclusive publishing licence. #OA100

Webinar: Can the ERA Act help reach 100% Open Access? Join us as we explore EU policy developments and what the research community, libraries, and institutions can do to advance OA Date: 10 December 2025 Time: 11:00-12:30 CET 👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #OpenAccess #OA100

Paola Corti from @sparc-eu.bsky.social sharing why librarians are agents of change in #openeducation at #munin2025

Librarians, advocate for Diamond OA! Diamond OA is a transparent, sustainable publishing model where libraries can make a significant contribution. Let's make scholarly communication fair for everyone. 👉Arguments to support it: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

📣 Librarians: Encourage editors of OA journals to align their copyright policies with international #OpenAccess guidelines. Publishers must ✅ State the open licence policy clearly in each journal ✅ Align policies across all their journals 👉Find all you need to guide them zenodo.org/records/1483...

Why pay €2K-€3K per article in APCs to publish publicly funded research? This model blocks researchers with fewer resources. Librarians, support your authors: Demand cost transparency, challenge fees, and push for equitable, non-APC publishing models. 👉See doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

High APCs are cited as a top barrier with a strong effect on open access publishing. 👉See doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Beware of new barriers and costs emerging in the already costly publishing system. ➡️ 67% of Finnish academics say APCs are unreasonable: tinyurl.com/2mjuv22a

Why isn't public research truly open? 🛑 Barriers to open access publishing include👇 💬 What other barriers to open access publishing have you encountered?

📣 Call for expressions of interest: SCOSS is searching for new potential candidate organisations to fund during the 2026 to 2028 funding cycle. Expressions of interest are due by Thursday, 15 January at 17:00 CET. 👉 Read more on how to apply here: scoss.org/how-it-works...

📣 The campaign to reach 100% Open Access ends this week! Our focus is on supporting open access publishing and exploring the role librarians play in shaping the scholarly communication system. Follow us to get new insights #OA100

Act now, Librarians! Ensure full compliance with national #SecondaryPublishingRight laws and, if there is no law in your country, start advocating for legal reform. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇

💡 Librarians, join forces for legal reform or action! In Italy, they campaign to add the #SecondaryPublishingRight; in the Netherlands, they campaign to use it. If your country has the right, exercise it; if not, work to get it. Let’s act to get #OA100! #OpenAccess👇🧵 1/3

SPARC Europe advocates for an integrated open strategy. To set our compass for connecting the opens, we interviewed many leaders at a number of European universities. Read our newly-published The Case for #ConnectingTheOpens: A SPARC Europe Position Paper zenodo.org/records/1757... 🧵 1/2

A six-month embargo might not sound long, unless you’re facing a pandemic, a climate emergency, or an urgent health crisis. Embargoes create unnecessary delays to publicly funded research. Countries should push for #Zeroembargo = immediate access. #OA100 Look at the current situation 👇🧵 1/4

A #SecondaryPublishingRight should cover: ☑️ All outputs from publicly funded research, not just articles, but also books, chapters and any scientific publications ☑️ Zero embargo for immediate #OpenAccess ☑️ Access to Version of Record preferably: the peer-reviewed, edited article the public paid for

Today we'll benchmark #SecondaryPublishingRight laws! 🇧🇬 Slovenia & 🇸🇮 Bulgaria are the latest. We must harmonise these laws to level up and make the right universal. 👇🧵 1/5

To accelerate 100% #OpenAccess, several countries have already passed #SecondaryPublishingRight into law, using different legal mechanisms. 💡The forthcoming #ERAAct must include SPR to ensure consistent, EU-wide knowledge sharing. Look at the current situation 👇

What are the differences between #RightsRetention and #SecondaryPublishingRight? Both help achieve #OpenAccess, but the mechanisms differ. #OA100 🎓💪 Librarians: Your authors and institutional leaders need you to clarify this distinction!

Librarians, let's talk about the Secondary Publishing Right this week. 📣 #SecondaryPublishingRight is a legal tool for achieving 100% open access. See the card 👇

This week!! Join us at this workshop on #GenAI and #OpenEducation with the European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL! 📅 13 Nov 2025 ⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET 🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...

⚙️ How best to facilitate interoperability between #OpenInfrastructure? 📣 Join us and @copim.bsky.social @scossfunding.bsky.social at this important workshop: “Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access.”

🚨 Last chance to register! We're joining forces with @scossfunding.bsky.social @sparc-eu.bsky.social to host a webinar TOMORROW about the future of open infrastructures and #OpenAccess 📆 Tue 11 Nov ⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT 🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8 #OA #OpenInfrastructure #OAbooks

To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on #RightsRetention and #OpenLicences. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇

The implementation of #RightsRetention policies brings challenges to every library. Stop solving it alone, join the European Rights Retention Community of Practice (CoP) to collaborate with peers. 👉European RR COP webpage tinyurl.com/285535z4

100% #openaccess starts with 100% #RightsRetention and using #OpenLicences. 🔒 Publisher embargoes (up to 36 months) and restrictive CC BY-NC-ND licences contradict many Europe’s OA goals. 💪 Empower your researchers: look to the Rights Retention Helper tinyurl.com/4uk2xzu6

Join @copim.bsky.social, @scossfunding.bsky.social & @sparc-eu.bsky.social at this free webinar to discuss how best to facilitate interoperability between open infrastructures, to ensure a bright future for #OA research and publication 🕸️ 📖

📢 Save the date! Join us for the 7th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event! 📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025 | 12:00–13:30 CET 🔍 Our next meeting will bring insights from Slovenia and Sweden. Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/42cukkxa #OpenAccess #RetainYourRights

Following up! The push for #RightsRetention is gaining strong traction across Europe. The movement is global, but the strategy is local. 👉Start looking at these 10 case studies zenodo.org/records/1507... Here are some of the national approaches to Rights Retention (RR) and #OpenLicences:👇🧵 1/6

📣 Join the next European Network of Open Education Librarians #ENOEL workshop, “Embrace the Open: Open Education and Generative AI, hands-on," to learn together with us how GenAI tools can help deliver #OpenEducation objectives. 📅 13 Nov 2025 ⏰ 13.00-14.30 CET 🔗 tinyurl.com/ENOELWorksho...

Webinar on #OpenInfrastructure: "Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access" Join us with @copim.bsky.social and @scossfunding.bsky.social next week: 📆 Tue 11 Nov ⏰ 3pm-4.15pm GMT / 4pm-5.15pm CET 🔗 buff.ly/akMIIW8

#RightsRetention is spreading! 🌍 The UK🇬🇧leads, but institutions in other countries are adopting RR in their policies or actively analysing their approaches to RR to achieve #OA100. We'll share examples tomorrow! 👀 Which country is next? Share your thoughts👇

#RightsRetention is a tool that helps institutions to manage their research outputs, making them immediately #OpenAccess. It's not just policy, it's power. What steps are needed to implement RR at your institution? Share your thoughts! #RetainYourRights #OA100 🧵1/5

If you work at an academic institution, are a funder, or an Open Science policymaker, please join us at the 7th meeting of the European #RightsRetention Community of Practice! We will hear perspectives from Slovenia on the implementation of a rights retention obligation and from Sweden on RR & SPR.

26 NOV-12H CET | 7TH EUROPEAN #RIGHTSRETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING Join KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social to hear from: Maja Bogataj Jančič ODIPI/KR21 Slovenia Miro Pušnik - @ctkul.bsky.social/NCLS @ericluth.bsky.social - @wikimediase.bsky.social/KR21 Sweden 🔗 kr21.info/rr-cop-meeti...

Libraries: Advocating for #RightsRetention is key for #OpenAccess. It provides immediate OA/reuse, accelerates OA, and clarifies copyright. Make every article accessible! 💪📚 Use the flashcards: tinyurl.com/3385jfhz

Librarians, let's talk rights retention and open licences this week. 📣 #RightsRetention is a key policy tool for achieving 100% open access immediately. Just knowledge, shared. See the card 👇

Librarians: You are the key to unlocking Green Open Access. You guide authors through complex policies; now, let's turn that knowledge into action and boost repository use. Which action is your priority at your institution? Let us know #OA100! 👇 #OpenAccess (open thread)🧵👇

To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on repositories and #GreenOpenAccess route. This is where libraries can support #OA100. 👇

🤖For #GenerativeAI and TDM, libraries must ensure data is structured, open, and machine-readable. Lead by using linked open data, ensuring machine-actionable metadata, and collaborating with IT/Research. #OA100 👉 Seven Pillars for AI-Ready knowledge infrastructure: tinyurl.com/37mpe9j5

Metadata is the key to #OpenScience and reaching 100% OA. 📊 Interoperable metadata = discoverable, machine-readable, and AI-ready research. 👇How to optimise your repository for metadata #OA100

🧭 This week’s challenge: Review your repository policy! Align with COAR and OpenAIRE guidelines and ensure data interoperability with your CRIS system and use PIDs to boost visibility. Share your success story with #OA100 to inspire others. 👉COAR Good Practices: tinyurl.com/25zck4nv

Libraries lead Open Science by making the repository a key infrastructure for achieving 100% #GreenOpenAccess at the institution. Is your repository acknowledged as a strategic asset by your institution? If not, start the conversation today. Let's discuss #OA100.👇

A quick look at how European countries include their repositories as critical infrastructure in national regulations. This is key to achieving 100% #GreenOpenAccess and ensuring long-term preservation. #OA100 #repositories 🧵👇 1/4

Librarians, let's talk repositories & Green #OpenAccess 📣 What makes a repository an essential OA tool? Strong regulations. The #GreenOpenAccess route (via repositories) is the most sustainable path to 100% OA. It needs legal muscle. Are you seeing national or local mandates? Share insights #OA100👇

🌍💎 Last chance to join us for the launch of the Diamond OA Policy Forum! 📢 SPARC Europe leads this Forum as part of the @almasiproject.bsky.social to convene policymakers & funders from Africa, Europe & Latin America on sustaining #DiamondOA. 📅 29 Oct 2025 at 16:00-17:30 CET 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdzdn2na