Open Access Publication: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

" ... EPFL Library is pleased to invite you to the: OPEN SCIENCE WORKSHOPS 2015 During the workshop, participants will discuss about Open Science evolutions, challenges and stakes. Partakers are encouraged to share their experience and to foster interactive exchanges. After a short theoretical introduction, participants will experiment software/applications through practical exercises. The landscape of academic publishing has greatly evolved over the last decades. With the emergence of Open Access, the journal subscription-based traditional model in which authors grant publishers with exclusive rights on their works, is no longer the standard. Authors are now facing a plethora publishing models and must find the best trade-off in order to both ensure the optimal diffusion of their results and meet the funders' requirements. During this workshop, we will follow the journey of an academic publication while focusing on how you can get the most benefits from Open Access and data publication. We will explore and discuss such issues and challenges as how to preserve your author’s rights, how to find the best journals and avoid legal pitfalls, how to understand and meet the funders’ requirements regarding the deposit of your paper as well as the dissemination of your research data."