Open Access Week 2026 at IU Libraries

Academic library budgets are not merely accounting documents; they are policy instruments that shape the scholarly communication ecosystem. 

This panel brings together librarians with expertise in collections strategy, academic engagement, and scholarly communication to explore how libraries can make fiscally responsible collections decisions that respond to local needs and align with broader values. How can libraries serve their campuses while helping build a more equitable scholarly communication system?

Panelists:

• Rachel Caldwell, Head, Academic Engagement, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
• Erin Gallagher, Chair, Acquisitions & Discovery Services, University of Florida Libraries
• Laura Hanscom, Head, Scholarly Communications & Collections Strategy, MIT Libraries

Moderator: Willa Liburd, Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian, IU Bloomington Libraries
 

Generative AI has intensified questions about access and governance in scholarly communication. Scholarly works are increasingly incorporated into AI systems, often without scholars’ consent. This raises a question beyond who can access research—who controls how it is used?

This panel brings together experts in scholarly communication, information ethics, and author advocacy to consider whether scholars must choose between extraction and enclosure—or whether scholarship can be made open while scholarly communities retain agency over it.   

Panelists:

• Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor and William R. Payden Endowed Professor of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder
• Dave Hansen, Executive Director of Authors Alliance
• Dr. Samuel A. Moore, Scholarly Communication Specialist at Cambridge University Library

Moderator: Angie Raymond, Chair of the Department of Business Law and Ethics, Graf Family Professor, and Professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University Bloomington; Director of the Program on Data Management and Information Governance at the Ostrom Workshop
 

How can Latin America's tradition of non-commercial, community-led, open access publishing serve as a model for building a more equitable, sustainable, and scholar-governed system of scholarly communication?

Keynote Speaker: Arianna Becerril García is a professor of computer science and Secretary of Science at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. An award-winning open science leader, she co-founded Redalyc and AmeliCA, pioneering community-led Diamond Open Access publishing in Latin America and beyond.

Funders, governments, and universities increasingly call for open scholarship to become the norm. But promotion and tenure standards often still reward traditional publishing over open practices—leaving researchers caught between institutional expectations and career incentives.

This panel brings together experts in open science and research evaluation reform to examine the gap between what institutions say they value and what their systems actually reward. How can we create meaningful incentives for open scholarship? And what changes are needed across universities, publishers, and other institutions to make open scholarship not only desirable, but feasible and sustainable for researchers?

Panelists:

• Michael Dougherty, Chair & Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
• Caitlin Schleicher, Director, Community & Partnerships, Open Research Community Accelerator 
• Bodo Stern, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Moderator: Scott Shackelford, Associate Vice President for Research, Indiana University; Vice Chancellor for Research, IU Bloomington; Provost Professor of Business Law & Ethics, IU Bloomington; Director of the Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, Ostrom Workshop