Open Access: open data to serve science, education, and culture

At the International Cultural Forum, St Petersburg University has held a round-table discussion on “Open Access: New ethics of research publication, access and defense”.

The event was visited by the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education and Science, universities, institutions, and non-commercial organisations.

The fact that we have this round-table at St Petersburg University is important. SPbU is the Russia’s leading university to have open data and research publications.

Moderator of the discussion, Advisor of SPbU Rector, President of the Association of the Internet-Publications Ivan Zasurskii

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