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The Irish SCOIR initiative brings the conversation on Secondary rights, #Copyright, #OpenAccess, Institutional policies & #RightsRetention directly to the local research & higher ed community!
🔗 Learn more on their Autumn Roadshow: www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/s...
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
knowledgerights21.org
ONE WEEK TO GO: 7TH EUROPEAN #RIGHTSRETENTION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEETING
On 26 Nov, KR21 partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social welcomes:
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...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
silkemachold.bsky.social
#RightsRetention strategies - it’s green OA without the embargo period
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
knowledgerights21.org
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING
Swedish insights on #OpenScience and #copyright are now öppen for everyone, thanks to @wikimediase.bsky.social & the Svensk biblioteksförening who translated their KR21-supported report in English: kr21.info/en-se-open-s...
#SecondaryPublishingRights #RightsRetention
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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!
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
elenalonso.bsky.social
It is possible to skip the "Open Access payment".

Use the #RightsRetention statement on the first page of the submitted article.
After acceptance, archive the document in a repository
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openaire.bsky.social OpenAIRE @openaire.bsky.social · 15d
With #HorizonEurope #OpenScience requirements, it's possible to go the 'Green' route.

Use the #RightsRetention Statement. Add it on the 1st page of the article, in the ack. section or the message to the editor.

⚠️ Keep the statement from the initial submission to the final version!
There is no specific rule of where to put the Rights Retention Statement. You can: (1) add it in the first page of the article; (2) add it in the acknowledgment section; (3) add it in the message to the editor accompanying your article (cover letter). Keep the statement from the initial submission up to the final version. Keep a copy of the succsessive versions of your manuscript that have the licence notice, and achive any discusssion with the publisher to ensure you can prove you retained your rights during the whole process. Go the extra step: (1) add the text "CC BY 4.0" or "Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence"; and (2) add the CC BY logo to your manuscript on all versions, from submission to the final peer-reviewed version. Recommendations based on "Implementing the rights retention strategy to scientific publications - Guide to researchers" from the French Ministy of Higher Education and Research (2022)
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
openaire.bsky.social
With #HorizonEurope #OpenScience requirements, it's possible to go the 'Green' route.

Use the #RightsRetention Statement. Add it on the 1st page of the article, in the ack. section or the message to the editor.

⚠️ Keep the statement from the initial submission to the final version!
There is no specific rule of where to put the Rights Retention Statement. You can: (1) add it in the first page of the article; (2) add it in the acknowledgment section; (3) add it in the message to the editor accompanying your article (cover letter). Keep the statement from the initial submission up to the final version. Keep a copy of the succsessive versions of your manuscript that have the licence notice, and achive any discusssion with the publisher to ensure you can prove you retained your rights during the whole process. Go the extra step: (1) add the text "CC BY 4.0" or "Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence"; and (2) add the CC BY logo to your manuscript on all versions, from submission to the final peer-reviewed version. Recommendations based on "Implementing the rights retention strategy to scientific publications - Guide to researchers" from the French Ministy of Higher Education and Research (2022)
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
To achieve 100% #OpenAccess, you need to engage with issues on #RightsRetention and #OpenLicences. This is where libraries can provide support. 👇
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
pcastromartin.bsky.social
"#IRRP implementation in practice: an #OpenResearchScotland collaboration" published in the inaugural issue of the #DiamondOA Scottish Journal of Open Research (#SJOR) at doi.org/10.36399/6sv...

#rightsretention #OA100 @sparc-eu.bsky.social
IRRP implementation in practice: an Open Research Scotland collaboration | Scottish Journal of Open Research
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November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
🇮🇹 Italy #Rights2Pub project explores Secondary Publishing Rights and Author’s #RightsRetention as tools to promote Open Science, enabling authors to disseminate their work through informed management of the rights to their works. 👉Read the report: tinyurl.com/3trxctct
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Conserving Authors’ Rights and Secondary Publishing Rights in the Scientific Field
INTRODUCTION The volume “Conserving Authors’ Rights and Secondary Publishing Rights in the Scientific Field” is one of the main outputs…Read More
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
🇸🇮Slovenia adopted #RightsRetention into law: “Copyright in scientific publications may only be transferred to third parties on a non-exclusive basis by the authors of the scientific publications or by their employers where the rights are transferred to them” 👉Decree: tinyurl.com/4s388ap4
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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:👇🧵
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Building bridges to Open Access. Paths to Institutional Rights Retention in Europe 2024
This report contains the findings of the Phase Two of Project Retain began in the summer of 2024, building on the work of Phase One, which was completed with the publication of Opening Knowledge: Reta...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
#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👇
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
🧩 Legislative alignment: #RightsRetention doesn't just act alone; it reinforces and aligns perfectly with broader legal reforms, such as #SecondaryPublishingRight 5/5
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
📈 Success stories: #RightsRetention is already proving its worth. It helps institutions like UiT to reach as high as 96% OA compliance for journal articles
👉 Report: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 3/5
Building bridges to Open Access. Paths to Institutional Rights Retention in Europe 2024
This report contains the findings of the Phase Two of Project Retain began in the summer of 2024, building on the work of Phase One, which was completed with the publication of Opening Knowledge: Reta...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
🔒 Institutional strength: institutional #RightsRetention policies lift responsibility from individual authors, and support them in fulfilling funders' requirements.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
#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
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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.
knowledgerights21.org KnowledgeRights21 @knowledgerights21.org · 18d
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...
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
knowledgerights21.org
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...
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
sparc-eu.bsky.social
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 👇
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
anna-r-hughes.bsky.social
Great news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social 🎉

Their Open Access Publication Policy with Rights Retention was approved over the summer and officially launches next month 🚀

🔗 nottingham.ac.uk/Governance/D...

#IRRP #RightsRetention #RetainYourRights
nottingham.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
knowledgerights21.org
DON'T MISS OUT: 6 OCT (12:00 CEST) RIGHTS RETENTION COMMUNITY MEETING
The European #RightsRetention Community of Practice is evolving, and we need your input!
Join KR21 project partner @sparc-eu.bsky.social for a special session on shaping the community's future.
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM