Open Research Digest, November 2025

The latest edition of the Open Research Digest is now available

In this month’s issue, Steve Carlton, Open Research Librarian for Open Access, reflects on insights from two European conferences, OASPA and Elsevier Impact. He discusses the challenges of achieving 100% Open Access, and shares his thoughts on the contrasting roles of community-driven innovation versus large commercial publishers.

In addition to sharing Open Research news, events and funding opportunities from Manchester and beyond, we highlight how you can now claim a DOI for your research reports, and introduce databases newly available through the SafePod Network.

We also share the remaining My Research Essentials (MRE) workshops of 2025, including the next Research Data Conversations meet-up with Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza of the CaSDaR Network+.

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