What is the Open Science Hub?

The Open Science Hub is an initiative bringing together experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts of Open Science in a series of online meetings aimed at sharing experiences and best practices. The series is addressed to librarians and information specialists, experts in scholarly communication and research data management, as well as researchers and educators who wish to actively participate in the transformation of science. Its main focus is on topics related to Open Science and scholarly communication, with individual themes defined according to the needs and expertise of the participants. The meetings are held online via the MS Teams platform, and the entire series will conclude with an in-person meeting during a staff week, offering an excellent opportunity for deeper collaboration and exchange of experiences.

Call for presentations
Dear Open Science Hub attendees!
We invite you to take active part in our staff week Application of AI in Academic Research: From Data Management to Ethical Transparency which is a final event of the ENHANCE Open Science Hub. On 6-8 May 2026 we will explore how AI tools are transforming Open Science, research, teaching, scholarly communication, and institutional support services. We are looking forward to your contributions!
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Upcoming Event:

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Unlocking the Potential of Doctoral Research: Library Services and Open Access

Doctoral students occupy a special place in the academic community - on the one hand, they are participants in the educational process, and on the other, they are already conducting independent research. In our presentation, we would like to demonstrate how the Gdansk University of Technology Library strives to support PhD students in their daily research work through training and consultations on Open Science, as well as promoting their scientific work by providing Open Access to the widest possible audience.
During the presentation, we will explain how the Gdansk Tech Library supports doctoral students by collecting and depositing doctoral dissertations defended at the university in the open institutional repository MOST Wiedzy. Among other things, we will outline the current structure for making the collection of doctoral dissertations available and discuss the reorganization of this structure, with a particular focus on improving the quality of metadata descriptions.
In the second part of our meeting, we would like you to share your own experiences and good practices. How does your cooperation with doctoral students look like? Do you provide additional trainings tailored to their needs? How does the PhD dissertations’ acquisition and promotion look like at your universities?
 
  • Date: 10 November 2026
  • Time: 11:00 a.m. CET
  • Location: TEAMS
  • Organizer: Gdansk Tech
  • Language: English

Register here!

Previous events:

  • 26 November 2025, “Open Science Competence Centre and Research Data Management support”
  • 19 January 2026 - "Supporting Open Science at the University"
  • 18 March 2026 - "From Theory to Training Practice: Methods and Frameworks in RDM Education"
  • 2 April 2026 - "Highly relevant but often invisible: Libraries as hidden partners for teaching information literacy"

What is Open Science?

Open Science is an approach to conducting scientific research based on transparency, collaboration, and universal access to knowledge. Its core idea is the free sharing of publications, data, software, methods, and research results, as well as open peer review processes and public engagement in science. The goal of this approach is to facilitate access to knowledge, increase the reliability and reproducibility of research, and accelerate scientific progress through collaboration and the sharing of results.