Open connections: transformative actions forward Open Science at Genoa University

This poster speaks about the transformative actions to support and promote Open Science at the University of Genoa (UniGe). Starting from concrete support for Open Access (green OA, Phd theses OA publication, transformative agreements), UniGe is active in transforming the entire research process in an open perspective (open data repository, open educational resources). UniGe Open Science Group activity highlights that researchers have yet poor awareness of the scientific communication workflow: there is a real need for Open Access, copyright topics, publication models, research assessment, data and metadata management literacy from all over the academic world. So, since 2019, the openscience.unige.it portal has gone live and the UniGe Open Science Group annually organized GenOA week to advocate the Open Science themes. The openscience.unige.it portal realizes a virtuous model of collaboration between several professional teams (such as librarians and research support staff), where different skills are continually put together to build new knowledge for the whole community. GenOA week is an annually event to support the Open Science challenges to make access to Open Knowledge fair for all and it's part of the International Open Access week. Born from an idea of UniGe Library System, GenOA week became the UniGe Open Science group core activity. As the Open Access Week Advisory Committee reminds us, "diversity, equity, and inclusion must be integrated into the fabric of the open community to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can advance progress to build more equitable foundations for opening knowledge". For this reasons, the Unige Open Science Group connects different roles of Genoa University community: for us, the synergy of different skills is an essential added value because only people create new (open) connections.