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Training and Webinar Series

GraspOS organises training activities aimed at educating stakeholders on the use of indicators, tools, services and infrastructure to further assist their use in the context of implementing Open Science-aware Responsible Research Assessment approaches. 

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GraspOS Training

Achieving Metadata Excellence, from compliance to FAIRness: The OpenAIRE Metadata Validator

1 July 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 CEST 

How FAIR is your metadata? How compliant is it with OpenAIRE Guidelines?

Join us to discover how the OpenAIRE Metadata Validator can help you improve the quality, openness, FAIRness and interoperability of your metadata. Whether you manage a repository, CRIS, aggregator or journal platform, this session will show how the Validator supports both compliance with OpenAIRE Guidelines and alignment with FAIR principles — helping you make your content more visible and reusable across the Open Science landscape.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the purpose and scope of the OpenAIRE Metadata Validator
  • Explore how the Validator incorporates FAIR principles into metadata assessment
  • Understand the key criteria and indicators used in the FAIR validator module
  • Learn how to interpret validation reports and use them to improve metadata quality
  • Discover how through the Validator you can strengthen interoperability, increase the visibility and reuse of your content, having conceptualised context with the use of Controlled Vocabularies, through the OpenAIRE Graph and the wider Open Science ecosystem
  • Learn best practices and where to find resources, documentation, and support for populating your metadata for compliance with the OpenAIRE Guidelines

Presenter: Leonidas Pispiringas (Athena Research Center)
Moderator: Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue:  Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE 

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Past Events

GraspOS Webinars

Research Assessment in Transition: Open Infrastructures and Diamond Open Access

In this webinar organised by GraspOS, in collaboration with CRAFT-OA and DIAMAS, the evolving connection between scholarly publishing and research assessment was explored. The session focused on how Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing and open infrastructures interact with ongoing reform efforts in research evaluation, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges of aligning non-profit publishing with emerging assessment models.

The discussion examined how infrastructures are being developed to support a more open approach to research assessment—enhancing the visibility of Diamond OA journals and aligning with broader efforts such as CoARA and the Barcelona Declaration. It also highlighted how emerging standards and practices help ensure the quality and credibility of non-profit publishing.

Learning Outcomes

  • Critically assess concerns about the quality of Diamond OA publishing and articulate how technical and editorial standards ensure credibility.
  • Discuss policy and infrastructure reforms needed to enhance the visibility, discoverability, and credibility of Diamond OA journals.
  • Apply knowledge of Open Infrastructures to propose solutions for improving the integration of Diamond OA journals into research assessment frameworks.

Date: 22nd May 2025, 10:00-11:30 CET
Presenters: Janne Pölönen (GraspOS), Thanasis Vergoulis (GraspOS), Leonidas Pispiringas (CRAFT-OA), Iryna Kuchma (DIAMAS), Milica Ševkušić (DIAMAS)
Moderators: Fotis Mystakopoulos (OPERAS), Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15516542

 

PEP-CV – Peer Mentoring and Narrative CVs: A New Paradigm in Academic Recognition

This webinar focused on the growing importance of narrative CVs in reshaping research culture and presented the Peer Exchange Platform for Narrative-style CVs (PEP-CV), an innovative peer mentoring platform designed to tackle challenges in current assessment systems. 

Learning outcomes: 

  • Explore and learn about the unique features of PEP-CV
  • Gain insights into the opportunities and challenges of implementing Narrative CVs
  • Gain a clear understanding of Narrative CVs, their applications, and how PEP-CV facilitates CV development and research culture reform through peer mentorship.

Date: 11th February 2025, 11:00-12:30 CET
Presenters: Pooja Khurana (Marie Curie Alumni Association), Sean Sapcariu (Luxembourg National Research Fund) 
Moderator: Angeliki Tzouganatou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14850494

 

Assessing Open Access Books: Shedding Light on Peer Review with PRISM

The webinar presented the Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) and discussed how it can be used in research assessment.

PRISM is a service developped by OPERAS which aims to enhance trust in Open Access book publishing through increased transparency in the peer review process, offering publishers a standardised platform to display their peer review procedures, integrate metadata, ultimately building trust in Open Access book publishing. 

Learning outcomes: 

  • Understand peer review in relation to Responsible Research Assessment; 
  • Learn how PRISM works and how it helps increase transparency in Peer Review for OA books;
  • Reflect on how PRISM could be useful in the context of Responsible Research Assessment. 

Date: 14th May 2024, 10:00-11:00 am CEST
Presenters: Carol Delmazo (OPERAS), Fotis Mystakopoulos (OPERAS), Ronald Snijder (OAPEN Foundation). 
Moderator: Lottie Provost (CNR)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.11196020 

 

The Open Science Assessment Framework 

This webinar focused on the Open Science Assessment Framework (OSAF) developed in GraspOS. 

The OSAF is one of the main outcomes of the project. It aims to assist research funding and performing organisations in tailoring and implementing new generation, Open Science aware Responsible Research Assessment approaches.

Date: 7th March 2024, 14:00-15:00 pm CET
Presenters: Clifford Tatum (CWTS), Josefine Nordling (CSC)
 Moderator: Lottie Provost (CNR)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10794054

 

GraspOS Tools and Services Training Series

Leveraging OPERAS Metrics: showing the impact of Open Access books

The training session provided an overview of the key features of OPERAS Metrics and its role in research assessment, emphasizing its alignment with the open science practices of the GraspOS project. The second part of the session is a hands-on technical training where participants received step-by-step guidance on how to install and effectively use OPERAS Metrics.

Learning outcomes:

  • Assess the landscape of Open Access (OA)books within existing research assessment frameworks.
  • Identify the importance of OPERAS Metrics for measuring usage and impact of OA books.
  • Recognise the value of the GraspOS Infrastructure in integrating OA books into research assessment systems.
  • Gain practical knowledge and skills in using OPERAS Metrics.

Date: 26th November 2024, 13.00 – 15.00 CET
Presenter: Fotis Mystakopoulos (OPERAS), Carol Delmazo (OPERAS), Maxim Kupreyev (OPERAS), Rowan Hatherley (Ubiquity Press), Cristian Garcia (Ubiquity Press)
Moderator: Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14228176.

 

Citations and their meaning – or why we cite

This training session shed light on the various dynamics behind citations. Ontological models for the characterisation of citations were presented, along with the fundamentals for using a tool to infer citation characterisation.

Learning outcomes: 

  • Understand the importance of citation semantics
  • Learn about ontological models dedicated to describing citation semantics
  • Be able to use a tool for extracting citation semantics

Date: 23rd July 2024, 14.00 – 15.00 CET
Presenter: Silvio Peroni (University of Bologna) 
Moderator: Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.12800674. 

 

Indicators for Institutions - OpenAIRE MONITOR. Acknowledge, understand and place thyselves in the research landscape unlocking Research Excellence.

This training session focused on how the institutional dashboard of the OpenAIRE MONITOR service can enhance research assessment and decision-making processes for institutions. By providing comprehensive Open Access, collaboration, and impact metrics and indicators, this dashboard offers a nuanced understanding of an institution's research landscape.

Date: 19th December 2023, 10.00 – 11.00 CET
Presenter: Leonidas Pispiringas (Athena Research Center)
Moderator: Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10406679
Summary of the event: https://graspos.eu/indicators-for-institutions-and-the-openaire-monitor-2

 

BIP scholar: going beyond researcher profiles

This training session introduced the main functionalities of BIP! Scholar, a service that offers researchers the opportunity to set up profiles that summarize their research careers, showcasing different aspects of work conducted. Participants learnt about BIP! Scholar and how it can assist researcher assessement. The training also presented impact indicators, which aspects of research work can be valorised, and how to design a researcher's CV.

Date: 2nd November 2023, 14.00 – 15.00 CET
Presenter: Thanasis Vergoulis (Athena Research Center)
Moderator: Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE)
Venue: Virtual event via Zoom supported by OpenAIRE AMKE
Slides: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10067214
Summary of the event: https://graspos.eu/bip-scholar-redefining-academic-profiles 

 

A training course on the Open Science Assessment Framework will be co-developed with the technology and infrastructure providers and hosted on the platform www.openplato.eu, a complete learning platform offered by OpenAIRE for organising all the activities, as well as on other similar platforms that may be available (e.g. via EOSC). Additional training events will focus on the topics of the Open and Federated Research Assessment Infrastructure.

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