Users are informed that on Monday, June 1st, the University libraries will be closed, with the exception of the Veterinary Library, which will observe its regular opening hours.
On Tuesday, June 2nd, all libraries will remain closed for the Republic Day holiday.
Services will resume regularly from Wednesday, June 3rd.
The recording of the workshop "IEEE: publishing in open access with IEEE Xplore Digital Library," held on April 13, 2026, is available online.
You can review the meeting at the following link: https://ieee.webex.com/ieee/ldr.php?RCID=285f72084ad596c6ad6d2c280adc61f0
From Monday, April 20, the Economics and Medicine and Surgery libraries will extend their evening opening hours.
From Monday to Friday, study rooms will be accessible until midnight, to meet the needs of the academic community.
On April 13 at 3 p.m., a workshop dedicated to authors and users of the IEEE Xplore Digital Library resource will be held on the IEEE online platform.
The meeting, titled "How to get Published with IEEE: Authorship and Open Access", will be held by Dr.ssa Estzer Lukacs, Client Services Manager of IEEE, and will be introduced by a brief presentation, by the University Library System, of the agreement between CRUI and IEEE, to which the University of Parma adheres, as well as of the opportunities for open access publication in the publisher's hybrid journals, at no cost to authors pertaining to the University.
The workshop will provide guidance on journal selection, the publication process and Open Access with IEEE, with examples from Italian authors. The program and more information are available at the registration page.
Date: April 13, 3:00 p.m.
Mode: online
To attend the workshop free of charge, you can register at the following link:
https://registereexplore.wufoo.com/forms/x1phpyrh0cug7id/
Monday, April 13, 3 p.m. - online mode
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How to write a scientific paper & the Open Access Author Journey: dedicated to CARE members
The publisher Springer has organized a webinar in English dedicated to the Author Seminar and the Author Journey for the date of March 26 2026, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm.
Topics covered will include:
- What makes a great paper: Essential criteria
- Elements of writing style
- Titles and abstracts: What makes a good title and abstract
- From introduction to conclusion: How to structure, how to keep the flow
- Data presentation: How to present data in a paper, best choice for figures, what makes a good figure
- Open Access Publishing & the CRUI-CARE Transformative Agreement: Author Journey
The registration link can be found below:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1261774708930458974
12% discount on APCs (Article Processing Charges) for Science Advances
The University of Parma has joined the transformative agreement entered into by CRUI with the publisher AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
The agreement guarantees access to Science (ISSN: 0036-8075), Science Signaling (ISSN: 1945-0877) and Science Translation Medicine (ISSN: 1946-6234) journals available on the Science ONLINE JOURNALS and provides, for corresponding authors formally affiliated with the University, a 12% discount on the cost of publishing in open access on the gold (or full) open access Science Advances (ISSN: 2375-2548) journal.
More information about the agreement is available at Publish in Open Access under "AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)."
The University of Parma has joined the transformative agreement with publisher The Company of Biologists.
The agreement guarantees access to journals available on the publisher's website and archives since 1853 and provides, for corresponding authors formally affiliated with the University, to publish in open access and at no additional cost on the hybrid and gold OA journals.
More information about the agreement is available at Publish in Open Access under "The Company of Biologists".
The University of Parma has joined the transformative agreement entered into by CRUI with publisher ACS.
The agreement guarantees access to journals available on the ACS Publications and provides, for corresponding authors formally affiliated with the University, to publish in open access and at no additional cost in hybrid and gold OA journals.
More information on the agreement is available at Publish in Open Access under "ACS - American Chemical Society."
[Update 04/11/2025] CRUI's CARE team reported that the 2025 funds to publish in open access for free in journals of the publisher Wiley are expected to run out by the end of November.
Any further updates will be posted on the Publish in Open Access page under "Wiley".
The University of Parma has joined the transformative agreement signed by CRUI with publisher IEEE.
The agreement guarantees access to journals available on the IEL (IEEE Electronic Library).
The agreement also provides corresponding authors formally affiliated with the University with the option to publish open access at no additional cost in hybrid journals starting from the agreement signing date, expected in November 2025.
As soon as it is available, the exact date will be posted on the Publishing in Open Access page under "IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers," where more information about the agremeent is available.
