Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI

10/02/2026

Vabljeni na EIFL webinar: DOI and metadata

Jutri, 11. 2. 2026, se bo ob 10.00 odvil webinar neprofitne organizacije Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) za urednike revij, založnike, knjižničarje in druge, ki sodelujejo pri registraciji DOI.

Izvedeli boste, kako zagotavljanje celovitih metapodatkov pri registraciji DOI za raziskovalne rezultate podpira indeksiranje, sledenje citiranju in interoperabilnost z znanstvenimi bazami podatkov.

Udeleženci webinarja boste prejeli tudi smernice za izboljšanje kakovosti metapodatkov.

Registracija:

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09/01/2026

ERA KR21 Conference 2025 – Day 2

Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI, with the support of the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme, organised the fifth Open Knowledge Days, which have been presenting various building blocks of open knowledge since 2019. Several events were held within this framework, including the second ERA KR21 Conference 2025. The second day of the conference and the KR21 Regional Alliance meeting are presented below.

On the second day of the fifth Open Knowledge Days, December 18, 2025, the ERA KR21 2025 Conference was held, which was dedicated to regional issues and some other important topics in the field of KR21 operations (lending of electronic books and resources, preservation of cultural heritage in libraries).

In the morning, the KR21 Regional Alliance meeting, which was not open to the public, was held first, where members of the KR21 Regional Alliance collected and formulated ideas for the 2026 action plan and began discussing a questionnaire that will help prepare an overview of open science in the region. The meeting was highly successful and productive, providing valuable insights and a strong foundation for further cooperation.

The rest of the second day of the ERA KR21 Conference 2025 was about open science and open data. Maja Bogataj Jančič and Tihomir Katulić (Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb) presented the KR21 study Barriers and Enablers for Open Science in Copyright Law, with Maja presenting the entire project, questionnaire and findings from Slovenian copyright legislation, and Tihomir presenting barriers and enablers in Croatian copyright law. Konrad Gliściński (Faculty of Administrative Affairs, Jagiellonian University, researcher, Centrum Cyfrowe) presented the study E-lending in Europe, highlighting the legal foundations for digitization and e-lending of books through public libraries. Urša Likar Luzar (Miran Jarc Library Novo mesto) presented the COBISS Ela public platform for e-lending in Slovenia. After Brigitte Vézina (Director of Policy, Open Culture and GLAM, Creative Commons) presented the Open Heritage Statement.

In the afternoon session, Stephen Wyber (Programme Director and Advocacy Director, IFLA, KR21 Board) presented the KR21 programme and the importance of the ERA Act for research and science. The conference concluded with the session Open Science in the Region, where Iva Melinščak Zlodi (University of Zagreb, KR21 National Coordinator, Chair of the SPARC Europe Board) presented Project Retain, and Maja Bogataj Jančič presented the copyright regulation of open science in Slovenia and an overview of open science in the region.

The fifth Open Knowldge Days 2025 were again timely and offered the oportunity to present and discuss the most relevant topics on open science and copyright in the EU and Slovenia and also data governance, copyright and protection of personal data in the processed of building generative AI.

09/01/2026

Roundtable: “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Every Village: Who Benefits from Public Procurement of a Platform with Large Language Models?”

Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI, with the support of the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme, organised the fifth Open Knowledge Days, at which various building blocks of open knowledge have been presented since 2019. Several events were held within this framework, including the round table “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Every Village: Who Benefits from the Public Procurement of a Platform with Large Language Models?”, organised by the Today Is a New Day, Institute for Other Studies, and ODIPI.

The first day of the ERA KR21 Conference 2025 ended with a special event within the framework of the Open Knowledge Days with a round table “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Every Village: Who Benefits from the Public Procurement of a Platform with Large Language Models?”, organised by the Today Is a New Day, Institute for Other Studies, and ODIPI.

The invitation to participate was also accepted by Minister Igor Papič (Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation), who presented very useful first-hand information. Also participating were Marko Robnik Šikonja (Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Ljubljana), who is also the technical manager of the PoVeJMo project, within which the Slovenian large language model GaMS is being created, Maja Bogataj Jančič (ODIPI), Andrej Tomšič (Deputy Information Commissioner) and Marko Štefančič (Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia and Competence Center for Artificial Intelligence). The round table was moderated by Filip Dobranić from the Today Is a New Day, Institute for Other Studies. The event was attended by numerous experts and other representatives of the interested public, and was reported on in the media before the event (N1, Slovenske novice, Radio Študent).

09/01/2026

ERA KR21 Conference 2025 – Day 1

Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI, with the support of the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme, organised the fifth Open Knowledge Days, at which various building blocks of open knowledge have been presented since 2019. Several events were held within this framework, including the second ERA KR21 Conference 2025.

On the first day, December 17, 2025, the ERA KR21 Conference 2025 took place, dedicated to open science and the building of open source large language models.

The conference was opened by the host Maja Bogataj Jančič. Then the conferences’s first welcome speech was by Tomaž Boh, Director General of the Directorate for Science and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia, who praised ODIPI’s efforts in this area. He attended the ERA KR21 conference for the second time and expressed his expectation for good cooperation in the future.

The attendees were then addressed by Ana Slavec, President of the Slovenian Open Science Community (SSOZ), who highlighted the importance of the copyright field and the important role of ODIPI, which is a member of the SSOZ, while Dr. Maja Bogataj Jančič is also a member of the SSOZ Expert Council and head of the Expert Body for Legal Issues Related to Copyright and Data Governance.

The morning session was focused on open science and copyright issues. Speakers included: Magda De Carli(Deputy Director, European Commission – DG RTD), who presented the ERA Act and open science, Ignasi Labastida i Juan (Deputy Rector for Scientific Publications and Open Science and Head of the Research Unit of the Centre for Learning and Research of the University of Barcelona – CRAI), who presented the results of the Project Retain, and Maja Bogataj Jančič (ODIPI, national and regional coordinator of KR21), who presented the secondary publication right (SPR) as regulated in Slovenia.

The afternoon part of the first day of the conference was dedicated to presentations of the legal bases for building open source large language models (LLMs). Marko Robnik-Šikonja (Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Ljubljana) presented what LLMs are and the technical aspect of building LLMs. Rosana Lemut Strle (Lemut Strle Law Firm) presented the legal protection of privacy when building LLMs. Paul Keller (Open Future) presented the legal bases as regulated in European regulation, more specifically in Article 3 of the CDSM Directive. Eric Luth (Wikimedia Sverige, national coordinator of KR21) presented to the audience how the national library in Sweden is dealing with legal challenges and media attacks. Maja Bogataj Jančič presented in detail the legal bases for building an open source LLM in Slovenia.

The presentations were followed by a round table entitled Building an Open Source LLM in Slovenian, where Marko Robnik-Šikonja, Jana Kolar (Director of the National and University Library – NUK), Tanja Petrič (President of the Association of Slovenian Literary Translators) and Iztok Ilc (Public Book Agency of the Republic of Slovenia) discussed the opportunities and challenges of building a Slovenian Open Source LLM under the guidance of moderator Maja Bogataj Jančič. During the discussion, it became clear that translators are in a very difficult position due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and that they therefore organized the campaign ” UIzi prevedeno. UIzi zgrešeno.” It also turned out that, according to the director, NUK currently does not provide LLM builders in Slovenian with access to copyrighted works and has ordered the preparation of a legal opinion to clarify the legal dilemmas related to this, on the basis of which appropriate decisions will be made. The round table also raised the question of whether it would make sense to establish a national platform for the so-called opt-out of Slovenian authors or copyright holders in connection with the commercial building of LLMs. All of this confirms that the issues raised at the conference are of extreme importance and that a moment for social debate is necessary.

09/01/2026

Fifth Open Knowledge Days 2025

Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute ODIPI, with the support of the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme, has organised the fifth Open Knowledge Days 2025, events that focus on presentations of various building blocks of open knowledge and have been organised since 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

With the support of the KR21 programme, ODIPI organised the Fifth Open Knowledge Days 2025 in December 2025, within the framework of which several events were held:

- the second ERA KR21 Conference 2025 (the first ERA KR21 Conference Slovenia 2024 took place in 2024 on topic of Copyright-legal barriers and enablers for open science),
- the round table “Generative Artificial Intelligence in every village: Who benefits from the public procurement of a platform with large language models?”, co-organised by the institute Today is a New Day, Institute for Other Studies, and ODIPI, and
- the KR21 Regional Alliance meeting.