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SUMMARY:FREE UKSG webinar: Usage metrics for OA\, AI\, and more: building on solid foundations
DESCRIPTION:This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, September 26\, 2025From 13:00 BST to 14:00 BST \n\n\n\n.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\nCOUNTER has been the standard for usage metrics for more than two decades\, but the world has changed. Can COUNTER tell us what we need to know about open access or syndicated usage? What about generative and agentic AI? Some would argue that we need something new. In this webinar\, we’ll hear from Tasha Mellins-Cohen about why we should be building on the solid COUNTER foundation. She’ll touch on how many publishers are already delivering OA-optimised reporting\, best practice for reporting usage of syndicated content\, and how the COUNTER community is collaborating to build guidelines for reporting AI usage. \n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nYou may still register for this event recording here. \n\n\n\nSlides\n\n\n\nOur speaker has kindly agreed to make her slides available.  \n\n\n\nYou may download them from here. \n\n\n\n\nPlease use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTasha Mellins-Cohen \n\n\n\nExecutive Director | COUNTER Metrics \n\n\n\n\n\nTasha Mellins-Cohen\, Executive Director at COUNTER Metrics and Founder of Mellins-Cohen Consulting\, joined the scholarly publishing industry in 2001. She has held roles within learned societies and commercial publishers across operations\, technology\, editorial and executive functions\, while donating time to key industry initiatives and bodies such as UKSG\, ALPSP and STM. In 2020 she started consulting in response to requests for help in developing and implementing OA business models in not-for-profit groups. In 2022 she stepped up from volunteer to Director at COUNTER Metrics\, the standard for usage metrics\, alongside her consulting work. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\n\n1. Why we need normalised metrics \n\n\n\n2. What COUNTER is already doing in OA\, syndication and AI \n\n\n\n3. Community collaboration opportunities \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory and non-intensive\, no previous knowledge or experience required. Basic awareness of usage metrics would be helpful. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nTo help you prepare for UKSG webinars\, you may like to read the Notes for Participants: \n\n\n\nUKSG Webinars Notes for Participants 2025 \n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time\, please visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\nFollow UKSG on X @UKSG #UKSGwebinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nRECORDING \n\n\n\nUnable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar\, we welcome you to contact Samira Sotomayor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen\, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too! \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized\, timely\, accessible\, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! 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SUMMARY:UKSG Understanding Resource Discovery: Archives and Primary Sources Content online seminar
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Resource Discovery: Archives and Primary Sources Content is a new seminar that aims to expand participants’ knowledge and understanding of the challenges of a successful discovery experience related to specific content types. This seminar is the first of what we hope will be a series of online seminars exploring the particularities and challenges of discovery with different kinds of content types by their format or business models. This seminar will take place over two half days on Tuesday 11th November and Wednesday 12th November. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 11\, 2025 – 10:00 GMTtoWednesday\, November 12\, 2025 – 16:00 GMT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration  \n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to register. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary  \n\n\n\n\n\nArchives provide valuable access to the past\, enabling educators and researchers in the humanities and social sciences to incorporate historical collections into their work. Primary source archives are invaluable for research and learning\, encapsulating entire historical periods through diverse content like manuscripts\, images\, and publications. \n\n\n\nThis course explores the discoverability of Primary Source content through the use of metadata\, libraries’ experiences in managing primary sources in their discovery services\, and how publishers and system vendors can contribute to the overall discoverability of these eResources. \n\n\n\nThe course examines the entire process from the reader’s perspective and addresses some of the subtleties associated with the content of different primary sources\, such as manuscripts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend? \n\n\n\n\n\nThis course is valuable to anyone dealing with primary sources and archives e-resources in libraries\, content providers and intermediaries in the information chain.  While not providing detailed technical solutions to specific problems\, it imparts a higher level of understanding as to why the related practices and technologies have developed into their current state. It is suitable for anyone working with e-resources in general or those managing departments responsible for institutional archives collections. \n\n\n\nThis course does not compare specific incarnations and brands of library systems and solutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are an early-career professional or new to the discovery area\, it may be worth attending the UKSG Introduction to E-Resources and/or An Introduction to Resource Discovery first. Otherwise\, no previous knowledge is required. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning objectives \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the Primary Sources and Archives content discovery journey\n\n\n\nUnderstand the library’s role in the discoverability of Primary Sources and Archives\n\n\n\nUnderstand the common problems and limitations in library technology related to the discovery of Primary Sources and Archives\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-event checks \n\n\n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial \n\n\n\n\n\nFollow the conference on X formally Twitter @UKSG   \n\n\n\nVisit the event on Linkedin here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording \n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be recorded and available to all registered delegates after the event\, so if you unable to join us live or want to review any presentation this will be available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nAt UKSG\, we are committed to ensuring an exceptional experience for all our delegates. Our aim is to make presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. \n\n\n\nHere’s how we achieve that: \n\n\n\n\nClosed Captioning Options: Our GoToWebinar application allows you to toggle closed captioning on or off during live sessions. You can also customise the text size and colour to suit your preferences.\n\n\n\nAuto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session\, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request. \n\n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event\, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nTuesday 11 NovemberWednesday 12 November \n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction & welcome \n\n\n\nAll times stated are BMT \n\n\n\nMore details to follow  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnja van Hoek  \n\n\n\nAmsterdam University Press \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\ntbc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMagaly Taylor \n\n\n\nGale part of the Cengage Group. \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMagaly Taylor has over 15 years of experience in Discovery\, Metadata\, and Usage in libraries\, content providers\, and service providers. She has worked in various types of libraries and contributed to different metadata working groups and committees internationally\, including ABES-SC in France\, NISO in the US\, and UKSG in the UK. Currently\, Magaly is the Discovery and Usage Manager for Gale\, which is part of the Cengage Group. She is an active member of the UKSG Education Committee; in 2024\, she was elected a UKSG Trustee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Role of Metadata for Archival Discovery \n\n\n\nThis presentation examines the central role of archival metadata in enhancing discovery and access\, drawing on insights from Metadata and Archival Discoverability: Driving Use of the Philip Mackie Collection at Southampton Solent University (Clark & Alemu\, 2025). It explores key archival metadata concepts\, including principles of archival description\, entity relationships\, authority control and subject headings. The presentation highlights the application of core archival standards\, such as (ISAD(G)\, EAD\, ISAAR(CPF) and Library of Congress Subject Headings)\, underscoring their importance in producing consistent\, accurate and interoperable archival descriptions which impact discovery and usage. Recommendations will be made on practical approaches to archival metadata creation and enrichment\, including the “More Product\, Less Process” (MPLP) methodology for addressing cataloguing backlogs (Greene and Meissner\, 2005). The presentation will also contrast the descriptive needs of archival materials with those of published resources and consider emerging standards and technologies shaping the future of archival metadata. The Q&A will offer a chance to learn from each other\, share best practices\, and explore ways to drive discovery and usage. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetaneh Alemu  \n\n\n\nSolent University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nGetaneh Alemu (PhD) is a Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian at Southampton Solent University (since 2014)\, bringing over 20 years of experience in higher education and libraries. His primary role focuses on creating and harnessing metadata for print and digital resources\, ensuring metadata is up-to-date\, accurate\, usable and standardised. Getaneh holds a PhD in Metadata for Digital Libraries (University of Portsmouth\, 2014)\, an MA in Digital Library Learning (Oslo University College\, 2009)\, an MA in Knowledge and Information Management (Ghent University\, 2005) and a BA in Library and Information Science (Addis Ababa University\, 2001). He served on IFLA’s Linked Data Technical Review Group (LIDATEC\, now METATEC) and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Librarianship and Information Science\, International Journal of Metadata\, Semantics and Ontologies\, and Digital Library Perspectives. Getaneh’s key publications include: “Metadata Standards and Models” (Elsevier\, 2024) “The Future of Enriched\, Linked\, Open and Filtered Metadata” (Facet\, 2022) “An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata: Enrich then Filter” (Chandos\, 2015) Links: Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=WX3KZOkAAAAJ&hl=en Slideshare: https://www.slideshare.net/getaneh/presentations ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2424-1725 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nImproving the discoverability of Archive and Museum Collections \n\n\n\nThis presentation explores recent enhancements to the discoverability of archive and museum collections within the discovery layer. It highlights the technical processes involved in harvesting metadata from native archival systems and integrating it into a unified search environment. These changes can be used to surface these rich and often underrepresented resources\, the session will demonstrate how these improvements have contributed to greater visibility and accessibility. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges and solutions associated with making archival materials more discoverable to researchers\, students\, and the wider public \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Dove  \n\n\n\nNatural History Museum \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAndrew Dove has over 15 years of experience in Discovery\, Systems and Metadata. He has worked across various types of libraries including Museums\, NHS and Higher Education. He is currently the Digital Systems Librarian for the Natural History Museum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary and Close  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introduction \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMagaly Taylor \n\n\n\nGale part of the Cengage Group. \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMagaly Taylor has over 15 years of experience in Discovery\, Metadata\, and Usage in libraries\, content providers\, and service providers. She has worked in various types of libraries and contributed to different metadata working groups and committees internationally\, including ABES-SC in France\, NISO in the US\, and UKSG in the UK. Currently\, Magaly is the Discovery and Usage Manager for Gale\, which is part of the Cengage Group. She is an active member of the UKSG Education Committee; in 2024\, she was elected a UKSG Trustee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnja van Hoek \n\n\n\nAmsterdam University Press \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAnja van Hoek has recently joined the organisation \n\n\n\nHer previous role was as a Program Manager Online Resources at Brill\, where she is overseeing Brill’s online publishing program. A major part of her role is the coordination of the various aspects – relating to Brill’s online publishing program – between publishing\, sales and marketing. Working closely with the Data and Platform Teams within Brill’s Operation department she plays an important role in monitoring usage data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting archival research by providing metadata and advanced search options \n\n\n\nUsing an online copy is quite different from accessing the original source. 24/7 availability at the desktop is an important\, but perhaps the least of the advantages of the online copy. Consulting primary source materials can be supported by offering advanced search options. De Gruyter Brill publishes over a 100 research collections. How we support academic research is explained using concrete examples. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrans Havekes \n\n\n\nde Gruyter Brill \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nFrans Havekes is managing the conversion of content to concrete publications at de Gruyter Brill. Besides regular books and journals\, this responsibility comprises the publication of research collections. He has been involved since 2000 in scanning original resources\, metadata development and enrichment of the digital\, online copy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.05 \n\n\n\n\n\nContext is Not a Keyword: Rethinking Discovery for Humanities Research. \n\n\n\nArchival materials resist simplification\, yet discovery services depend on it. As a result\, the richness of historical collections is often flattened into metadata that conceals rather than reveals their value. This talk explores how discovery systems quietly distort the visibility of primary sources and what libraries can do about it: rethinking how value is demonstrated\, how engagement is framed\, and how archival research is championed within the broader ecosystem of digital scholarship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Houghton \n\n\n\nGale \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nChris Houghton is Head of Academic Partnerships at Gale where he leads much of Gale’s collaboration with the global DH and wider academic community. As well as working with scholars to support research and teaching\, Chris runs the Gale Fellowship Program which provides financial and research support to a number of researchers every year. Most of Chris’ career has been spent in publishing and software companies – he began his Gale career as a trainer and over the past 15 years has held leadership roles in sales\, training\, marketing\, and now product development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nJoint Q&A  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nUsing AI to Improve Access and Enhance Discovery Capabilities in Archival Collections \n\n\n\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) can improve access and enhance discovery of manuscript collections in innovative ways. While AI is broadly discussed in our professions\, particularly its dangers\, there is little information available on what facets of AI might be useful to us and how to access them. This session answers those questions\, presenting the results of a multi-year study applying AI tools to the William Elliot Griffis collection at Rutgers University Libraries. In collaboration with Durham University UK\, sixty plus software methods were tested on untranscribed handwritten and typewritten documents and photographs. The tools produced narrative descriptions\, identified hidden patterns\, and suggested new ways to organize the material. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of AI’s capabilities as well as the limitations and ethical considerations. The session will show how AI can expand discovery and access of primary source material for information professionals\, researchers\, and educators \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSonia Yaco \n\n\n\nRutgers University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nSonia Yaco (she) is the Emerging Technologies Librarian for Rutgers University Libraries. She has led special collections and university archives departments at Rutgers University\, University of Illinois at Chicago and Old Dominion University. Prior to academia\, Yaco headed a computer consulting firm serving libraries\, educational institutions\, and Fortune 500 companies. Her research examines innovative methods to improve the discoverability of archives using emerging technology. Yaco’s scholarship is used in graduate education programs in the US and UK. She holds a M.A. from the School of Library and Information Studies and a B.A. in Sociology\, from the University of Wisconsin – Madison \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary and Close  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious delegate\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nMonday\, July 28\, 2025 – 00:00 BST – Tuesday\, September 23\, 2025 – 13:00 BST \n\n\n\n\n\n£ 70.00 \n\n\n\n+14.00 VAT \n\n\n\nMember \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n£ 82.00 \n\n\n\n+16.40 VAT \n\n\n\nNon-Member \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nGeneral queries – events@uksg.org \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nThe closing date for cancellations is Friday 17th October noon\, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. 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SUMMARY:UKSG Usage data for decision making online seminar 2025
DESCRIPTION:This seminar is aimed at those responsible for collecting\, analysing and making recommendations based on usage data\, whether in a library setting or within a publishing organisation. This online seminar will take place over two days 11th (12:30 start) & 12th November (9:00 start)\, for more details please visit the programme section below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 11\, 2025 – 12:30 GMTtoWednesday\, November 12\, 2025 – 12:30 GMT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nclick here to register.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Summary \n\n\n\n\n\nThose with a responsibility for overseeing the management of library collections have more access than ever to statistical data to assist with evaluation and to justify return on investment\, and enhancement of the user experience. Understanding the library’s use of this data is also vital for publishers.   Advances in standardisation led by the COUNTER initiative have made statistics more accessible and reliable as a basis for decision making. \n\n\n\nIncreasingly\, libraries are being asked to make extremely difficult decisions about the priorities for their spending within a strategic context.  Although this presents huge challenges\, it can also be an impetus to change the ways in which services are provided. Publishers need to be aware of what statistics librarians are looking at and how they are being used to inform collection development. \n\n\n\nThis seminar provides illustrations by expert decision makers on how statistics are used to make strategic decisions.  It will also present the challenges\, such as demonstrating value and presenting data to different audiences.  Future developments within the field will also be addressed\, together with considerations of how these will impact on decision making in the future\, for example new approaches to analytics.  There will be discussion on how the development of open access is impacting on usage behaviour and influencing considerations for collection development. \n\n\n\nDelegates will have the opportunity to reflect on the role of statistics in the broader context of further and higher education\, and the culture of assessment that is becoming increasingly prominent within the sector.  Delegates will be encouraged to actively participate throughout the day. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend \n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is aimed at both those in libraries who need to analyse or interpret usage data to support decision making about resources and collections\, within a strategic context.  It will be of interest to those with a responsibility for overseeing the management and evaluation of library collections in the further and higher education sector\, and who need to demonstrate impact and value to senior leadership teams\, rather than those involved in the operational role.  It may also be of interest to those working in other areas of the scholarly information industry.  It will also be of importance to publishers who need to understand the collection development decisions of their customers. \n\n\n\nPlease note: This seminar does not cover the practical aspects of collecting usage data\, or of creating reports.  These topics are covered by the UKSG Practical Usage Statistics for Librarians seminar\, a hands-on workshop on gathering and manipulating usage statistics. \n\n\n\nBoth days will be recorded and available for playback on demand post event for registered delegates.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome participants from all corners of the globe to join our seminars\, however speakers and topics are generally UK focussed\, if you have any doubt about the suitability please don’t hesitate to contact us.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives \n\n\n\n\n\nDelegates will:  \n\n\n\n\ngain a greater insight into the wider environment and context in which usage statistics decision making is carried out and new approaches to this\n\n\n\nlearn about ways in which library resource usage statistics have been used by staff in university libraries to inform decision-making processes\n\n\n\ndevelop an understanding of how usage statistics can be used to demonstrate value from a publisher perspective\n\n\n\ngain knowledge of the impact of open access publishing on usage statistics and demonstrating value\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar tool we use is Go to Webinar. To test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. \n\n\n\nOur intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this seminar/webinar\, we welcome you to contact events@uksg.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording \n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be recorded and available to all registered delegates only after the event\, so if you unable to join us live or want to review any presentation this will be available.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nDay 1 – 11 NovemberDay 2 – 12 November\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction & welcome \n\n\n\nAll times stated are GMT \n\n\n\n\n\nEtienne Olsina \n\n\n\nBibliU \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnja van Hoek \n\n\n\nProgramme Manager Amsterdam University Press \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAnja van Hoek has recently joined the organisation \n\n\n\nHer previous role was as a Program Manager Online Resources at Brill\, where she is overseeing Brill’s online publishing program. A major part of her role is the coordination of the various aspects – relating to Brill’s online publishing program – between publishing\, sales and marketing. Working closely with the Data and Platform Teams within Brill’s Operation department she plays an important role in monitoring usage data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nCOUNTER: the community standard for usage metrics  \n\n\n\nNot sure why we need normalised metrics? Unclear about the difference between an Investigation and a Request (or how those relate to views and downloads)? Can’t understand why metrics are missing from your standard views? This session will clear up the confusion with an introduction to the COUNTER Code of Practice for usage data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTasha Mellins-Cohen  \n\n\n\nCOUNTER Metrics \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTasha Mellins-Cohen\, Executive Director at COUNTER Metrics and Founder of Mellins-Cohen Consulting\, joined the scholarly publishing industry in 2001. She has held roles within learned societies and commercial publishers across operations\, technology\, editorial and executive functions\, while donating time to key industry initiatives and bodies such as UKSG\, ALPSP and STM. In 2020 she started consulting in response to requests for help in developing and implementing OA business models in not-for-profit groups. In 2022 she stepped up from volunteer to Director at COUNTER Metrics\, the standard for usage metrics\, alongside her consulting work \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nUnder the COUNTER when usage data is harder to find  \n\n\n\nCOUNTER stats are great for the majority of our journal and ebook holdings\, but what about the resources which don’t supply COUNTER stats? As libraries are increasingly asked to give access to a range of non-traditional resources such as maps\, business data and law sites\, as well as specialist journals and magazine titles the job of gathering and analysing usage can be complex. This session will look at some of the other places Edge Hill goes hunting for usage\, including directly from publishers websites\, as well as using data from EZProxy to gain evidence of usage\, as well as addressing some of the drawbacks to these methods. \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRuth Smalley  \n\n\n\nEdge Hill University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nRuth is the Subscriptions and Licensing Manager at Edge Hill University. Ruth has had a varied career with roles in PR and teaching\, before a career change took her to working in public libraries and then moving into higher education libraries. Ruth has a particular interest in evidence based collection decisions and is never happier then when she has a problem that requires a new spreadsheet or Power BI dashboard! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nUsing COUNTER with other data sources to answer essential library questions \n\n\n\nIn this session we’ll use real files to crossmatch usage (from a COUNTER Title Report) with pricing (from a publisher price list) to calculate cost per use. You’ll learn about named ranges\, useful Excel functions\, and how to use a pivot table.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTasha Mellins-Cohen \n\n\n\nCOUNTER Metrics  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nOER and the Impact of Affordable Course Materials on Students \n\n\n\nThe presentation will review survey findings of students indicating the consequences for their education when they can’t afford to purchase their course materials for their classes. The Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) initiative is an institutional program for campus faculty\, staff\, administrators\, and students to choose no/low-cost course materials\, including Open Educational Resources (OER). The presentation will provide an overview of MERLOT’s AL$ initiative\, showcase Open Educational Practices for faculty adopting OER\, and will review the economic value for students and the institution. The AL$ resources\, tools\, and templates are available for UKSG adoption and customization \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGerry Hanley \n\n\n\nMERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nGerry Hanley Ph.D. is the Executive Director of MERLOT (www.merlot.org) and SkillsCommons (www.skillscommons.org) which provides free\, online educational content in academic and workforce disciplines. At California State University Long Beach\, Gerry is the Director of the Center for Usability in Design and Accessibility. Gerry’s previous positions included Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Technology Services at the California State University Chancellor’s Office\, designing and delivering strategic initiatives for improving teaching and learning with technologies for 23 campuses serving over 450\,000 students. He received his BA\, MA\, and PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Experimental Psychology.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.50 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary & close \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nNathan Newey \n\n\n\nBrown Books \n\n\n\nSee Biography\nHaving worked in academic libraries for almost 30 years\, I have had a change in direction and now work for Browns Books who are a leading supplier of monographs and e-books to all types of educational establishments in the UK and beyond. My role as Regional Area Manager for London still enables me to interact with libraries ensuring that Browns gives the best possible service to its customers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmma Nolin \n\n\n\nHead of Information Resources and Scholarly Publishing Malmo University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nEmma Nolin is the head of Information Resources and Scholarly Publishing at Malmö University Library and has been at Malmö university since 2018. Operations in this department are among other things\, print and electronic scholarly information recourses\, Open access and scholarly publishing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9.10 \n\n\n\n\n\nDifferent kinds of usage data to support information provision at Karolinska Institutet University Library \n\n\n\nI will share a recent pilot we’ve done for a cross-comparison of usage data for acquisitions using COUNTER denials\, ILL requests\, citations\, purchasing suggestions and more. For read access\, KI Library has multiple levels of service we can provide for our users at different price points. With many different kinds of usage data that can potentially support decision making in this area\, we wanted to see how we could use different kinds of usage data together in a more systematic way to catch emerging information needs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Hahne \n\n\n\nKarolinska Institutet \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDavid is an e-licensing librarian at Karolinska institutet – a medical university in Stockholm\, Sweden. He joined KI Library as part of the acquisitions team in 2021. He has an interest in using data analysis and visualization to aid decision making and support the transition to Open Access. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n09.50 \n\n\n\n\n\nEngagement ‘depth’ – using e-book usage data to try to improve student success  \n\n\n\nUniversities have a lot of student data and ‘Learner Analytics’ can be used to try to improve student outcomes. Engagement data (e.g. attendance/ use of VLE) can give us ‘obvious’ red flags\, but it can be difficult to quantify the ‘depth’ of student engagement. Library/ learning resources information may help with this. We know that use of our online e-book platform (BibliU) correlates with module outcomes. We will talk about how this data can be part of targeting comms\, support and interventions for individual students and different student groups during the semester\, to try to increase student success \n\n\n\n\n\nValerie Cox   \n\n\n\nCoventry University  \n\n\n\nSee Biography\nOriginally a researcher in muscle physiology\, Dr Val Cox has worked in academic lecturing/ leadership roles at Coventry University for 26 years. She transitioned to leading initiatives around timetabling/ attendance and engagement\, including managing aspects of the Covid pandemic and associated switch to online learning. Her current role is Associate Director of the Strategic Planning and Insight Office\, where she continues to develop use of student engagement data to provide ‘real time’ monitoring. She helped to implement the BibliU e-book platform and continues to work closely with Library colleagues to analyse the useage data \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Open access citation advantage in the context of scholarly publishing at a higher education institution \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nŠárka Erben Johansson \n\n\n\nMalmö University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nŠárka is a research librarian at Malmö University. Her areas of work are bibliometrics\, publishing strategies and research support. Her main role is in supplying the university’s research units and researchers with bibliometric reports and analyses to support evidence based decision making. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond the Numbers: Evaluating Ebook Usage Statistics in Practice \n\n\n\nHow can ebook usage statistics be turned into meaningful insights? In this session\, I will present our routines for evaluating usage data\, highlight common challenges\, and show how the results inform decision-making and collection development..   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrida Rosengren \n\n\n\nLund University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nFrida Rosengren is a librarian at Lund University\, working with electronic media acquisition and evaluation\, publication support\, teaching for doctoral and undergraduate students\, and applying artificial intelligence in library services. She holds a PhD in Biology and a Master’s in Library and Information Science\, combining subject expertise with broad experience in scholarly communication and digital resources \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary & close \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe variety of perspectives made it really interesting \nPrevious delegate\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFantastic lineup. Learned from all presenters. A couple who really stood out were Tasha Mellins-Cohen\, Aron Lindhagen\, and Andrew Knight. Their presentations were particularly relevant to my work and they had information on specific\, practical processes and tips. \nPrevious delegate\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntense and information-packed. 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SUMMARY:UKSG Understanding Data Visualisation online seminar
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will help delegates to discover the opportunities for utilising data in their institutions\, introduce some of the data analysis and visualisation tools available\, and offer case studies highlighting how libraries are already using different types of data to support service delivery and development and demonstrate impact. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, November 19\, 2025 – 10:00 BSTtoThursday\, November 20\, 2025 – 16:35 GMT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister your place here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse summary  \n\n\n\n\n\nLibraries produce and have access to large amounts of statistical data which when utilised effectively can provide valuable insights into the ways resources and services are being used and help to demonstrate impact and value for money. However\, collecting\, cleaning\, analysing\, and presenting data can be time-consuming and increasingly may require specialist skills and tools. This seminar will help delegates to discover the opportunities for utilising data in their institutions\, introduce some of the data analysis and visualisation tools available\, and offer case studies highlighting how libraries are already using different types of data to support service delivery and development and demonstrate impact. Data sources explored will include but are not limited to resource and service usage and discovery data\, research and open access data\, budgetary data\, print book circulation and library footfall data. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nThis course will be of particular interest to librarians and library managers working in further and higher education who are interested in developing a data analytics service in their library and utilising a range of different data to support decision-making. The seminar may also be of relevance to publishers and suppliers interested understanding how librarians are using data in their libraries. Previous experience of working with data may be useful but is not essential. Please note that the seminar will not provide practical hands-on experience or training on how to use specific data visualisation tools. \n\n\n\nPlease note: This seminar does not focus in depth on the collection\, collation\, analysis or interpretation of eresource usage data. The analysis and interpretation of usage data is covered by another UKSG course in this area: UKSG Usage Statistics for Decision Making. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning objectives \n\n\n\n\n\nDelegates will: \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand how data can be made visually engaging and used to demonstrate impact and create stories for different audiences\n\n\n\nConsider a range of different library data sources and how these may relate to wider institutional strategy and context\n\n\n\nConsider how data can be used to support strategic planning and service development\n\n\n\nBecome familiar with some of the data visualisation tools available\n\n\n\nGain insights into how other libraries are developing data visualisation services\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-event checks \n\n\n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial \n\n\n\n\n\nFollow the conference on X formally Twitter @UKSG or on Bluesky  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording \n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be recorded and available to all registered delegates after the event\, so if you unable to join us live or want to review any presentation this will be available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nAt UKSG\, we are committed to ensuring an exceptional experience for all our delegates. Our aim is to make presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. \n\n\n\nHere’s how we achieve that: \n\n\n\n\nClosed Captioning Options: Our GoToWebinar application allows you to toggle closed captioning on or off during live sessions. You can also customise the text size and colour to suit your preferences.\n\n\n\nAuto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session\, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request. \n\n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event\, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nWednesday 19th NovemberThursday 20th November \n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and introduction \n\n\n\nAll times stated are GMT \n\n\n\nMore details to follow  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nMaking the data count: using data visualisation to demonstrate impact and value at Edge Hill University \n\n\n\nIn today’s data-driven academic landscape\, university libraries are under growing pressure to articulate their value and demonstrate measurable impact. While libraries have long collected vast amounts of data – from usage statistics to engagement metrics –  a key challenge is transforming this data into compelling narratives that resonate with senior leaders and stakeholders. This presentation will share the data journey of Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University and explore how we use different data visualisation tools and techniques to demonstrate the value of our services and inform decision-making. Attendees will gain practical insights into getting started with data visualisation\, including examples of both free and paid tools\, and lessons we have learnt along the way.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Franca \n\n\n\nEdge Hill University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAs Head of Collections and Archives at Edge Hill University\, Anna França leads the team dedicated to managing and developing the library collections and University Archive. Prior to joining Edge Hill\, she held roles at King’s College London and has over 19 years experience in the academic library sector. Anna is interested in the role that libraries can play in supporting a sustainable transition towards a more open research landscape. She is active in a range of professional networks and groups and chairs the USKG Education and Events sub-committee. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:15 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nOCLC Decision Support and the Data Driven Library \n\n\n\n‘OCLC Decision Support and the Data Driven Library’ explores the ways in which librarians can support their diverse workflows through data-powered insights. This session showcases how OCLC decision support tools like WMS Analytics\, EZproxy Analytics\, and Choreo Insights help streamline routine tasks and inform collection policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJodie Walker  \n\n\n\nOCLC \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nJodie Walker is a Chartered Librarian with over 15 years’ experience in libraries. Her professional career has spanned a range of library sectors\, starting in public libraries\, and then moving on to academic\, before six years living internationally in Vietnam and China as a school librarian. Jodie joined OCLC as a Library Consultant in January 2024. As part of this role\, she supports librarians interested in learning more about OCLC products\, research and services. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nEBSCO Panorama: Pushing the Boundaries of Library Analytics \n\n\n\nThis session will explore the vision and capabilities of Panorama\, EBSCO’s innovative library analytics tool designed to help libraries capture and showcase the bigger picture of library engagement. Libraries face many traditional challenges in the domain of analytics\, including struggles with time\, manual processes\, and a general lack of tools with which to analyze library usage\, trends\, and activities. As this session will show\, Panorama seeks to alter this landscape by delivering a solution that centralizes data flows from multiple sources and streamlines reporting workflows in several areas\, from electronic resource usage to analysis of Transformative Agreements \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Faith  \n\n\n\nEBSCO Information Services  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nRobert Faith works as a Software-as-a-Service specialist at EBSCO Information Services\, with a focus on library analytics. Prior to joining EBSCO in 2018\, he spent several years working as an educator and researcher. He currently lives in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nUsing Mixpanel to gain insight on Discovery usage \n\n\n\nDuring this session we will see how institutions can use Mixpanel to gain insights into how the Primo Discovery tool is being used. Live examples\, time permitting\, will include: Top search strings performed by end users\, which facets are and are not being used\, browser and operating system usage\, which countries are accessing the discovery\, what activities proceed a user leaving discovery. We will also see how the Mixpanel reports can be organized in boards and accessed by various users \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYoel Kortick \n\n\n\nClarivate \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nYoel Kortick\, Senior Librarian at Ex Libris\, has worked for Ex Libris in Jerusalem since 2001. His various roles have included support\, migration\, product management\, and training. Prior to working at Ex Libris Yoel held various roles at the libraries of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Museum.Yoel holds an MA in Library and Information Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, as well as an MA in Jewish History\, also from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:30 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary & Close  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introduction \n\n\n\nAll times stated are GMT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nDeveloping Excel Dashboards for Holistic Electronic Resources Assessment \n\n\n\nAssessing electronic resources is usually driven by renewal decisions. Typically\, the analysis is done near the renewal deadline and focuses on a single metric such as cost per use. This presentation demonstrates how assessing groups of related resources together yields the benefit of seeing the resources in the context of the library collection. However\, presenting this much information to stakeholders can be a challenge. Using an Excel Dashboard to provide quantitative and qualitative data\, we present a story of how the resource contributes to the mission of the organization \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHolly Miller  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Southern Mississippi \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nHolly Miller is the Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Southern Mississippi and an adjunct professor in the School of Library and Information Science\, where she teaches Electronic Resource Management. She applies data visualization techniques to library data to support evidence-based decision making. Previously\, she was Dean of Libraries at Florida Institute of Technology\, leading digital scholarship and open access initiatives. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology from Bloomsburg University\, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Wake Forest University\, and an M.L.I.S. from Syracuse University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nData Visualization for Collection Analysis: Tools\, Methods\, and Resources \n\n\n\nDue to the increasingly digital nature of library resources and collections\, it is sometimes difficult to envision a library’s unified holdings and to understand how they have changed over time. Conducting a collection analysis and applying data visualization techniques can be an excellent way to get a top-down view of the collection as a whole. This presentation outlines the presenter’s process for a collection analysis of the Weinberg Memorial Library’s entire catalog of print and electronic resources and offers ways to adapt this workflow for your own library collections \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSylvia Orner  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Scranton \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nSylvia Orner is the Collections and Resource Management Librarian at the University of Scranton’s Weinberg Memorial Library. She earned a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Syracuse University and a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the University of Scranton. Her key research interests include data visualization\, data literacy\, and collection assessment and analysis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary & Close  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe presentations were all really good and as they all looked at the topic from different angles\, i.e. strategic use of data\, a step by step guide to setting up a dashboard\, demo of different tools it led to a very well rounded and helpful seminar. \n\n\n\nPrevious delegate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI really enjoyed the range of topics and felt they complemented each other well. \n\n\n\nPrevious delegate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI think this was a great addition to the UKSG seminar portfolio and was really useful. \n\n\n\n\nPrevious delegate \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n£ 70.00 \n\n\n\n+14.00 VAT \n\n\n\nMember \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n£ 82.00 \n\n\n\n+16.40 VAT \n\n\n\nNon-Member \n\n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nGeneral queries – events@uksg.org \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nThe closing date for cancellations is Monday 3rd November\, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. 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DESCRIPTION:The very popular UKSG Forum includes topical papers\, networking and a dynamic exhibition designed to bring together our diverse membership for key conversations. We welcome all but free admission is only available to member institutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, December 3\, 2025 – 09:30 GMTtoWednesday\, December 3\, 2025- 16:30 GMT \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wing @ The Brighton Centre Brighton\, United Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMap \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration  \n\n\n\n\n\nBookings have now closed for the UKSG Forum – if you would like to be added to the waitlist please click to register \n\n\n\nWe kindly ask that only registered delegates attend\, as we’re unable to accommodate unregistered guests. Thank you for your understanding. \n\n\n\nFREE TO UKSG MEMBERS*! Check the UKSG member list \n\n\n\nWe welcome members and non-members alike\, however a small charge is made for non-members of £75+VAT. \n\n\n\nConsider becoming a UKSG member. \n\n\n\nPlease note there will be a limit of 6 people from one institution.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary \n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG Forum is one of the key benefits of being a UKSG member and attendance is therefore free to anyone working within a UKSG member organisation. In line with its charitable status\, UKSG also wishes to encourage attendance by members of the wider community and therefore subsidises the event so that a nominal charge applies to non-members.  \n\n\n\nProgramme chairs: Magaly Taylor\, Tim Leonard \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat can I expect at the UKSG Forum? \n\n\n\n\n\n\nsessions on best practice and interesting projects\n\n\n\nample\, good-quality networking opportunities\n\n\n\na table top exhibition\n\n\n\n\nThe Forum is the place for ideas\, debate\, provocations and short briefings. The programme consists of short lightning talks that provide “food for thought”\, appealing to a broad range of interests and levels. \n\n\n\n\n“A laid back event\, just right for networking\, and a good combination of timings for lightning talks\, meetings and networking.”  \n\n\n\n“The short presentations made the day very flexible.  I was able to attend the sessions\, switch to the exhibition.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re committed to running accessible training and events. We want you to feel welcome\, included\, and able to fully engage in our sessions. \n\n\n\nTo help us\, please share any access needs you have when prompted by our booking form. We may be in touch to ensure we’re making the right adjustments.    \n\n\n\nFurther information on access facilities can be found here for the Brighton Centre or here for generally visiting Brighton.  If you have any more questions or need more information please do not hesitate to contact events (at) uksg.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirections \n\n\n\n\n\nMore information on how to get to The Brighton Centre can be found here. \n\n\n\nHere you can find a step by step photo guide from the railway station to Brighton Centre Kings Road/Seafront entrance \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial \n\n\n\n\n\n\nX (formally Twitter) UKSG and hashtag #UKSGForum2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship & Exhibition \n\n\n\n\n\nBookings for sponsorship and exhibition stands is not sold out – if you have any further questions please contact events@uksg.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith thanks to our sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nWednesday 3 December\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n09.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration & Refreshments  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and introduction \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlie Rapple \n\n\n\nKudos/UKSG Chair \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nCharlie Rapple is co-founder of Kudos\, which works with researchers\, funders\, publishers and universities to ensure research is more widely found\, understood\, used and cited. With a background in scholarly publishing technology and marketing\, she is passionate about ensuring research is more effectively communicated. She is currently serving as Chair of UKSG\, having previously served as Vice Chair\, Treasurer\, Chair of the Marketing Subcommittee\, and co-founder of KBART. She is a member of the Editorial Board for UKSG Insights\, a blogger in the Scholarly Kitchen and a Fellow of the UN’s SDG Publishers Compact. Charlie has a BA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Bristol\, and a postgraduate MDip from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.05 \n\n\n\n\n\nDiscovering the Hidden Insight Between Data Points \n\n\n\nSlides available here \n\n\n\nIn a landscape driven by metrics\, impact factors\, and open data\, it is easy to equate numbers with understanding. Yet what truly shapes knowledge often lies between the data points — in context\, voice\, and lived experience. This keynote explores how engaging research communities reveals those hidden insights that statistics alone cannot capture. By listening between the lines\, we can co-create more inclusive\, ethical\, and meaningful scholarly communication — transforming data from mere measurement into shared understanding and equitable knowledge exchange. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGodwyns Onwuchekwa \n\n\n\nGlobal Tapestry Consulting  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nGodwyns Onwuchekwa is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Global Tapestry Consulting\, supporting organisations to build meaningful connections and co-create effective community engagement with stakeholders around the world. With over 15 years’ experience across the public\, private\, and voluntary sectors\, he specialises in inclusive engagement\, leadership development\, and embedding mental wellbeing in organisational culture. Formerly Head of Communities at eLife\, Godwyns is a trained Mental Health First Aider and patient representative\, holding a degree in Computing alongside professional training in community engagement\, mental health\, and bias awareness.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic Area: Collection Management and Development Case Studies  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.35 \n\n\n\n\n\nNotes from a small library: planning for the future at the University of Suffolk \n\n\n\nThis presentation will explore how the impact of increasing budgetary\, staff and time constraints and a shifting landscape of options for collection acquisitions has been felt at a smaller institution with a modest library budget and team size. \n\n\n\nA planned move to a new\, smaller physical space for the University of Suffolk (UoS) library has added another challenge. The small library team have had to review collections and budgets and getting creative to maximise what can be done within a small budget\, a skill which is becoming increasingly important across the sector in institutions of all sizes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Gibson  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Suffolk \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nStephanie Gibson is a Learning and Teaching Librarian at the University of Suffolk\, supporting healthcare courses. Her role involves course liaison\, information literacy teaching and collection management for the school of Health\, Sciences and Society. She has held various roles in higher education libraries\, including variously focusing on information literacy\, interlibrary loans\, cataloguing and subscription management. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.50 \n\n\n\n\n\nDublin City University Print Journal Review: Unifying collections & opening spaces  \n\n\n\nSlides available here \n\n\n\nAs part of an ongoing spaces review project\, Dublin City University (DCU) library initiated a thorough review of its print journal collections. To date\, this review has informed decision making on policy around retention\, relegation and disposal of both current and legacy print journals. This presentation examines the background to and detailed planning of the review so far\, highlighting collaboration between library teams and the successes and challenges encountered. It discusses collection analysis\, assessment and development in the context of a research-intensive higher education institution in Ireland \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClaire Mason  \n\n\n\nMaynooth University Library  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nClaire recently took on the role of Electronic Resources Librarian in Maynooth University Library. Previous to this she was a Senior Library Assistant in the Collections and Digital Services Directorate at Dublin City University and has worked in libraries for nearly 30 years. She began her career in public libraries in the UK and has spent over 20 years in academic libraries in Ireland. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmanda Halpin \n\n\n\nDublin City University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAmanda Halpin is the E-resources & Serials Manager at Dublin City University Library\, with over 25 years of experience in academic libraries. She oversees the acquisition and management of electronic resources and print journals. Her role supports seamless access to scholarly content and ensures the library’s collections remain responsive to academic needs. Previously\, Amanda was Subject Librarian for Nursing\, Psychotherapy and Community Health courses\, providing specialised support in teaching and research. She is also a member of the IReL Negotiations Group\, contributing to national licensing strategies for Irish academic libraries. Amanda’s broad experience informs her commitment to improving digital access and strategic resource management \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.05 \n\n\n\n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.10 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak and exhibition viewing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTopic Area: Digital Innovation  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.35 \n\n\n\n\n\nUWTSD Birmingham & Generative AI: We’re All In This Together \n\n\n\nThis talk explores the collaborative journey of UWTSD Birmingham in embracing generative AI across academic and professional domains. Highlighting inclusive strategies\, staff development\, and student engagement\, it showcases how librarians\, educators\, and support teams are working together to navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI integration. From ethical considerations to practical applications\, the session reflects on shared learning and the evolving role of academic liaison librarians and digital skills advisors in shaping AI literacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOlivia Edmonds \n\n\n\nUniversity of Trinity St David \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nOlivia is currently an Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of Wales Trinity St David (Birmingham) Prior to that\, she was a former Secondary English teacher of 10+ years and former Learning Resources Manager at Sixth Form level for 6 years. Her areas of interest include equality\, diversity\, and inclusion; digital accessibility and the use of Generative AI to support student and staff in a higher education content.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaran Johal \n\n\n\nUniversity of Trinity St David \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\ntbc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.55 \n\n\n\n\n\nZandra Rhodes’ Colourful Heritage: inspiring future generations of young designers and creative practitioners \n\n\n\nColourful Heritage is a vibrant and inclusive project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund\, delivered in partnership with the University for the Creative Arts and The Zandra Rhodes Foundation. The project\, centred around the digitisation of iconic garments\, combines heritage preservation with hands-on creative education. It empowered underrepresented young people across Medway through fully funded workshops\, creative mentoring\, and an exhibition; and offered internships to UCA students. By connecting fashion\, history\, and education\, Colourful Heritage has worked hard to inspire a new generation of diverse creatives and builds a lasting\, accessible digital legacy – a fashion museum in your pocket. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarie Hitchcock \n\n\n\nUniversity of the Creative Arts  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMarie Hitchcock is Discovery Services Manager at the University for the Creative Arts\, having responsibility for the management of all library systems and the discovery and access of online resources. The role has recently been expanded to include management of the Collections Team bringing together the acquisition and discovery of library resources. Before working in HE she has worked as Head of Service for the three libraries at an FE college group and also as Assistant Librarian at the Zoological Society of London. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Brown  \n\n\n\nUniversity of the Creative Arts  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nEllen Brown is a creative practitioner\, educator\, and neuroinclusion advocate with over 20 years’ experience designing inclusive\, transformative learning experiences. She has worked across schools\, arts organisations\, and Higher Education\, championing access for underrepresented and neurodiverse learners. With a background in community-engaged projects funded by organisations such as Arts Council UK and the National Lottery\, Ellen now predominantly works within a specialist Creative Arts HE setting\, developing inclusive curricula and mentoring staff and students from Foundation to PhD. Her work centres on creativity as a tool for equity\, empowerment\, and meaningful educational change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.15 \n\n\n\n\n\nDigitisation at the House of Commons Library: Public access requests \n\n\n\nSlides available here  \n\n\n\nFrom July 2024 the House of Commons Library Digitisation team have been fulfilling on demand requests for digital access to parliamentary papers. This talk will be a reflection on the project to date\, the difficulties in anticipating demand and types of material. The talk will also cover how have balanced this new program of work against our mass digitisation projects and longer term digital preservation goals. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew Pentlow  \n\n\n\nHouse of Commons Library \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMatthew Pentlow is the Digitisation Librarian at the House of Commons Library\, where he manages efforts to preserve and provide access to parliamentary records through digitisation. His work focuses on the mass digitisation projects\, public access requests and developing workflows for longer term preservation/access. With experience in Digitisation across the Library and Museum sectors he is interested in how digitisation technology can develop and provide greater access for users. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Marwein \n\n\n\nHouse of Commons Library \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nCaroline Marwein is the Systems Librarian at the House of Commons Library\, where she manages the Cataloguing\, Digitisation & Systems Team and the Library’s management and discovery systems. Her work builds on experience in library\, information\, and knowledge management at Croydon Libraries\, Freshfields\, BDO\, Grant Thornton\, BSI\, and the Energy Institute\, all contributing to shaping her interest in how metadata and system design influence the representation and understanding of information and collections. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.35 \n\n\n\n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.45 \n\n\n\n\n\nLight lunch\, exhibition viewing and networking \n\n\n\nJoin Angela Jones Evans from University of Gloucestershire for the The Sustain-agility game \n\n\n\nThis a poster session with a difference!Delegates are invited to take part in the Sustain-agility game a board game where you will be a part of a library team navigating and overcoming a variety of challenges and hazards. \n\n\n\nYou will be faced with a race against time to win tokens for your team which you will add to an Investment Options board on which you decide how to prioritise tokens to build a sustainable library for the future. The tokens will be added up\, and the final priority listing will be summarised at the end of the day. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n                 Topic Area: Research support and data services \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nCultivating an Open Data community in a post-COVID era \n\n\n\nSlides available here \n\n\n\nSince the pandemic\, many institutions have faced difficulties engaging with their research communities. The past 5 years have witnessed increasing workloads for academics and the restriction of budgets to fund research activities. This has made it tricky to maintain engagement with open research practices\, which are sometimes seen as an optional extra to research projects rather than an integral aspect of their methodologies. This is especially true for research data\, code\, and ‘alternative outputs’\, which do not have the same compliance mandates required of articles and monographs. In this talk\, Jenny explores her approach to this problem and how in the past year\, she has recentred Lancaster’s Research Data Management service to be research-led\, focusing on way of embedding RDM practice in pre-existing structure. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJenny McHugh \n\n\n\nLancaster University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nJenny McHugh is a Research Data Manager in the Open Research team at Lancaster University Library. With a background as a researcher in History and Digital Humanities\, she is passionate about fostering an open research community that is inclusive of all disciplines and researcher-led. She also contributes to digital preservation strategy and advocacy\, working closely with the archive and special collections team. She is the deputy theme lead for the Data Engineering strand of Lancaster’s Data Science Institute\, the largest research centre at the institution\, helping to shape data-led research. Likewise\, she sits on the Diversity in Data Science and AI working group\, which aims to support research into and by under-represented and under-served groups in data fields. She is also a member of the N8’s Centre for Computational Intensive Research\, working alongside RDM colleagues across the north of England to create cross-institutional initiatives and training events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nThey Asked for Everything: The Case of the Systematic Review that Swallowed the Library \n\n\n\nSlides available here \n\n\n\nSystematic reviews are booming\, especially in health and education\, and they are putting real pressure on interlibrary loan services. These fast-moving projects generate hundreds of requests\, raising questions around copyright\, licensing\, cost and capacity. At Leeds Beckett\, we have joined the dots across interlibrary loans\, copyright and academic teams to design better workflows and keep services legal\, sustainable and researcher friendly. We have also spoken with the CLA to explore how current licences support this work\, resulting in new copyright provision for collaborative projects. This session is for anyone involved in resource delivery\, licensing\, scholarly communication or digital services \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiesl Rowe \n\n\n\nLeeds Beckett University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLiesl Rowe is the Senior Digital Library Advisor at Leeds Beckett University\, with a prior background in acquisitions at other HE institutions. She is responsible for the digitisation and copyright clearance services\, offering advice to staff and students on any copyright queries which might arise. She also works closely alongside LBU’s accessibility team\, providing alternative texts which meet the access needs of our students. Liesl has written a guide to copyright and AI for staff and students\, not to mention speaking on the subject at staff conferences and helping formulate library AI policy. Outside of work\, Liesl can be found trying to complete all of Yorkshire’s parkrun events or improving her sword-fighting skills as a keen foilist \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.45 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak and exhibition viewing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.05 \n\n\n\n\n\nCopim Compass: A new OA monograph and scholarly communication resource \n\n\n\nThe last few years has seen a welcome florescence of open access (OA) resources particularly for books: numerous OA initiatives\, open infrastructures\, policies\, best practice guidelines\, explanatory guides\, how-to toolkits for OA publishing\, and many more. Even for those immersed in OA books\, the landscape can be overwhelming and it can be difficult to know where to look for reliable information. Copim Open Book Futures therefore decided to create Copim Compass\, a guide of guides; a signposting exercise to categorise\, describe\, and link to these resources. The resource has recently gone live: https://compass.copim.ac.uk/ In this talk\, I will present the resource\, describe its creation process and rationale\, and outline what lacunae in the existing resources we encountered during our lengthy scoping exercise. I will also provide an avenue for interested attendees to suggest additional resources to add to our compass. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKira Hopkins \n\n\n\nCopim Open Book Futures / Birkbeck College\, University of London \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nKira Hopkins is a Scholarly Publishing Outreach Officer at Copim Open Book Futures (Birkbeck College\, University of London). They implement Opening the Future\, a Diamond OA revenue model for books\, and previously worked at Ubiquity Press\, an open access publisher and publishing service provider\, as a book editor\, journal manager and partner account manager \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.25 \n\n\n\n\n\nExtending the library beyond the library \n\n\n\nAcademic libraries are increasingly aligning their research support services—such as publishing\, data management\, and analytics support—with institutional priorities. However\, institutional stakeholders may be slow to recognize the library’s evolving value proposition\, instead maintaining collections-focused views of the library. This presentation will present findings from the OCLC Research “Library Beyond the Library” project which examines how libraries are redefining their roles through innovative services and strategic collaborations. Brief case studies demonstrate how future-oriented libraries are increasing their visibility and impact. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllen Hartman \n\n\n\nOCLC \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nEllen Hartman is OCLC’s Library Solutions and Member Relations Manager for EMEA and APAC. With ten years of experience at OCLC and a background in libraries\, archives\, and research\, Ellen brings a holistic approach to libraries and information management. \n\n\n\nLeading OCLC’s product education and presentation efforts across the EMEA and APAC region and serving as liaison to the OCLC Leader’s Council\, she provides valuable insights to the library community. Passionate about bringing stories about librarianship to life\, she explores how technology can support the library of the future and shares how OCLC makes knowledge and information accessible worldwide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nQ&A \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.45 \n\n\n\n\n\nClosing keynote: Checked Out or Dialled In?  UK HE Libraries and the AI Shift   \n\n\n\nSlides available here \n\n\n\nAn overview of work\, progress and strategic discussion nationally on AI adoption for Higher Education Libraries.Presentation will explore the work being done nationally through working groups within SCONUL and UCISA on AI for Libraries\, highlight some emerging work across different UK HE libraries\, and lay out some options around what additional work may happen next. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Hughes \n\n\n\nCardiff Metropolitan University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMark has been in role as Head of Libraries at Cardiff Metropolitan University since 2016\, and prior to that worked in senior roles in both HE and Public Libraries. Mark served a term as Vice Chair and then Chair of the WHELF consortium between 2021 and 2025\, and he currently co-chair of SCONUL’s Technology & Markets Strategy Group\, within which he Chairs the AI sub group\, and a newly elected member of SCONUL Executive Board. He has a longstanding interest in digital and technology service development\, and is very passionate about library collaborative and partnership working.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.15 \n\n\n\n\n\nClosing remarks & summary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I had a brilliant experience talking at the 2023 UKSG. I was well supported from the moment my proposal was accepted and the organisation made my first in-person speaking appearance a breeze! The forum is an excellent event. UKSG always put together an excellent programme with an exciting range of speakers that spark interesting conversation.” \nPrevious delegate/speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA great variety of presenters from speakers at all stages of their careers and it was good to hear from younger speaker \nPrevious delegate\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFantastic speakers. 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SUMMARY:Open Access in a Time of Financial Uncertainty online seminar
DESCRIPTION:This intermediate-level seminar examines the evolving landscape of Open Access publishing\, focusing on its challenges\, opportunities\, and sustainability in financially constrained times\, while exploring strategies to broaden access and enhance discovery. This seminar will take place over two half days on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th December. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, December 8\, 2025 – 10:00 GMTtoTuesday\, December 9\, 2025 – 13:00 GMT \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration has now closed  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Summary  \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen access publishing provides a vital avenue for disseminating research\, by ensuring that valuable research remains widely accessible to all\, regardless of resources. This model can enhance collaboration and innovation\, enabling researchers to share findings quickly and broadly in challenging economic conditions.  This course will give an intermediate overview to this area. In particular it will: \n\n\n\n\nExplore the evolving landscape of Open Access publishing within the context of financial challenges faced in current times.\n\n\n\nGive focus to the specific challenges and opportunities associated with open access publishing.\n\n\n\nLook at options for the discovery of Open Access resources.\n\n\n\nSummarise what can be done to make Open Access more universal.\n\n\n\nInvestigate the sustainability of big-deals and Gold Open Access in general.\n\n\n\nLook at the role of repositories and how these can potentially pug the gaps in Open Access provision.\n\n\n\nExplain how new policies and initiatives (e.g. Right Retention) are continuing to affect open access publishing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nThis course offers an intermediate level overview and it is anticipated that you would have some previous knowledge about the subject matter. \n\n\n\nPlease note that this is not a detailed practical or technical course and it will not go into detail about how specific services or systems function\, or how to optimise workflows. Instead the course gives a high-level\, intermediate overview of the essential elements of processes and systems\, providing the conceptual foundation for other more specific training in the use of particular services and systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning objectives \n\n\n\n\n\nBy the end of this course\, participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the evolving landscape of Open Access publishing\, particularly in the context of current financial pressures.\n\n\n\nBe able to identify key challenges and opportunities associated with implementing and supporting OA publishing models.\n\n\n\nExplore effective strategies for discovering and accessing Open Access resources.\n\n\n\nEvaluate the sustainability of transformative agreements\, including big deals and Gold Open Access models.\n\n\n\nSummarise approaches to broaden the global reach and inclusivity of Open Access.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-event checks \n\n\n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial \n\n\n\n\n\nFollow the conference on X formally Twitter @UKSG   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording \n\n\n\n\n\nThe sessions will be recorded and available to all registered delegates after the event\, so if you unable to join us live or want to review any presentation this will be available. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nAt UKSG\, we are committed to ensuring an exceptional experience for all our delegates. Our aim is to make presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. \n\n\n\nHere’s how we achieve that: \n\n\n\n\nClosed Captioning Options: Our GoToWebinar application allows you to toggle closed captioning on or off during live sessions. You can also customise the text size and colour to suit your preferences.\n\n\n\nAuto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session\, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request. \n\n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event\, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nMonday 8th DecemberTuesday 9th December\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction & welcome \n\n\n\nAll times stated are GMT \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Beighton \n\n\n\nStaffordshire University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\ntbc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.10 \n\n\n\n\n\nFuture of Transformative Agreements \n\n\n\nAn overview of the evolution of Transformative Agreements: their origins\, current landscape\, and possible futures \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary Steele \n\n\n\n Glasgow Caledonian University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nGary was appointed Head of Library Services at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2024\, providing strategic and operational leadership for the Sir Alex Ferguson Library. He began his career in 2005 at Trinity College Dublin\, followed by roles at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich and the British Museum. Since 2011\, he has held a range of systems\, management\, and leadership positions at Glasgow Caledonian University. Gary has a strong interest in promoting sector-wide collaboration and shared services and has worked closely with colleagues across the UK to share best practice. Through his involvement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) Journals and Learning Content groups\, the Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries (SCURL)\, Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)\, the Jisc Library Purchasing Coordination Group\, and the Jisc Publisher Negotiations Expert Group\, he has contributed to shaping a more open\, affordable\, and transparent market for library resources and services. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.50 \n\n\n\n\n\nAchieving Financial Sustainability Through Enhanced Green OA \n\n\n\nAgainst a backdrop of financial uncertainty across the sector\, the cost of achieving open access for journal articles continues to rise. Investment in so-called transformative agreements has not delivered the transition envisaged\, and hybrid open access remains the dominant (problematic) route. Green OA may offer a more financially sustainable alternative\, particularly as rights retention policies remove embargoes and allow immediate deposit of AAMs. Yet Green OA still carries an image problem around discoverability and quality. This presentation will outline how Manchester is exploring an enhanced Green OA model\, and how sector-level collaboration could help address longstanding barriers and support a more sustainable route to open access. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Carlton \n\n\n\nUniversity of Manchester \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nSteve Carlton is an Open Research Librarian in the University of Manchester Library’s Office for Open Research. He recently marked ten years working in open access\, following roles at the University of Liverpool and the University of Salford. In his current role he’s responsible for the Library’s Open Access service\, which helps to share thousands of research outputs open access each year. He’s interested in harnessing the power of open access to help researchers to reach broader audiences\, the development of more sustainable routes to open access and the intersections between open access and other open research practices. And dorky metadata stuff. He’s on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-carlton-478521159/.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Taylor  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Manchester \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.45 \n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond the budget crisis: A publisher’s view on sustainable Open Access \n\n\n\nAs libraries and institutions face financial pressures and evolving funder mandates\, the scholarly publishing ecosystem must adapt while building on proven approaches. This session explores how Wiley advances established models like transformational agreements and gold open access while developing strategic innovations that respond to economic uncertainty and shifting policy requirements. Drawing on experiences across Europe\, Asia\, and the Americas\, we’ll examine how both traditional and emerging approaches are evolving\, what adaptations stakeholders seek\, and how partnerships between libraries and publishers can balance multiple demands with maintaining momentum toward OA goals \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelanie Lehnert-Bechle \n\n\n\nWiley \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nMelanie Lehnert-Bechle brings over 16 years of scholarly publishing experience to her role leading Wiley’s global Open Research team. Prior to joining Wiley\, she spent more than a decade at Springer Nature in progressive roles spanning trade and institutional sales\, marketing\, and external communications. At Wiley\, she led the Go-To-Market strategy for the ground-breaking transformational agreement with the DEAL consortium in Germany in 2019. Since 2022\, she has worked in Wiley’s Research Publishing team on OA business models and policies\, and stakeholder engagement. Passionate about Open Research\, Melanie enjoys connecting with various groups across the research ecosystem \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.25 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe discovery of open access resources \n\n\n\nAt DOAJ\, our vision is to build an equitable and diverse scholarly ecosystem where trusted research can be accessed globally without barriers. For a large part of our user group\, financial uncertainty is a normal\, everyday reality. It is therefore vital that we continue to provide our key review services—reviewing journal applications and indexing trustworthy open access journals—and our open metadata services. Open metadata is the key that unlocks equitable access to knowledge and that allows information to flow freely around the world. This presentation will illustrate our role in that process and the strategies we use to maximise the discoverability of open access information. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDominic Mitchell \n\n\n\nDOAJ \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDominic has over 25 years of experience working with the publisher and library communities. He is responsible for providing strategic oversight of DOAJ’s platform\, major projects\, and ensuring that the infrastructure and projects remain aligned with the organisation’s mission\, values\, and long-term strategic goals. He acts as Committee chair for the Think. Check. Submit. initiative\, of which DOAJ is a founding organisation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.10 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary and close  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introduction \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJon Cook  \n\n\n\nUniversity of York  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\ntbc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.05 \n\n\n\n\n\nRights retention in a time of financial uncertainty \n\n\n\nRights retention strategies have increasingly been adopted by researchers\, funders\, and research organisations as a way of maximising the reach of research and meeting open access expectations. In times of financial uncertainty\, it becomes even more important that researchers and research organisations can assert and retain the rights to openly disseminate scholarly works that they produce or support. This presentation will outline the development of rights retention strategies\, particularly in the UK\, and share the experience of University of York in implementing rights retention at a time of uncertainty and rapid change in scholarly publishing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThom Blake \n\n\n\nUniversity of York  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nRights retention strategies have increasingly been adopted by researchers\, funders\, and research organisations as a way of maximising the reach of research and meeting open access expectations. In times of financial uncertainty\, it becomes even more important that researchers and research organisations can assert and retain the rights to openly disseminate scholarly works that they produce or support. This presentation will outline the development of rights retention strategies\, particularly in the UK\, and share the experience of University of York in implementing rights retention at a time of uncertainty and rapid change in scholarly publishing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.45 \n\n\n\n\n\nReshaping our Approach to Open Access for Books in the New World Order \n\n\n\nIn this session Dr Frances Pinter will argue that the consequences of the new world order\, that are only just now unfolding\, require new approaches and advocacy to open access\, especially for books. She will be drawing specifically on her experiences as founder of Knowledge Unlatched and her current work with the Opening the Future model. She will also draw on her work in the post-communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrancis Pinter \n\n\n\nCentral European University Press \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr Frances Pinter is Director\, Academic Relations at the Central European University Press and formerly CEO of Manchester University Press. She advises several small university and mission driven presses around the world. She was the founding Publisher of Bloomsbury Academic and the founder of Knowledge Unlatched\, taking a particular interest in developing sustainable OA business models. Previously she was Publishing Director at the Open Society Institute (now Open Society Foundations) where she worked in all the post-communist countries and was instrumental in the founding of EIFL. She is a visiting research fellow at the School of Advanced Study\, University of London and recently founder of SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.25 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.40 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe next steps to achieve Open Access – views from a research funder \n\n\n\nWhile the Swedish system with joint nehgotiations with publishers have led to high rates of open access publishing\, it has also meant an increas in cost. To address this tha posible path beyond transformative agreements have been discussed\, and a plan is being implemented. I will give a brief overview of this development and the role of research funders in the Swedish context. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOlle Lundberg \n\n\n\nForte -Swedish Research Council for Health\, Working Life and Welfare \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAs a professor of Health Equity Studies at Stockholm University\, Lundberg has contributed to the understanding of how social determinants generate health inequalities\, as well as to the policy development in Sweden and elsewhere. As a Secretary General for one of Sweden’s public funders of research\, he has worked to promote Open Access in collaboration with other funders\, universities and the National Library in Sweden\, but also internationally through cOAlition S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nPanel/Discussion Session  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWrap up and Close   \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n£ 70.00 \n\n\n\n+14.00 VAT \n\n\n\nMember \n\n\n\n\nBook now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n£ 82.00 \n\n\n\n+16.40 VAT \n\n\n\nNon-Member \n\n\n\n\nBook now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nGeneral queries – events@uksg.org \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nThe closing date for cancellations is Friday 28th November\, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. 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SUMMARY:FREE UKSG Further Education Webinar: AI at Barton Peveril - the college picture and the library landscape
DESCRIPTION:This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, Januray 29\, 2026From 13:00 GMT to 14:00 GMT \n\n\n\n.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\nBarton Peveril has been a forerunner and an outlier in the development of AI in a College context with a range of staff and student “agents” now in operation. In this webinar\, Chris Loveday (Vice Principal – Business Services) and Adam Say (Library Manager) will talk through the broader picture of the AI options available at the College for students and staff (including student digital assistant\, staff timesaving options and a bespoke large language model) and look in more detail at the roll out of a Library-specific AI and the challenges and engagements that this involved. \n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nYou may still register for this event recording here. \n\n\n\nSlides\n\n\n\nOur speakers have kindly agreed to make their slides available. \n\n\n\nYou may download them from here: \n\n\n\nAdam Say slides \n\n\n\nPlease use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\nChris Loveday \n\n\n\nVice Principal (Business Services) | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College \n\n\n\n\n\nVice Principal / AI Author & Consultant / AI in Education Strategy Panel Member & Chair of CFO/COO Panel / SFCA Funding & Finance Committee Member/AI Edify Innovation Panel Member / SFCA (2025) & ISBL (2024) Award Winner \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\nAdam Say \n\n\n\nLibrary Manager | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLibrary Manager at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College. Previously worked in a range of roles across Hampshire Public Libraries before moving on to work in Higher Education at the University of Surrey and in Further Education at Highbury College (now part of City Of Portsmouth College). Chair of the Wessex Group’s Librarians’ and Learning Resource Managers’ Curriculum Support Group and a member of the UKSG Education and Events subcommittee. Presented for CILIP\, BETT\, UKSG and other organisations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\n\n• Overview and awareness of AI projects at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College \n\n\n\n• Understanding of range of staff and student agents now available \n\n\n\n• Specific knowledge and walkthrough of Library AI\, it’s development and challenges and future plans \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory and non-intensive\, no previous knowledge or experience required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nTo help you prepare for UKSG webinars\, you may like to read the Notes for Participants: \n\n\n\nUKSG Webinars Notes for Participants 2026 \n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time\, please visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\nFollow UKSG on X @UKSG #UKSGwebinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nUnable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar\, we welcome you to contact Samira Sotomayor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen\, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too! \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized\, timely\, accessible\, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! I felt very empowered afterwards. \nEmma Thompson\, Glasgow Caledonian University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nIf you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this Event\n\n\n\nPlease help us by letting your colleagues and friends know about our event. Thank you. \n\n\n\n Share Tweet Post
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SUMMARY:FREE UKSG webinar: The Open Access–AI Conundrum: does free to read mean free to train?
DESCRIPTION:This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, February 5\, 2026From 12:00 GMT to 13:00 GMT \n\n\n\n.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\nThe Open Access movement\, originally designed to democratise human access to research\, now faces unintended consequences as AI systems extensively use freely available academic content for training large language models. While Creative Commons licenses permit such use\, researchers primarily chose open access to maximise human readership\, not to provide free training data for commercial AI companies. This creates significant risks for academic ecosystems\, including “citation laundering” where AI outputs obscure original sources\, disrupting knowledge attribution and academic career incentives. At the same time\, excluding AI systems from OA research carries its own risks: as high-quality scholarship retreats once again behind paywalls\, AI outputs may become even more inaccurate\, more vulnerable to data poisoning\, and further prioritise misinformation over evidence. \n\n\n\nThis talk highlights the need for urgent policy discussions to navigate this dilemma – how to protect the research system’s foundational principles of transparency\, attribution\, and knowledge traceability\, while also resisting the extraction of scholarly labour\, the increasingly unmanageable cost of OA transformational agreements on libraries\, and the enclosure of reliable knowledge in an AI-mediated world. \n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nYou may still register for this event recording here. \n\n\n\nSlides\n\n\n\nOur speakers have kindly agreed to make their slides available. \n\n\n\nYou may download them from here:  \n\n\n\nCaroline Ball slides\, Stephanie Decker slides \n\n\n\nPlease use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them. \n\n\n\nQ&A\n\n\n\nPlease\, find here the Q&A document that our speakers have kindly put together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\nStephanie Decker \n\n\n\nProfessor of Strategy\, Vice Dean of British Academy of Management Fellows College | University of Birmingham \n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Decker is Professor of Strategy at Birmingham Business School and holds prestigious fellowships of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and the British Academy of Management (BAM). She is known for her work at the intersection of history and management studies and has published widely on African business history. She currently serves as the Co-Vice Chair for Research & Publications at the British Academy of Management (BAM)\, and previously as a co-editor and joint editor-in-chief at Business History. At BAM\, she leads on Open Access policy and is one of the editors of the forthcoming White Paper series on AI. \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\nCaroline Ball \n\n\n\nCommunity Engagement Lead | Open Book Collective \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Ball is the Community Engagement Lead for the Open Book Collective\, a charity working to bring together open access book publishers\, publishing service providers\, and libraries to work toward a sustainable future for open access books. Her previous roles include academic librarian\, copyright and licensing advisor\, and lecturer in publishing\, as well as voluntary work as co-founder of the #ebookSOS campaign. She is also an active Wikipedian\, was awarded the UK Wikimedian of the Year award in 2020\, and currently serves on the Wikimedia UK board of trustees. Her research interests centre on knowledge equity\, information ethics\, and systemic barriers and biases in dominant knowledge systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob Johnson \n\n\n\nManaging Director | Research Consulting  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob Johnson is the Managing Director of Research Consulting\, a mission-driven business which works to improve the effectiveness and impact of research and scholarly communication. He began his career with KPMG\, the international professional services firm\, before working in senior research management roles at the University of Nottingham. Since founding Research Consulting in 2013 he has led more than 150 projects in the field of scholarly communication and research. He is Vice Chair of UKSG\, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds an MSc in Higher Education Management from Loughborough University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\n\n• Understand how algorithmic bias can affect academic knowledge systems• Recognise copyright and attribution challenges in AI• Appreciate the labour impacts of AI technologies• Identify risks to academic integrity and knowledge creation• Develop strategies to manage ethical risks in scholarly communication \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory and non-intensive\, no previous knowledge or experience required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar recommended readings  \n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/guest-post-the-open-access-ai-conundrum-does-free-to-read-mean-free-to-train/ \n\n\n\nhttps://www.uksg.org/newsletter/uksg-enews-586/enews-586-editorial/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nTo help you prepare for UKSG webinars\, you may like to read the Notes for Participants: \n\n\n\nUKSG Webinars Notes for Participants 2025 \n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time\, please visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\nFollow UKSG on X @UKSG #UKSGwebinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nRECORDING \n\n\n\nUnable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar\, we welcome you to contact Samira Sotomayor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen\, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too! \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized\, timely\, accessible\, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! I felt very empowered afterwards. \nEmma Thompson\, Glasgow Caledonian University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nIf you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this Event\n\n\n\nPlease help us by letting your colleagues and friends know about our event. Thank you. \n\n\n\n Share Tweet Post
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SUMMARY:The UKSG 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow
DESCRIPTION:The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world – librarians\, publishers\, content providers\, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines high-quality plenary presentations\, lightning talks\, workshops\, posters and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday\, March 30\, 2026 – 08:00 BSTtoWednesday\, April 1\, 2026 – 13:30 BST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nScottish Event Campus (SEC)GlasgowG3 8YW\, United Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Photos\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration is NOW CLOSED. Please note that there are no on-site registrations again this year. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming everyone to Glasgow! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease scroll down for the latest programme information. \n\n\n\nDetails of additional events hosted by our exhibitors and sponsors are available here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship Opportunities \n\n\n\n\n\nContent Online are handling the sponsorship again this year – please contact Albert Morian albert@contentonline.com or sign up to our mailing list here. You can view the sponsorship brochure here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition \n\n\n\n\n\nThe exhibition is sold out!  You can download the floorplan here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Exhibitor Manual can be found here (updated 8 January 2026). All exhibitors can find supplier information for catering\, electrics\, furniture\, IT and signage etc here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation \n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation is not covered by the delegate fee.  The official online accommodation bookings service is now open – click here to view and book a range of hotels. Accommodation is sold on a first come\, first served basis and will be available until 13th March\, however we recommend securing your accommodation as soon as possible.  \n\n\n\nMap of Glasgow hotels. \n\n\n\nThe Glasgow Convention bureau also provide a booklet containing special delegate offers and discounts for a variety of local tours and restaurants – this can be found here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTravel to Glasgow \n\n\n\n\n\nMore information on how to get to the SEC can be found here \n\n\n\nScotRail offer a special discounted train ticket for delegates travelling between the city centre and the SEC by train. The Conference Rover costs just £5 for up to 5 days’ travel. More information. \n\n\n\nThe Glasgow Convention bureau also provide a booklet containing special delegate offers and discounts for a variety of local tours and restaurants – this can be found here \n\n\n\n23/03/26 – All platforms to reopen at Glasgow Central on Wednesday 25 March\, more information can be found at https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/all-platforms-to-reopen-at-glasgow-central-on-wednesday-25-march \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour access needs \n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re committed to running accessible training and events. We want you to feel welcome\, included\, and able to fully engage in our sessions. \n\n\n\nTo help us\, please share any access needs you have when prompted by our booking form. We may be in touch to ensure we’re making the right adjustments.    \n\n\n\nWe plan to have a quiet room (no meetings or calls please)\, more details will follow nearer the time of the event.  \n\n\n\nFrom information is available from the Accessible Travel Hub providing information and resources about accessible travel in Scotland – click here \n\n\n\nFurther information on access facilities for the city of Glasgow can be found here. \n\n\n\nIf you have any more questions or need more information please do not hesitate to contact events (at) uksg.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConference App \n\n\n\n\n\nThe conference app will be available nearer the conference\, all registered delegates will receive and email with details on how to download the app. More details on the event app can be found here. \n\n\n\nThe app includes information on: \n\n\n\n\nsessions and speakers (build your own programme)\n\n\n\ndelegates lists\n\n\n\nsponsors and exhibitors\n\n\n\nmaps\n\n\n\ntake part in ‘The Passport Game’ with a chance to win £100 in vouchers\n\n\n\nadditional information/logistics\n\n\n\npolls\, Q&A\, session chat\n\n\n\ncommunity/networking pages including ice breaking area’s.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Merriman Award/Sponsored Places \n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Merriman Award: Opportunity to win a fully funded trip to the UKSG Annual Conference\, the NASIG Annual Conference and free access to any UKSG 2026 event! More details can be found here \n\n\n\nThe John Merriman award is supported by the generous sponsorship of Taylor & Francis Group  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference: Your opportunity to win a free place at the UKSG 2026 Annual Conference and Exhibition!  More details can be found here \n\n\n\nOur thanks to Jove for sponsoring one of the places \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith thanks to our sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlatinum Sponsors \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGold Sponsors  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore details on sponsors can be found here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\nMonday 30 MarchTuesday 31 MarchWednesday 1 AprilBreakout sessionsWorkshops\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n08.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens alongside refreshments and exhibition viewing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nOpening of the Conference \n\n\n\nfollowed by a welcome from the Glasgow Lord Provost Office \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlie Rapple \n\n\n\nKudos/Chair of UKSG  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nCharlie Rapple is co-founder of Kudos\, which works with researchers\, funders\, publishers and universities to ensure research is more widely found\, understood\, used and cited. With a background in scholarly publishing technology and marketing\, she is passionate about ensuring research is more effectively communicated. She is currently serving as Chair of UKSG\, having previously served as Vice Chair\, Treasurer\, Chair of the Marketing Subcommittee\, and co-founder of KBART. She is a member of the Editorial Board for UKSG Insights\, a blogger in the Scholarly Kitchen and a Fellow of the UN’s SDG Publishers Compact. Charlie has a BA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Bristol\, and a postgraduate MDip from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.20 \n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary 1 \n\n\n\nAchieving sustainable\, widespread adoption of Open Access for books – Andrew Barker\, Tom Morley \n\n\n\nThis plenary will pay tribute to the work of the late Elaine Sykes\, Head of Open Research at Lancaster University\, whose commitment to equitable publishing leaves an enduring legacy. Achieving sustainable\, widespread adoption of Open Access for books requires urgent\, systemic collaboration and cultural shift within institutions. At Lancaster University we have recognized the need to be more strategic in our approach to funding alternative publishing models and to effectively ‘put our money where our mouth is’ with regard to diversifying the publishing landscape. This plenary will illustrate how we have approached the operational and strategic implications of this ambition. \n\n\n\nA fox in the henhouse? University presses\, corporate takeovers\, and implications for the future of scholarly books  – Kira Hopkins \n\n\n\nRecent deals have blurred the already-hazy distinctions between university presses and other publishers\, and have highlighted some friction points in scholarly book publishing: large commercial organisations and mergers and acquisitions; long-established presses and notions of prestige; and the flourishing of so-called New University Presses.  \n\n\n\nWhat significance should (and do) academics attach to ‘university-led’ publishing? What is a university press? How easily can that term be co-opted? How can it be protected – if it needs to be protected at all? And\, if mergers and acquisitions happen constantly\, and presses need to sell off parts of their business to stay solvent\, what does sustainability look like within the scholarly publishing context? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Barker  \n\n\n\nLancaster University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAndrew Barker has been Library Director at Lancaster University since September 2019. Prior to that he held a number of senior roles within a wide range of UK universities\, including both Russell Group and Post 1992 Institutions. Within these institutions he has been responsible for all aspects of library leadership. Throughout his career in HE Andrew has also worked visibly\, and actively\, across the sector\, often working closely with publishers on projects and advisory boards. He was a trustee of UKSG between 2014 and 2022\, and was chair of its trustee board 2018 and 2022\, he is currently Co-chair of SCONUL. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Morley \n\n\n\nLancaster University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nTom is currently undertaking a secondment as the Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Within this role he leads and coordinates programmes of activity to develop an Open Research Culture as well as exploring options to facilitate open monograph publishing. In his substantive post he works across the areas of Open Access\, Research Intelligence and Research Data Management to coordinate and deliver a range of projects\, services and initiatives as an Open Research Officer. Tom is also co-editor of the UKSG e-News.\n\n\n\n     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKira Hopkins   \n\n\n\nCopim Open Book Futures / Birkbeck University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nKira Hopkins works on Opening the Future\, a part of Copim Open Book Futures. Previously\, they worked at Ubiquity\, a born-OA publishing house in London as a book editor and journal account manager\, after completing a PhD in Archaeology.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Grady  \n\n\n\nCopim Open Book Futures / Birkbeck University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTom Grady is a Work Package Lead on ‘Copim Open Book Futures’ which is a collaborative project composed of publishers\, librarians and infrastructure providers working towards a more equitable ecosystem of publishing open access books through community approaches. He runs the ‘Opening the Future’ OA monograph funding model. Prior to joining Copim\, Tom has worked in libraries\, academic and public\, and was a founding team member of the UK’s first jointly-run and library-led open access publisher\, White Rose University Press. He can be found on BlueSky @scholtom.bsky.social \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinda McGrath \n\n\n\nAmsterdam University Press/Central European University Press \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLinda McGrath has 15 years of experience in academic publishing and currently works with Amsterdam University Press and Central European University Press. She previously held positions at De Gruyter in Boston and Berlin\, and as Head of Publications at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. A strong advocate for Open Access—especially for scholarly monographs—Linda is committed to advancing sustainable and mission-driven publishing models that broaden global access to research \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheo Andrew \n\n\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTheo Andrew is the Scholarly Communications Manager based in the Library Research Support section at the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on enabling researchers and students to adopt open research practices in their everyday work activities. Theo leads the Scholarly Communications Team who provide specialised training\, tools\, advocacy and support services for Open Research at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to working in the Library\, Theo trained as a Field Geologist and has a PhD in Geoscience \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nLunch and Exhibition Viewing \n\n\n\nSponsored by \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n Poster  Session  1  \n\n\n\n How Wolverhampton’s digital strategy advanced accessibility at scale – Aine Rice  \n\n\n\nThe University of Wolverhampton’s digital strategy treats accessibility as a foundational element of learning at scale\, rather than a compliance requirement. In 2024\, the university transitioned over 2\,000 titles to VitalSource\, delivering consistent digital access with minimal disruption or increased support demand. This poster explores how platform stability\, intuitive design\, and built-in learning tools contributed to an accessible student experience from the outset. The strategy is further supported by emerging AI-enabled study tools that offer optional\, in-context learning support\, reinforcing student independence without adding complexity. Central to Wolverhampton’s success is transparent collaboration between the library\, publishers\, and platform providers\, enabling flexible licensing\, sustainable access models\, and responsiveness to evolving student needs. Together\, these elements demonstrate how a digital-first approach can advance accessibility at scale while supporting diverse learning preferences. \n\n\n\nClosing the gender gap: Peer review at Nature Portfolio – Marios Karouzos \n\n\n\nWe report on gender representation in the Nature Portfolio across multiple stages of the publication journey\, considering who is submitting to our portfolio\, what impact we make in our editorial decisions\, and the impact of peer reviewers. We have considered author self-reported gender data for 215\,000 submitted articles across Nature Portfolio journals\, 42\,000 of which have also been matched to reviewers self-reported gender data. Our analysis provides an opportunity to understand the potential impact that editors have at key stages of the process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÁine Rice \n\n\n\nVitalsource \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAine works closely with libraries and academic teams across the UK and Ireland to support smarter\, more sustainable approaches to digital content. She believes librarians are the lynchpin of institutional teaching and learning experiences\, connecting students with the right resources\, at the right time\, and in the right way. At VitalSource she leads engagement through various frameworks. She helps institutions navigate flexible access models\, evidence-based procurement\, and innovation through partnerships\, from adaptive learning to the next wave of textbook access and OER discovery. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarios Karouzos \n\n\n\nSpringer Nature \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nMarios Karouzos is the Head of Publishing Strategy – Reviews\, News & Opinion for the Nature Portfolio\, mainly working on the publishing strategy of the Nature Portfolio hybrid and subscription journals. Marios is an astronomer by training and worked as a researcher before joining Springer Nature in 2016 as one of the launch editors of Nature Astronomy. Marios co-chairs the Springer Nature SDG working groups network and the Springer Nature Women employee resource group \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group A \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop 1 \n\n\n\nDiamond Open Scholarly Communication fund PANEL  \n\n\n\nIn the last few years several Dutch universities have created a diamond/ open scholarly communication fund. These funds support diamond initiatives\, both in content and in infrastructure. With a panel of representatives from four different universities we want to discuss:– The motivations behind setting up these funds– What differences and similarities there are in the policies and practicalities of these funds– How we measure success.– Lessons learned in setting up such a fundWe touch on why we create and maintain these funds even when we face budget cuts and what steps were necessary to be able to sway the library or university to approve these funds. We talk about how funds like these can be used in the universities strive towards sustainable Open Science & academic sovereignty in these turbulent geopolitical times.The session will begin with a brief introduction of the panelists and the funds of their respective libraries\, followed by a moderated discussion based on the four topics mentioned above (budget\, policies\, practicalities & lessons learned). Of course\, there will also be time for a Q&A with the attendants of this session.We hope to inspire other universities/ libraries to also consider setting up a fund like this and advise them on how to start. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouise Otting-Geevers \n\n\n\nDelft University of Technology \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLouise Otting is the Collections & License Manager at Delft University of Technology (TUD) Library\, where she negotiates with publishers for access to sources and publishing. In close collaboration with the Open Access Advisor and the diamond University Press (TU Delft Open Publishing)\, she writes the policies regarding collection & publishing management. She also manages the collection & publishing budget\, which includes a dedicated OA fund and an Open Scholarly Communications fund. She contributes to several national and international groups like UKB\, the national consortium\, Library Advisory Boards and is dedicated to advance open\, sustainable & equitable scholarly communication. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPascal Braak \n\n\n\nUniversity of Amsterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nPascal Braak is an open access specialist at the Library of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He has a degree in Library Sciences and Law. He has managed several projects related to open access at the university\, amongst others the UvA Diamond Open Access Fund for the last five years. He is member of the Open Access Working Group of the Dutch Consortium of University Libraries and of the Advisory Panel Open Scholarly Communication from OSNL. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne van den Maagdenberg \n\n\n\nVrije Universiteit Amsterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAnne van den Maagdenberg is the Open Access Librarian at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She acts as advisor on open scholarly communication both on a policy level and for researchers of the VU. She is a project lead within the VU Open Science program and manages the implementation of the VU Research Strategy. She is the secretary of the UKB Working Group Open Access and a member of the OSNL Advisory Panel Open Scholarly Communication. She has a background in Egyptology. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErica Celine Yu  \n\n\n\nErasmus University Rotterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nErica Celine Yu was an Open Access Officer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam\, where she managed the library’s Open Access Fund. She was also member and interim project lead of the Netherlands Diamond Open Access Expertise Centre. Currently\, she holds a postdoctorate research position at Tilburg University where she works on building resilient digital democracies. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPauline Sijrier-Goettsch \n\n\n\nDelft University of Technology \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group B \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments and exhibition viewing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group C \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nLightning Talk  1  \n\n\n\nFrom Shakespeare to Eurovision – engaging users with Library eResources – Elaine Blair  \n\n\n\nFrom blog posts to Instagram stories via database lucky dips and Theatre Thursday\, we have explored various tools and activities to enhance user engagement with eResources. This session will outline the work of the eResources Promotion Group at the Andersonian Library\, University of Strathclyde which was established in March 2024. The aims of the group are to increase awareness and usage of Library eResources by University staff and students\, deliver value for money on purchased eResources and investigate promotion tools and avenues. \n\n\n\nReimagining research practices to address sustainability\, ethical and inclusivity concerns. Introducing the CREDIT (Community REsearch DIgital Toolkit) to inspire researchers to involve and engage communities in their research – Louise Zambianchi \n\n\n\nThe “Reimagining Research Practices: Towards a Sustainable\, Ethical\, and Inclusive Future” project is a 2-year initiative funded by the Wellcome Trust\, bringing together various academic departments and Professional Services within Lancaster University\, including the Library and Research Services. Its aim is to explore and enhance our understanding of research practices to make them more inclusive and supportive of marginalised or disadvantaged communities. The presentation will give an overview of the project and explore one of the outputs of the project: the CREDIT (Community REsearch DIgital Toolkit) to inspire researchers to involve and engage communities in their research. \n\n\n\nNetherlands University Presses (NUPs): Publishing on our own terms – Margreet Nieborg \n\n\n\nThe Netherlands University Presses (NUPs) is a collaborative network of Dutch university presses committed to Diamond Open Access publishing. Supported by grants from Open Science NL and the Dutch Research Council (NWO)\, NUPs is developing into a sustainable\, non-profit alliance that strengthens academically led publishing within the Open Science ecosystem. Bringing together presses from Delft\, Groningen\, Maastricht\, Nijmegen\, Tilburg and Leiden\, NUPs demonstrates a scaling small approach by pooling infrastructure and expertise while preserving editorial independence and institutional identity.This presentation focuses on two Open Science NL– NWO funded projects that underpin the NUPs collaboration. The first project supports the establishment of the NUPs Alliance\, with a focus on governance\, knowledge sharing\, visibility and long-term sustainability. The second project aims to improve the efficiency\, discoverability and impact of Diamond Open Access books through a shared metadata management infrastructure developed with Thoth Open Metadata. A national joint catalogue currently exists as a proof of concept and forms the basis for further development toward a robust\, interoperable system. By aligning with open standards such as ROR\, ORCID and Thema\, and integrating with platforms including OAPEN and DOAB\, the projects enhance transparency\, global reach and the viability of non-commercial open access publishing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElaine Blair  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Strathclyde \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nElaine has worked as the Science Faculty Librarian at the University of Strathclyde since 2005. She has a particular interest in promoting the Library and its electronic resources. Previous roles include Engineering Librarian at the University of Leeds and Mailbase User Support Officer at the University of Newcastle. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouise Zambianchi \n\n\n\nLancaster University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nLouise Zambianchi has over 20 years’ experience of working in academic libraries. She has been working in the area of Open Access in her role as Open Access Manager and is also currently the Acting Head of Open Research at Lancaster University in the UK. Her professional interests include open access publishing\, providing a support service for research students and academic staff and development of skills and training. Louise has engaged in many Open Research groups such as Academic Libraries North\, RCUK Open Access practitioners’ group (which shaped the new UKRI policy) and led the open access submission for Lancaster University to REF2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMargreet Nieborg \n\n\n\nUniversity of Groningen \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nMargreet Nieborg is Project Manager and Head of the University of Groningen Press (UGP)\, and a board member of the Association of European University Presses (AEUP). Trained as an educationalist\, she has led several initiatives within the University Library\, including the establishment of UGP in 2017. UGP operates as a Diamond Open Access press publishing journals\, books and textbooks\, and is an active member of the Netherlands University Presses (NUPs). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition viewing and reception  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nSupper and quiz or free evening  \n\n\n\nSponsored by  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is optional; however\, booking is mandatory. Please secure your place when completing your registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n08.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens alongside refreshments and exhibition viewing. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n09.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary 2 \n\n\n\nBeyond the Big Deal: Lessons from the Big 5 Negotiations and retaining sector voice and strength at a time of radical uncertainty   – Chris Banks\, Alastair Flett\, Kirsty Lingstadt\, Gary Steele\, Anna Vernon \n\n\n\nThe Big 5 negotiations have surfaced both strengths and strain points within the UK’s collective approach to journal negotiations. While simultaneous negotiations improved organisation\, increased competition between publishers\, and have delivered £10.7m in savings from first to final offers\, the sector nonetheless continues to confront deep rooted challenges including legacy pricing inequities\, institutional divergence\, escalating article volumes\, and rising concerns about research integrity.   \n\n\n\nThis panel will explore the lessons learned from the recent negotiations cycle\, the risks posed by increasing sector fragmentation\, and emerging models that could better reflect institutional diversity while retaining collective leverage. Bringing together sector leaders\, negotiators\, and institutional voices\, the session will consider what meaningful structural change might look like\, how to engage academics more effectively\, and how pricing and publisher accountability could evolve in a landscape shaped by growth\, AI\, and shifting research cultures.  \n\n\n\nPreparing Disaster-Ready Library Leaders: Advancing Advocacy for Libraries and the Communities they Serve – Feili Tu-Keefner Denise Lyons\, Marcia A Mardis\, David McMenemy \n\n\n\nIn times of crisis\, library leaders must advocate for their staff\, institutions\, and communities. This session examines the essential competencies for effective crisis leadership and considers implications for professional preparation and academic communication. Drawing on findings from multiple research projects and real world examples\, this presentation underscores the need for community-first library services during diverse disasters. The session also highlights the importance of sustained investment in professional development and continuing education for library staff—efforts that create valuable opportunities for scholarly publishing. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Banks  \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr. Feili Tu-Keefner is an associate professor in the University of South Carolina’s School of Information Science. Her work focuses on health librarianship\, health informatics\, and health communication\, with expertise in disaster management and the role of public libraries in community resilience. From 2015 to 2024\, she led six case studies demonstrating libraries’ contributions to emergency response and recovery. She is a founding member and academic advisor for the USC Certificate in Health Communication and also contributes to the iSchool’s Information Security and Cyber Leadership programs. Dr. Tu-Keefner is a WHO-certified infodemic manager trained by the WHO and U.S. CDC. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Vernon  \n\n\n\n.Jisc \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAnna is the Head of Licensing at Jisc. Her portfolio spans open access agreements\, research software\, tools\, and infrastructure. She has extensive experience managing international\, consortial\, and institutional licensing programmes\, including support for the National Institute for Health and Care Research and UKRI open access policies. Previously\, Anna worked at the British Library\, overseeing licensing\, intellectual property management\, and rights clearance. She served on the Governing Council of SCOAP³\, the global initiative for High Energy Physics\, and chaired the Beyond Article-Based Charges working group. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlastair Flett \n\n\n\nUniversity of Cambridge \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGary  Steele \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nGary was appointed Director of Library Services at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2025\, providing strategic and operational leadership for the Sir Alex Ferguson Library. Gary has a strong interest in promoting sector-wide collaboration and shared services and has worked closely with colleagues across the UK to share best practice. Through his involvement with the Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) Journals and Learning Content groups\, the Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries (SCURL)\, Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)\, the Jisc Library Purchasing Coordination Group\, and the Jisc Publisher Negotiations Expert Group\, he has contributed to shaping a more open\, affordable\, and transparent market for library resources and services. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKirsty Lingstadt \n\n\n\nUniversity of York \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nKirsty Lingstadt is Director of Library\, Learning\, Archives and Wellbeing at the University of York. She delivers a broad portfolio of activities from supporting student communities and wellbeing to digital for learning\, teaching and research with a specific focus on online collections\, digital making scholarship and preservation. She has latterly found herself taking a strong interest in scholarly publishing\, considering how we navigate open research and publisher negotiations in a changing HE landscape. She is also vice-chair of RLUK and a board member of NLS. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeili Tu-Keefner \n\n\n\nUniversity of South Carolina \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr. Feili Tu-Keefner is an associate professor in the University of South Carolina’s School of Information Science. Her work focuses on health librarianship\, health informatics\, and health communication\, with expertise in disaster management and the role of public libraries in community resilience. From 2015 to 2024\, she led six case studies demonstrating libraries’ contributions to emergency response and recovery. She is a founding member and academic advisor for the USC Certificate in Health Communication and also contributes to the iSchool’s Information Security and Cyber Leadership programs. Dr. Tu-Keefner is a WHO-certified infodemic manager trained by the WHO and U.S. CDC. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDenise Lyons \n\n\n\nKentucky Department for Libraries and Archives \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDenise Lyons serves as the State Librarian and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives in Frankfort\, Kentucky. She brings extensive experience in library administration and management\, strategic planning\, family literacy\, and advancing library leadership and resiliency during disasters. Over the past 30 years\, she has worked in a wide range of libraries and nonprofit organizations and remains active in several library associations. Denise holds a MLIS from the University of South Carolina and a MS in Public Services Management from DePaul University. She has also taught as a lecturer in the Information Science program at UNC Greensboro.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid McMenemy \n\n\n\nUniversity of Glasgow \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDavid is a Reader in Information Studies at the University of Glasgow. David’s research interests encompass information law and ethics\, including intellectual freedom\, and freedom of expression\, freedom of access to information\, digital citizenship\, privacy\, and the philosophy of information. He has also extensively researched around public library policy and development in the UK. David served as President of CILIP Scotland in 2025. David also served as Vice Chair of the Review Panel for the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Librarianship\, Information\, Knowledge\, Records and Archives Management during 2024-25. He is currently Chair of CILIP’s new Intellectual Freedom Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcia Mardis  \n\n\n\nFlorida State University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr. Marcia A. Mardis is the Dr. Elfreda A. Chatman Professor of Information and Director of the Information Institute at Florida State University. With over three decades of scholarly research\, Dr. Mardis focuses on rural technical workforce development\, community resiliency\, and information infrastructure. Her work\, which also explores digital education and librarianship\, is widely recognized for advancing equity\, innovation\, and technology integration in learning contexts. A prolific author\, she is a sought-after international mentor and speaker.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments and exhibition viewing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group A  \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop 2  \n\n\n\nDebate Club! Hearing Out ˜the Other Side’ on Some Core Tensions in Scholarly Publishing \n\n\n\nWelcome to this debate on some of the tensions shaping academic publishing. Whether a librarian\, publisher\, academic\, funder\, or policy maker\, you’ve probably had moments of frustration with Open Access models\, peer review\, licenses\, or other aspects of how publishing works today. This session isn’t about preaching to the choir or sitting in our usual echo chambers. It’s about pressure testing our assumptions\, hearing a spectrum of views which may lead to new insights\, and\, above all\, respecting the sport of open\, friendly\, fair-minded discussion. Our debate teams will face off on whether we’d all be better off with rigorous review or speedy dissemination\, and if commercial interests belong in academic publishing. You may not agree with what you hear. You may even find yourself unexpectedly persuaded! That is the point. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeth Bayley  \n\n\n\nKarger Publishers \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nBeth is Open Science Manager at Karger Publishers\, a medical and health sciences publisher based in Switzerland. Specialising in Open Access since 2010\, Beth is engaged with strategy\, policy\, and communications to support Karger in its drive toward a sustainable transition to Open Access that will serve all stakeholders. Beth also serves on the Jisc Open policy finder advisory board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristian Box  \n\n\n\nKarger Publishers \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nChristian Box is the Head of Academic and Research Markets at Karger where he is responsible for the interactions\, products and services across the Academic customer base. Prior to joining Karger he spent 16 years with IOP Publishing in the UK where he held a range of senior positions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiam Bullingham \n\n\n\nUniversity of Essex  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nLiam leads research support and academic liaison teams in Library and Cultural Services at the University of Essex\, UK. He is a Trustee of UKSG and co-organised the November Conference\, sits on the LIBER Educational Resources Working Group\, co-organises ‘Open Research Week’ with colleagues in Liverpool and Lancashire\, writes pieces in Sage Skills\, Time Higher Education and other venues\, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Devenney \n\n\n\nUniversity of Bristol \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nAmy Devenney is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and is currently leading the Wellcome-funded COMET study team. The COMET project aims to investigate and improve the use of evidence in decision-making affecting research cultures within higher education. Prior to this\, she worked at Jisc\, supporting national licensing and negotiation activity through data-driven insights and evidence\, and she has also held roles across UK academic libraries.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Veldman \n\n\n\nDe Gruyter Brill \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nStephanie Veldman is the Director of Open Research at De Gruyter Brill. Her work focuses on developing sustainable\, inclusive OA models that improve the visibility\, accessibility\, and impact of research. With deep experience at the intersection of academia and publishing both in HSS as well as STM\, she collaborates closely with researchers\, institutions\, and partners to support the global transition to open science. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Delahunty \n\n\n\n Inspiring STEM Consulting \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nMartin Delahunty is Founder and Director of Inspiring STEM Consulting\, providing publishing strategy\, business development and training services to academic publishers\, universities\, pharmaceutical companies and technology services. His core focus is open science\, research integrity\, artificial intelligence and technical innovations in publishing workflows. A former Global Director at Springer Nature with over 30 years’ experience in scholarly publishing\, Martin previously worked for Elsevier\, Thomson Science and Harcourt Publishers. He is President of the European Medical Writers Association\, past Board Member for the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals\, and Advisory Cabinet Member for the Asian Council of Science Editors.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nLightning 2  \n\n\n\nBuilding a community for scholarly communications research from the front lines – Beth Montague-Hellen \n\n\n\nResearch conducted by practitioners is vital to ensuring that scholarly developments are grounded in reality and aren’t simply theoretical. Within the LIS and scholarly communications communities there is a lot of appetite for research\, which isn’t surprising given how closely we work with researchers and research outputs. However\, many people who would like to carry out research don’t have the formal training that an academic route provides\, and often any training that is present is from a different discipline. This talk introduces a burgeoning community of researchers and the infrastructure that is being put in place to support them: online communities\, training materials and a new seminar series for presenting research. \n\n\n\nSmall changes: taking back control of our universities through open software – Simon Bowie \n\n\n\nUniversities in the UK are hindered by exploitative corporate software ecosystems. For all the advancement of open research and open access\, the use and distribution of open source software in universities and libraries has been neglected in favour of the proprietary software defaults provided top-down by our institutions. Despite progress on open access publishing and open data sharing\, university workers still use closed software like Microsoft Word for writing\, Microsoft SharePoint for document management\, and Microsoft Teams or Zoom for communication and conferencing. I want to discuss the failures of proprietary software in UK Higher Education and advocate for us to take back control of our work using open source software. \n\n\n\nProprietary software companies are openly exploiting universities and we are doing nothing to challenge them. A 2019 report from the UK’s Department of Education (2019) sets out the Government’s vision for the use of technology in education (specifically in England but with a clear agenda for the rest of the UK) and clearly communicates to vendors that UK education is a market ripe for exploitation.  In this talk\, I will discuss some some individual changes that we can make to our software practices – using Zotero for reference management\, using kMeet for videoconferencing\, and using Zettlr for note-taking and academic writing – before expanding out to larger software changes – divesting from companies like Microsoft and moving away from proprietary software platforms like Elsevier’s Pure or the Ex Libris suite of academic library systems. By embedding open source software in our working practices\, we can divest from expensive and unreliable corporate software and take back control of our university IT. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeth Montague-Hellen \n\n\n\nThe Francis Crick Institute \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr Beth Montague-Hellen started off academic life as a Molecular Biologist studying at Manchester University. The next 14 years were spent as a bioinformatician\, accruing an MSc and a Phd on the way. Following this\, Beth decided that supporting others to do excellent research was far more rewarding than actually doing the research and so moved into Libraries and Research Support. Beth takes an as open-as-possible\, EDI focused approach to research support and is a big advocate for green OA alongside a completely transparent research cycle including radically open data and software sharing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimon Bowie \n\n\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nSimon Bowie is an open source software developer focused on community-owned and scholar-led open publishing infrastructures. His academic work focuses on open source software and open access publishing\, posthumanism\, the expression of irony and sincerity\, and radical librarianship.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nLunch and Exhibition Viewing \n\n\n\nSponsored by \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nPoster 2   \n\n\n\nOpen Access\, Open Metadata\, Open Archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape – Rupert Gatti \n\n\n\nWith open access quickly becoming the standard mode of publishing scholarly publications\, including monographs and edited collections\, the integration of fully open and high-quality metadata into book production workflows\, library cataloging systems\, and long-term preservation solutions is gaining importance and urgency. \n\n\n\nThe poster will showcase metadata workflows of a variety of small and medium-sized scholar-led and university and library publishers from across the globe through the usage of Thoth Open Metadata\, a non-profit open source platform providing innovative metadata management\, hosting\, and distribution solutions tailored to tackle the problem(s) of getting Open Access works into the wider book supply chain\, ensuring their long-term sustainability. \n\n\n\nEvolution of semi-automated workflows  – Alison Hazelaar \n\n\n\nThis poster presents the evolution of our metadata team’s use of semi-automated processes to improve efficiency\, maintain quality\, and manage increasing workloads with limited resources. Starting with a basic workflow to batch-create minimal discovery records for special collections\, we gradually expanded our use of tools such as MarcEdit and the OCLC API to streamline metadata creation and enhancement.These semi-automated workflows allow us to reduce manual input\, improve consistency\, and handle larger volumes of materials without expanding staffing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRupert Gatti \n\n\n\nThoth Open Metadata \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Hazelaar \n\n\n\nUniversity of Leeds \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAlison Hazelaar has been a leader in the Metadata and Discovery Team since joining as a cataloguer in 2000. She is now the strategic manager\, bringing together projects from rare books cataloguing to the development of linked data initiatives. Alison believes in a coaching approach and offering the team development opportunities (but only once she’s had her own fun developing the process \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary session 3  \n\n\n\nThe value and impact of EDI-focused resource lists – Alex Mormoris\, Lizzie McCauley\, The Open University \n\n\n\nThe Open University Library creates Curated Resource Lists covering EDI\, sustainability and wellness topics. The lists have grown to cover 15 different topics\, with 10 more underway. The goal is to promote diverse perspectives\, so that users can incorporate them into their various research needs and interests. \n\n\n\nThis session will cover:– The history of the lists– How the direction was decided– Collaboration between the Library and OU institutional networks– The role that user feedback plays– The value and impact These lists enable iterative evolution of content offering and exemplify the importance of EDI. \n\n\n\nFrom access to impact: A reflection on global research equity – Domiziana Francescon \n\n\n\nAs the global geography of research rapidly shifts\, equity in scholarly communication depends on more than access alone: it requires capacity\, connectivity and local leadership. New evidence shows that researchers in low- and middle-income countries now account for the majority of global research output\, driven by sustained investment in knowledge infrastructure and collaboration This session examines how the Research4Life Country Connectors programme translates access into impact\, combining global partnerships with locally-led networks. Drawing on recent WIPO and bibliometric evidence\, we highlight measurable gains in research output\, collaboration and women’s participation – and share practical models for building inclusive\, resilient scholarly ecosystems worldwide. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Mormoris \n\n\n\nThe Open University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAlex Mormoris is an e-content manager within the content and licensing team at the Open University. He is also currently a student on the MA Librarianship and Information Science course at the University of Sheffield. He is also a founding member of the Mercian Global Majority community of practice.     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLizzie McCauley  \n\n\n\nThe Open University \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLizzie McCauley is a UX and accessibility specialist\, working at the Open University Library. With a background that also includes content and marketing\, Lizzie brings diverse experience to the role. She is responsible for the usability and accessibility of Library sites and systems\, and incorporates digital sustainability and EDI initiatives into this work    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDomiziana Francescon \n\n\n\nElsevier \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDomiziana Francescon serves as the Elsevier Foundation’s Partnerships Director\, where she works with partners around the world to establish collaborations that advance inclusive research and health – supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She also serves as Program Director for Elsevier’s corporate responsibility partnerships\, especially focusing on sustainability and Inclusion & Diversity spaces. Additionally\, Domiziana is the Co-Chair of the Communications team of Research4Life\, a UN-publisher partnership to bridge access gaps for researchers and doctors in the Global South – and she is actively involved in marketing and fundraising initiatives for the partnership.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group B \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop 3 \n\n\n\nThe Sustain-agility game \n\n\n\nSustainability is increasingly critical in UK academic libraries\, not only in environmental terms but also in ensuring long-term access to knowledge\, responsible resource use\, and inclusive service delivery. Libraries must adapt to changing demands while supporting institutional sustainability goals. In this workshop we will use a board game as the basis for exploring practical strategies for embedding sustainability into library operations and strategies. By considering sustainability in all its forms\, librarians can help future-proof services\, reduce risk\, and contribute meaningfully to a more resilient and equitable academic environment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngela Jones-Evans \n\n\n\nUniversity of Gloucestershire \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr Angela Jones‑Evans is the Library Services Manager at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work focuses on enhancing the student experience through service innovation\, continuous improvement\, and the effective use of data to inform decision‑making. \n\n\n\nAngela’s professional interests centre on sustainability\, user‑experience‑led service design\, and the development of academic library spaces. She is currently guiding the university’s library transformation work\, bringing together student insight\, space‑use evidence\, and digital solutions to ensure responsive\, inclusive\, and environmentally responsible services. Alongside her institutional role\, Angela is an active contributor to sector‑wide professional networks and initiatives that support leadership development and collaborative learning. She is committed to exploring creative and engaging approaches to professional practice and enjoys sharing ideas that help colleagues rethink traditional library challenges. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments and exhibition viewing. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group D \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nExhibition viewing  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nGala evening reception  \n\n\n\nSponsored by  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime \n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n08.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens alongside refreshments and exhibition viewing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n09.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary 4 \n\n\n\nWhat the scholarly community can- must- do about digital preservation – Alicia Wise \n\n\n\nIn an increasingly digital\, distributed\, and data-dependent world\, trust\, continuity\, and integrity are foundational. Digital preservation is no longer a back-office concern—it is now a core strategic function essential to the evolution of academic libraries\, scholarly publishing\, and research infrastructure. \n\n\n\nDigital research outputs are at risk of vanishing without a trace. The minority of these outputs are adequately protected. Without active preservation: \n\n\n\n• Content loss becomes institutional failure and collective memory loss• Scholarly integrity suffers when foundational work cannot be verified or revisited• Access decays into broken links and irreversible gaps in the scholarly record  \n\n\n\nFrom platform obsolescence to geopolitical shocks\, digital fragility is strategic fragility. A publisher might fold. A national archive might lose funding. A commercial platform might sunset. Libraries\, universities\, and publishers alike need long-term preservation solutions that transcend suppliers\, budgets\, and political regimes \n\n\n\nDisappearing data: Responding to government web content takedowns – John Barbrook\, Toby Green\, Linda Kellam \n\n\n\n2025 saw a marked increase in takedowns of government data and documents. In this session\, introduced by Toby Green\, Linda Kellem\, Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship at Penn Libraries will describe the work done by the Data Rescue Project to secure at-risk US government datasets. John Barbrook\, a Faculty Librarian at University of Lancaster with a special interest in grey literature\, will talk about the challenges of rescuing documents that are disappearing from government-funded programmes\, like USAID\, and from government websites. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlicia Wise  \n\n\n\nCLOCKSS \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAlicia Wise is Executive Director of CLOCKSS where research libraries and academic publishers come together to ensure the long-term preservation of the scholarly record. She has been active in increasing access to research information for 20 years working with the spectrum of scholarly communication stakeholder communities. Preparation for this came in the form of a Ph.D. in Anthropology on the Roman invasion of Scotland and grassroots resistance to this. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-3428 @wisealic.bsky.social \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToby Green \n\n\n\nCoherent Digital \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nToby GREEN\, Co-Founder\, Coherent Digital is the publisher for Policy Commons and Applied Science Commons. He has worked in scholarly\, policy and professional publishing for more than 40 years\, holding a variety of senior roles with OECD\, Elsevier and Pergamon. Having published books\, journals and data\, he is now focusing on real-world knowledge for real-world impact. He is a regular speaker at scholarly communication events and serves on the Board of Annual Reviews. Previously a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing Board and Chair of ALPSP \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinda Kellam \n\n\n\nPenn Libraries / Data Rescue Project \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLynda Kellam is the Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data & Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries\, where she leads a team supporting research data management\, data science\, GIS\, digital humanities\, AI\, and institutional repository services. Her research focuses on preserving at-risk public data\, advancing FAIR principles\, and supporting qualitative and mixed-methods research. She is a co-founder of the Data Rescue Project and serves as the Secretary of IASSIST\, an international organization for data professionals. She holds a PhD in American History\, an MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, and an MLIS from UNC Greensboro. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Barbrook \n\n\n\nLancaster University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nBarbrook is a Faculty Librarian at Lancaster University. His role focuses on the development of content provision for his subject areas\, and also supports Evidence-based Practice and Systematic Reviews via online guidance and in-person appointments. \n\n\n\nJohn advocates for the importance of decolonised literature searching to reduce bias and increase diversity in academic research and is working widely on integrating grey literature within systematic search methodologies. \n\n\n\nHe is presently collaborating on initiatives to mitigate the impact of a potential loss of valuable US policy and published literature\, threatening the validity of realist and integrative reviews especially within diverse or LGBTQ+ communities. Outside of the Library\, John is a Co-Director of Lancaster Community Makerspace and is an keen cyclist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group C \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.00 \n\n\n\n\n\nRefreshments and exhibition viewing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nBreakout Session – Group D \n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts click here  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.30 \n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary 5 \n\n\n\n What’s keeping librarians and CISOs up at night?    \n\n\n\nLibrarians are often on the front line of cyberattacks with their networks perceived as back doors to data and personal information held by universities or academic institutions. Research conducted by the Scholarly Network Security Initiative in 2021 showed that librarians had limited confidence on the topic of cybersecurity with the loss of personal student data and the threat to their institutions’ reputation their main concerns.  \n\n\n\nAs cyberattacks on higher education institutes have increased in recent years with high-profile institutions such as the British Library finding themselves compromised\, the Scholarly Network Security Initiative  (SNSI) has undertaken new research to see whether this increase in cybercrime has changed the views of librarians and CISOs on the threats posed and how to mitigate against them.   Join a panel of library and security experts to reflect on the findings and share their experience and expertise of cybersecurity challenges.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRick Anderson   \n\n\n\nBrigham Young University  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nRick Anderson is University Librarian of Brigham Young University. He serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards and is a regular contributor to the Scholarly Kitchen. He has served as president of NASIG and of the Society for Scholarly Publishing\, and is a recipient of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. Rick is the author of three books\, including Scholarly Communication: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press\, 2018)\, which has been published in three languages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusie Winters \n\n\n\nScholarly Networks Security Initiative \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nSusie Winter is Vice President\, Communications at Springer Nature and co-chairs the Scholarly Networks Security Initiative (SNSI) Communications Working Group . Susie joined Springer Nature from the Publishers Association\, the trade association for the publishing industry in the UK where\, as Director of Policy and Communications\, she was responsible for developing and leading the PA’s work across the policy agenda as well as promoting the contribution made by the UK publishing industry at both a UK and European level. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Lowe-Robertson \n\n\n\nHEFESTIS Ltd \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDavid is a seasoned CISO with 25 years in cyber and information security\, serving the Public\, Higher\, and Further Education sectors. He spearheaded UK national programs like eCare\, C-me for secure adult and child protection\, and chaired the Scottish National Practice Forum. He leads initiatives bolstering cyber resilience. Currently CISO with HEFESTIS CISO-Share and CEO of CyberSentrix\, David drives innovative social collaboration integrated with AI and digital systems\, fostering confidential information sharing and elevating cyber security posture to universities and colleges. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.15 \n\n\n\n\n\nSummary and Close \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nFor further details of breakouts  \n\n\n\nGroup A – click here \n\n\n\nGroup B – click here \n\n\n\nGroup C – click here  \n\n\n\nGroup D – click here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nDebate Club! Hearing Out the Other Side’ on Some Core Tensions in Scholarly Publishing  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeth Bayley \n\n\n\nKarger \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiam Bullingham \n\n\n\nUniversity of Essex  \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristian Box  \n\n\n\nKarger Publishers \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nChristian Box is the Head of Academic and Research Markets at Karger where he is responsible for the interactions\, products and services across the Academic customer base. Prior to joining Karger he spent 16 years with IOP Publishing in the UK where he held a range of senior positions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartin Delahunty \n\n\n\n Inspiring STEM Consulting \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\n \n\n\n\nMartin Delahunty is Founder and Director of Inspiring STEM Consulting\, providing publishing strategy\, business development and training services to academic publishers\, universities\, pharmaceutical companies and technology services. His core focus is open science\, research integrity\, artificial intelligence and technical innovations in publishing workflows. A former Global Director at Springer Nature with over 30 years’ experience in scholarly publishing\, Martin previously worked for Elsevier\, Thomson Science and Harcourt Publishers. He is President of the European Medical Writers Association\, past Board Member for the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals\, and Advisory Cabinet Member for the Asian Council of Science Editors.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Veldman \n\n\n\nDe Gruyter Brill \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sustain-agility game \n\n\n\nSustainability is increasingly critical in UK academic libraries\, not only in environmental terms but also in ensuring long-term access to knowledge\, responsible resource use\, and inclusive service delivery. Libraries must adapt to changing demands while supporting institutional sustainability goals. In this workshop we will use a board game as the basis for exploring practical strategies for embedding sustainability into library operations and strategies. By considering sustainability in all its forms\, librarians can help future-proof services\, reduce risk\, and contribute meaningfully to a more resilient and equitable academic environment. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngela Jones-Evans  \n\n\n\nUniversity of Gloucestershire \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nDr Angela Jones‑Evans is the Library Services Manager at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work focuses on enhancing the student experience through service innovation\, continuous improvement\, and the effective use of data to inform decision‑making. \n\n\n\nAngela’s professional interests centre on sustainability\, user‑experience‑led service design\, and the development of academic library spaces. She is currently guiding the university’s library transformation work\, bringing together student insight\, space‑use evidence\, and digital solutions to ensure responsive\, inclusive\, and environmentally responsible services. Alongside her institutional role\, Angela is an active contributor to sector‑wide professional networks and initiatives that support leadership development and collaborative learning. She is committed to exploring creative and engaging approaches to professional practice and enjoys sharing ideas that help colleagues rethink traditional library challenges \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nDiamond Open Scholarly Communication fund  PANEL  \n\n\n\nIn the last few years several Dutch universities have created a diamond/ open scholarly communication fund. These funds support diamond initiatives\, both in content and in infrastructure. With a panel of representatives from four different universities we want to discuss:– The motivations behind setting up these funds– What differences and similarities there are in the policies and practicalities of these funds– How we measure success.– Lessons learned in setting up such a fundWe touch on why we create and maintain these funds even when we face budget cuts and what steps were necessary to be able to sway the library or university to approve these funds. We talk about how funds like these can be used in the universities strive towards sustainable Open Science & academic sovereignty in these turbulent geopolitical times.The session will begin with a brief introduction of the panelists and the funds of their respective libraries\, followed by a moderated discussion based on the four topics mentioned above (budget\, policies\, practicalities & lessons learned). Of course\, there will also be time for a Q&A with the attendants of this session.We hope to inspire other universities/ libraries to also consider setting up a fund like this and advise them on how to start. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLouise Otting-Geevers \n\n\n\nDelft University of Technology \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nLouise Otting is the Collections & License Manager at Delft University of Technology (TUD) Library\, where she negotiates with publishers for access to sources and publishing. In close collaboration with the Open Access Advisor and the diamond University Press (TU Delft Open Publishing)\, she writes the policies regarding collection & publishing management. She also manages the collection & publishing budget\, which includes a dedicated OA fund and an Open Scholarly Communications fund. She contributes to several national and international groups like UKB\, the national consortium\, Library Advisory Boards and is dedicated to advance open\, sustainable & equitable scholarly communication. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPascal Braak \n\n\n\nUniversity of Amsterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nPascal Braak is an open access specialist at the Library of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). He has a degree in Library Sciences and Law. He has managed several projects related to open access at the university\, amongst others the UvA Diamond Open Access Fund for the last five years. He is member of the Open Access Working Group of the Dutch Consortium of University Libraries and of the Advisory Panel Open Scholarly Communication from OSNL. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErica Celine Yu  \n\n\n\nErasmus University Rotterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nErica Celine Yu was an Open Access Officer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam\, where she managed the library’s Open Access Fund. She was also member and interim project lead of the Netherlands Diamond Open Access Expertise Centre. Currently\, she holds a postdoctorate research position at Tilburg University where she works on building resilient digital democracies. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne van den Maagdenberg \n\n\n\nVrije Universiteit Amsterdam \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nAnne van den Maagdenberg is the Open Access Librarian at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She acts as advisor on open scholarly communication both on a policy level and for researchers of the VU. She is a project lead within the VU Open Science program and manages the implementation of the VU Research Strategy. She is the secretary of the UKB Working Group Open Access and a member of the OSNL Advisory Panel Open Scholarly Communication. She has a background in Egyptology. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPauline Sijrier-Goettsch \n\n\n\nDelft University of Technology \n\n\n\n\n\nSee Biography\nTBC \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe conference was great and was organised really well. 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SUMMARY:FREE UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: Local Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Education
DESCRIPTION:This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 23\, 2026From 13:00 BST to 14:00 BST \n\n\n\n.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\nThis talk explores how AIED services are evolving beyond generic chatbots towards hyper-contextual digital assistants that operate with situational context. The session focuses on the design\, use and local governance of hyper-contextual AIED services\, and the potential issues and benefits that arise from their use across further education institutions\, including within FE libraries\, learning resource centres and associated academic support services. AI safety layers and chatbot management dashboards represent two means by which education institutions can have more local governance of these services\, particularly where AI tools interact with students seeking information\, guidance and access to institutional resources. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDisclaimer: As part of our mission to connect the knowledge community and encourage the exchange of ideas\, UKSG hosts discussions on a wide range of topics affecting scholarly communication. The views and opinions expressed by speakers in this session are their own and do not necessarily represent the official position of UKSG.  \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Aftab Hussain \n\n\n\nDirector | Second Mesh Limited \n\n\n\n\nDr. Aftab Hussain has 30 years’ experience of managing learning technology within the education sector. His research during his PhD centred on the design\, use and governance of education digital assistants. He is the co-founder of Second Mesh\, a company which builds custom software and AI solutions for schools\, colleges and universities.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the concept of hyper-contextual digital assistants and their potential applications within FE libraries\, learning resource centres and associated academic support services.\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognise the role of FE libraries in shaping the governance and responsible use of AIED services\, including the development of locally managed frameworks and policies.\n\n\n\n\n\nIdentify practical approaches to managing library chatbots\, including the use of chatbot management dashboards to monitor usage\, content and interactions.\n\n\n\n\n\nDevelop awareness of the Department for Education’s Generative AI Safety Standards and explore how these can be applied in FE library contexts\, including the use of AI safeguarding dashboards to support oversight.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory and non-intensive\, no previous knowledge or experience required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nTo help you prepare for UKSG webinars\, you may like to read the Notes for Participants: \n\n\n\nUKSG Webinars Notes for Participants 2026 \n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time\, please visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nUnable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar\, we welcome you to contact Samira Sotomayor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen\, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too! \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized\, timely\, accessible\, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! I felt very empowered afterwards. \nEmma Thompson\, Glasgow Caledonian University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nIf you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this Event\n\n\n\nPlease help us by letting your colleagues and friends know about our event. Thank you. \n\n\n\n Share Tweet Post
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SUMMARY:FREE UKSG webinar: Why we all need to #DefendResearch
DESCRIPTION:This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, May 5\, 2026From 15:00 GMT to 16:00 GMT \n\n\n\n.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\n\n\n\nOnlineUnited Kingdom \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme \n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\n\nRecent U.S. government actions (such as restricting language in research proposals\, limiting international collaborations\, removing public data\, and influencing federally funded publications) fall under the broad category of censorship. As scholarly communications professionals\, we know that censorship is a threat to both the researchers we serve and the important research they conduct. Many researchers and research projects have lost funding\, or been limited in their ability to pursue\, communicate\, and publish their work freely\, creating uncertainty about career security and advancement. \n\n\n\nAs individuals\, many of us are standing up for what we believe in; unfortunately\, this is less the case at the organizational level\, which is creating a disconnect whose impact will surely be felt in the future — between faculty\, students\, librarians and their institutions; and between journal editors\, publishing staff\, and their organizations. In this session you’ll hear from Lisa Schiff\, the initiator of the Declaration to #DefendResearch against U.S. Government Censorship\, and two of its organizational signatories — Louis Coiffait-Gunn of CILIP and Terri Teleen of Emerald Publishing. They’ll share their perspectives on why\, when\, and how organizations can fight back against censorship of research\, and discuss the challenges — and opportunities — this represents for our community. \n\n\n\nDisclaimer: As part of our mission to connect the knowledge community and encourage the exchange of ideas\, UKSG hosts discussions on a wide range of topics affecting scholarly communication. The views and opinions expressed by speakers in this session are their own and do not necessarily represent the official position of UKSG.  \n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\nAlice Meadows \n\n\n\nConsultant | ORE Consulting \n\n\n\n\n\nAlice is an independent scholarly communications consultant and a co-founder of the MoreBrains Cooperative\, a consulting organization that specializes in — and supports the values of — open research. For this webinar\, she is speaking in her capacity as one of the co-authors of The Declaration to Defend Research against US Government Censorship. \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nLouis Coiffait-GunnCEO | CILIP the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals \n\n\n\n\nLouis is responsible for championing CILIP members and the whole library\, knowledge\, and information profession\, as well as ensuring the talented CILIP team keeps performing and evolving to meet members’ needs. He is passionate about helping members to inform decision-making at all levels and in all sectors of society\, to support people to learn\, and to enrich our culture.Louis has worked in government\, research organisations\, professional associations\, universities\, trade bodies and the press\, and has volunteered on the boards of schools\, universities and charities. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n. \n\n\n\n\nTerri Teleen \n\n\n\nPresident\, Americas | Emerald Publishing \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTerri Teleen manages the Americas region for Emerald Publishing\, an independent scholarly publisher founded in the UK 1967. She serves on the senior leadership team and is responsible for Emerald’s strategy and brand in the Americas. Terri has nearly 30 years of experience in scholarly communications\, most recently serving in publishing\, operations\, and commercial strategy roles at John Wiley & Sons. She lives in the Boston area. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Schiff \n\n\n\nCo-author | Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Schiff\, M.L.I.S.\, Ph.D. is a co-author of the Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship and is also the Associate Director of the Publishing\, Archives\, & Digitization group at the California Digital Library\, University of California. The thoughts and perspectives shared on this topic are her own and are not meant to represent those of her employer.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning outcomes \n\n\n\n\n\n● Understand why censorship of research is dangerous and learn about some examples● Understand what the Declaration to Defend Research against US Government Censorship is● Find out what some organizations are doing to fight back against censorship \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubject level and previous knowledge required \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroductory and non-intensive\, no previous knowledge or experience required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttendee Information \n\n\n\n\n\nTo help you prepare for UKSG webinars\, you may like to read the Notes for Participants: \n\n\n\nUKSG Webinars Notes for Participants 2026 \n\n\n\nTo test your system ahead of time\, please visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee \n\n\n\nFollow UKSG on X @UKSG #UKSGwebinar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations \n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar and is open to members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\n\n\nUnable to attend? Register anyway and we will send you a link to a recording of the webinar after the event. If you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\n\n\nUKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates\, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our intention were possible is to strongly encourage our speakers to provide auto generated closed captioning for both live and recorded events as well as to make sure their slides are as easy as possible for all people to read. In addition we can provide auto generated transcripts post event for each of the recorded sessions. \n\n\n\nIf you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this webinar\, we welcome you to contact Samira Sotomayor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeedback\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinars are great for me – they offer a wide range of topics and are very well prepared. I never experienced any technical difficulties. Due to the austerity measures brought by the recent worldwide events the training budget in my institution was frozen\, so the fact that UKSG webinars are free is really a boon too! \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UKSG webinar was fantastic – well-organized\, timely\, accessible\, and with an array of presenters that had insight into the topic \nAnonymous\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat to squeeze in so much useful knowledge and information without having to go out to a conference. I could enjoy taking it in with a sandwich at my desk! I felt very empowered afterwards. \nEmma Thompson\, Glasgow Caledonian University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. \n\n\n\nPlease take a look at our code of conduct \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCancellations \n\n\n\nIf you have already registered and are subsequently unable to attend\, please do not cancel your registration – only active registrations will receive the recording in a follow-up e-mail. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this Event\n\n\n\nPlease help us by letting your colleagues and friends know about our event. Thank you. \n\n\n\n Share Tweet Post
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