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UKSG Forum 2024 - Our profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future
2024-12-05 09:30 - 17:15 (Europe/London)
The very popular UKSG Forum includes topical papers, networking and a dynamic exhibition designed to bring together our diverse membership for key conversations. This year’s theme is “Our profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future.” We welcome all but free admission is available to member institutions.

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Thursday, December 5, 2024 – 09:30 GMTtoThursday, December 5, 2024 – 17:15 GMT

Leonardo Royal Hotel245 Broad StreetBirmingham, B1 2HQUnited Kingdom

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Summary

The 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.

The theme this year is ‘Our profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future’.

What will our profession look like in 2030 and what are the practical steps we can take to prepare ourselves and shape our landscape?

Programme chairs: Katherine Rose, Magaly Bascones, Tim Leonard

What can I expect at the UKSG Forum?

sessions on best practice and interesting projects

ample, good-quality networking opportunities

a table top exhibition

The 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.

“A laid back event, just right for networking, and a good combination of timings for lightning talks, meetings and networking.”

“The short presentations made the day very flexible. I was able to attend the sessions, switch to the exhibition.”

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The hotel’s accessibility features include:

A number of bedrooms suitable for wheelchair access

Accessible toilets in public areas

Lifts to all floors

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The hotel is well located and close to all key transport links in Birmingham, please click here for more details.

Do note: The hotel is situated in Birmingham Clean Air Zone (CAZ) which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is designed to reduce vehicle emissions inside the city centre. To view details, as well as check your vehicle compliance with the scheme, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-clean-air-zone-charge

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With thanks to our sponsors

Programme

Thursday 5 December

Time

Programme

Speakers

09.30

Registration & Refreshments

10.00

Welcome and introduction

Charlie Rapple

Kudos

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Charlie 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.

10.10

Infoscapes: Libraries Engineering KnowledgeFutures

Josh will position libraries as dynamic hubs of innovation. He will discuss the transformative impact of emerging and evolving technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), which presents both significant challenges and promising opportunities. This keynote will explore how libraries can respond effectively and actively develop knowledge futures that advance research, teaching, learning, and the public good. Through this lens, Josh will emphasise the critical role that academic libraries and their partners will play by enabling our communities to navigate and shape tomorrow’s information landscapes and the knowledge built upon them.

Josh Sendall

University of Leeds

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Josh leads three large-scale associate directorates: Student Learning and Experience, Research and Digital Futures, and Content and Discovery. He works collaboratively with the executive team to enable the strategic delivery of “Knowledge for All: Libraries’ Vision for 2030” in alignment with the institutional strategy: “Universal Values, Global Change. He is a trustee for UKSG, connecting the academic knowledge community and spanning the diverse interests and activities of academic librarians, publishers, intermediaries, and technology vendors. Josh promotes open knowledge, freely accessible libraries, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as essential elements of healthy, resilient cultures and communities.

10.45

Open Access and the increasing skill list of our profession

The emergence of the diamond publishing model has created opportunities for our profession to support academics and researchers within a changing publishing landscape. For library staff working at smaller non-research-intensive institutions this presents additional challenges as we often lack the infrastructure and scale to engage with emerging publishing models.

In this talk I will reflect on some of the skills needed to harness the opportunities and management potential challenges of the increasing diversity in OA publishing models from the perspective of working at a smaller university. The impact of financial challenges approaches to support for library staff will be considered.

Sharon Stevens

University of Worcester

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Sharon is the Head of Open Scholarship and Content Management joining Worcester University in later 2023. As strategic lead for open scholarship, much of her role focuses on promoting the open access across agenda across the University. Sharon has over 15 years’ experience of working within higher education, non-for-profit and the NHS in the UK and Canada in a variety of roles supporting researchers. Sharon has a particular interest in the role libraries can play in supporting research and open scholarship.

11.00

Bridging the gap: transferable skills and career growth in academic libraries

This session explores the core competencies and transferable skills involved in development pathways within academic libraries.

Our Career and Skills Development map, designed for the University of Southampton Library, opens development opportunities by providing transparent information about job roles and associated development, alongside practical resources to support people to gain experience and skills.

Drawing on personal experience we will use the example of specialist roles in open research to demonstrate that a focus on skills, activities and experience rather than job title can open career opportunities.

Nicki Clarkson

University of Southampton

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Nicki began her career in 1998 as a Library Assistant, spending time in the 2000s working part time while raising 2 children who are now old enough to go to bed later than she does.

Nicki moved to the role of Engagement Librarian at the University of Southampton in 2017 and works across several themes. She is part of the Curriculum Engagement team, teaching research skills to undergraduates, and line manages within the Open Research & Publication Practice team. Nicki is a strong advocate for open and equitable access to research outputs and champions open educational resources.

Lucy Marr

University of Southampton

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Lucy Marr is the Library Learning and Development Lead at the University of Southampton. As a learning and development professional, she has extensive experience of how learning links to career progression in different occupations. After a year and a half of working in the Library, she is still discovering the diversity of Library roles. A true believer in life-long learning, Lucy helps people shift their mindset, and develop the behaviours and skills they need to adapt and be successful.

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/lucymarr

11.15

Q&A

11.20

Break and exhibition viewing

11.45

How will data and technology shape our services and what impact might financial challenges have on the future of our sector?

Ian’s presentation will examine how data and technology will shape library services and the potential impacts of financial challenges on the sector’s future. This session will explore how libraries can leverage emerging technologies, such as AI, and adopt data-driven purchasing practices. Additionally, it will discuss the rise of Open Educational Resources (OER) as a means to navigate today’s challenging market conditions.

Ian Moroz

Bibliu

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Ian Moroz leads the commercial teams in the UK at BibliU, collaborating with over 150 universities and 2,000 publishers to expand access to essential learning resources. Driven by a strong commitment to equitable access, Ian is dedicated to ensuring students have the best educational tools and opportunities. His work focuses on building partnerships that support inclusive and effective learning experiences for all students.

12.00

Useful, Interesting, Rare: a modern approach to collection management and content supply

This presentation will discuss the underpinnings of the Library Collections Transformation Plan at the University of Sheffield. It seeks to conceive of library content as serving differing functions and to compartmentalise collections accordingly. The proliferation of open scholarly content, and the role of libraries in enabling it, has progressed existing notions of facilitated collections. Elsewhere, collective initiatives (the UKRR and the UK PBC) are evolving the conservational obligations of research libraries. With a better understanding of its other core functions the Library can then think about how it presents the unique and cultural significant content within its lager collections.

Peter Barr

University of Sheffield

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Peter Barr leads a team with responsibility for library acquisitions and collection management at the University of Sheffield. He was appointed to oversee the development of the Library’s Comprehensive Content strategy, part of which has now become the Collections Transformation Plan. His professional interest lies in these areas, particularly the role libraries can play in the transformation of scholarly publishing towards a more ethical, non-commercial and community owned future.

12.20

Q&A

12.30

Your Metadata, Your Responsibility – Applying the Cataloguing Code of Ethics in the Metadata Ecosystem

This presentation will briefly introduce the Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021 and illustrate it’s practical application in cataloguing and metadata work in GLAM, the publishing industry; or within the companies that sell content, systems or records.

It will focus upon the common requirements for us to know our audiences or markets; the importance of our collaborations and business partnerships; and the need for us to identify and accommodate workforce development and education so that together we can create, share, enrich and preserve the metadata that defines the quality of search, discovery and access experiences now and in the future.https://sites.google.com/view/cataloging-ethics/

Jane Daniels

Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee

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Jane’s background is in cataloguing and metadata management in the Higher Education sector. She was a member of the WHELF Cataloguing & Metadata Group; the Jisc NBK Phase 2 Task & Finish Group for Metadata Quality & Standards – Plan M; and the Ex Libris Community Zone Management Group. Jane was also Chair of the CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group 2018-2020. In 2019 Jane joined the USA, Canadian & UK Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee, which produced the CILIP endorsed Cataloguing Code of Ethics 2021. Since retiring in 2022 she has continued to advocate for the Code’s use and endorsement by GLAM organisations.

12.45

Envisaging the future of metadata

As a Product Manager at OCLC, it’s my job to look into the future. The crystal ball I look into is the problems, issues, and trends of today. If I do everything right, I can help ensure that as that future I have seen approaches, we as OCLC can help libraries by offering exactly what they need when they need it.

In this presentation, I will share what I have seen in this year’s crystal ball, as it pertains to the future of the library industry.

Who or what will be creating metadata in 2030, and for which types of content? What role will linked data, knowledge graphs, and AI play, especially when used together? How will data be open and accessible while also being sustainable and persistent? And how will we link knowledge in large global graphs while at the same time allowing diverse perspectives on what truth is?

Annette Dortmund

OCLC

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Dr. Annette Dortmund ( https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-9749) has worked for OCLC in various roles since 2001.

In recent years she has examined the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers in scholarly communication, their business and sustainability models, and their potential role in the transition of library data to MARC formatting. As a Senior Product Manager, she currently focuses on the challenges and needs associated with implementing next-generation metadata workflows in libraries and other cultural heritage institutions.

Annette graduated with a Magister Artium in Book Studies, Latin Philology and Comparative Literature from the University of Mainz and received her PhD in 1998.

13.00

Q&A

13.10

Lunch, exhibition viewing and networking

14.30

Towards a more open and equitable publishing future

cOAlition S’s “Towards Responsible Publishing” proposal aims to advance responsible publishing practices. A global stakeholder consultation on this topic revealed support for preprint posting and open peer review, but highlighted the need for seamless integration across publishing workflows and sustainable infrastructures. Building on the consultation, this presentation will highlight opportunities for libraries, institutions, publishers and more to enable and support innovative publishing practices in the coming years. The presentation will also emphasise the importance of a phased yet confident approach towards the creation of a more open, equitable and responsible publishing ecosystem, considering potential barriers and unintended consequences and continued collaboration with the global research community.

Andrea Chiarelli

Research Consulting Limited

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Andrea Chiarelli is an experienced consultant at Research Consulting, focusing on scholarly communication, open science, and university management. His work involves providing strategic guidance and practical solutions to universities, funders, publishers and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem, building on his diverse educational background and expertise. Andrea holds an Engineering PhD and an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

15.00

The Digital Library: Redefining Access and Engagement

This presentation will:– Showcase our online Library and Digital Skills learning space, as well as showcase our new online Infoskills programme.– Consider how Library and Digital Skills resources have been embedded into subject specific courses, including the introduction of AI and the possibilities it brings.– Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a fully Digital Offer, including the challenges faced with regards to basic digital literacy for students.– Discuss support provided for staff presently and how those skills will need to develop in the coming years.– Look ahead at how we meet and adapt to the challenges of our ever changing sector, including potential financial limitations.

Olivia Edmonds

University of Wales Trinity St David

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Olivia 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.Olivia is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion, literacy and reading for pleasure. The best part of Olivia’s job is discussing books with all who will listen, advocating for Libraries across the age ranges and the life skill of bringing the power of reading and all you can learn from it to communities everywhere.

Tarandeep Johal

University of Wales Trinity St David

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Tarandeep is currently a Digital Skills Advisor at the Birmingham campus of University of Wales Trinity St David.

He has an interest in developing IT skills of students from a variety of different backgrounds and skillsets, and using his experience of a PGCE/PCET, Tarandeep also helps to build and develop a structured VLE to support learners in building their digital confidence.

Before this, he was working in colleges as a lecturer, digital skills advisor and librarian.

15.20

Break & exhibition viewing

15.40

Beyond Books: Library Professionals as Champions in the AI Revolution

Library professionals work beyond books, providing direction on the ethical use of information. The AI revolution has provided challenges and opportunities for information search and use. The two speakers will dwell on the similarities and differences between search strategies and prompt engineering with a focus on academic integrity. Library professionals today are drawn into a demanding shift both in their roles and skills as they race to keep pace with the advancements in AI tools. It is envisaged that this discussion will raise the value of librarianship in the information society thus creating AI champions.

Janice Fernandes

University of West London

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Dr. Janice Fernandes is the Academic Support Manager and Subject librarian at the University of West London. She is a passionate researcher with a rich experience of 34 years and over 25 research papers. She truly believes that embracing new skill sets and trusting change to steer the way forward, has led to milestones in her professional career. She is a keynote speaker at various conferences and is on several panels for assessing FHEA applications, doctoral studies, journal submissions and book reviews. She is probably the newest member of the M25 Consortium Task Group 4.

Mary Blomley

University of West London

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Mary Blomley is an Assistant Librarian working for the content and scholarly communications team at University of West London. She has worked in various roles within academic libraries. Having witnessed and experienced the changes within the academic libraries, she has developed an interest in library technology and the impact on user information seeking behaviours. However, she is a skeptical optimist when it comes to AI

16.10

Our profession in 2030: politics, people, and progress

This keynote will look to the future of our profession via some deliberations on our past and our present, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities in front of us. In particular, it will consider:

the current political, cultural, and financial context, and the challenges of future gazing under pressured circumstances

the people that make up our profession and how we are changing to meet the needs of the future

the progress we’re making within a changing landscape, whether that’s digital transformation, working to support the civic university agenda, or working beyond our traditional boundaries

As a librarian of more years than she would like to count and as a current library leader, Sarah will be framing this keynote partially as a personal reflection, but also setting it within the context of the wider information and knowledge community, linking libraries to our partners within the information ecosystem.

Sarah Pittaway

Birmingham City University

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Sarah Pittaway is Director of Library and Learning Resources at Birmingham City University. Previously she was Head of Libraries at the University of Gloucestershire, and Head of Library Academic Engagement at The Hive in Worcester, Europe’s first integrated public and university library. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds a PhD in Medieval Studies, having flirted with an academic career prior to embracing life as a librarian. She currently sits on the Mercian Collaboration Steering Group and the Sconul Horizons Strategy Group, and has previously been involved with UKSG as part of the Outreach & Engagement Committee.

16.40

Closing remarks & summary

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UKSG November Conference 2024 - "Cybersecurity and Censorship".
2024-11-20 09:00 - 2024-11-21 16:35
Join us for the 2024 UKSG November Conference. This year’s event will take place online over two consecutive half days. Wednesday 20th November and Thursday 21st November. The theme of this year’s conference is “Cybersecurity and Censorship”.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 – 09:30 GMTtoThursday, November 21, 2024 – 16:35 GMT

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OnlineUnited Kingdom

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Registration

Register for the conference here.

The conference welcomes members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required.

Fees (both days):

Member – £ 45.00 + £ 9.00 VATNon-Member – £ 55.00 + £ 11.00 VAT(A list of members can be found here)

If you are unable to attend – We will send you a link to a recording after the event.

Summary

The theme of this year’s conference is “Cybersecurity and Censorship”. Over two half-days, we aim to start exploring the multifaceted issues surrounding the protection of students, faculty and scholarly content from cyber threats while safeguarding against censorship in scholarly discourse.

The November Conference is an entirely digital event, open to speakers and attendees globally. Split over two half days this event brings together voices from across our sector through a programme of presentations, lightning talks, and facilitated panel sessions, with the audience encouraged to participate in Q&A throughout the conference.

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If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Wednesday 20 NovemberThursday 21 November

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09.30

Introduction & welcome

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Tasha Mellins-Cohen

COUNTER Metrics / Mellins-Cohen Consulting

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Tasha 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.

09.40

Opening Keynote – Cyber attack on the British Library: What happened and what we learnt

Liz Jolly

British Library

10.20

Break

10.30

Cyber security Panel session

Chair by Tasha Mellins-Cohen

Dan Conn

Trustpilot

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Dan Conn likes to straddle the worlds of dev and security. Having spent 12 years as a software engineer and have been into cybersecurity for just as long, Dan specialises in secure coding practices, vulnerability management, software supply chains, cryptography, quantum computing, AI, and security architecture. In his spare time Dan likes to keep fit and is looking forward to raising funds for Refuge UK by running the 2025 Brighton Marathon and 2025 London Marathon in the same month.

Graeme Moss

University of Leeds

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Graeme heads up the Cyber Security Architecture, Consulting and Engineering team at University of Leeds, delivering security advice & guidance across all University projects.He spends much of his non-work time organising and volunteering at cyber security events such as BSides Community conferences in Leeds, Lancashire & Newcastle as well as supporting many hacker/cyber/privacy organisations in the north of England such as DefCon & 2600.

Nikki Webb

Custodian360

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Nikki Webb is the Global Channel Manager at Custodian360, where she has served for over 7 years. Known for her deep commitment to community in the cybersecurity space, Nikki volunteers with the UK charity, The Cyber Helpline, assisting in safeguarding individuals online. She is passionate about online safety, advocating for better practices in how people interact with digital platforms and share information. Her dedication to cybersecurity and community initiatives reflects her drive to shape a safer online environment for all.

11.15

Break

11.25

Proprietary software has failed: a community-driven open source security proposal

Following a number of high-profile cyber attacks on UK universities, many libraries are rethinking the prevalent UK approach to library systems: a reliance on proprietary software that has failed to protect their users’ data and a management approach to outsourcing systems that has reduced the numbers and skills of in-house technical staff. In this presentation, I argue for a new approach to enable libraries to take back control of their systems and their data. Open source software is not only more secure than proprietary software but allows users more control and customisation over how the software works. By working collaboratively, libraries could establish community-driven multi-tenant library systems installations using open source software to give them more control over their system security, to protect their users’ lending data, and to divest themselves of third-party private library systems companies. Using examples from the Copim and the Open Book Futures project infrastructure, I’ll show how open source software provides a more secure and more ethical alternative to proprietary software.

Simon Bowie

Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University

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Simon Bowie is an Open Source Software Developer at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University, UK, where he works on the Open Book Futures project helping to build community-owned and scholar-led open infrastructures for open access book publishing with a particular focus on experimental book publishing.

11.50

Assessing Cyber Resilience in Nigerian Libraries: An Empirical Study of Security Measures, Threats, and Preparedness

Libraries in Nigeria, like others globally, are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, compromising the integrity and availability of their digital collections and services. This study investigates the current state of cyber security and resilience in Nigerian libraries, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. Survey research method of the quantitative type was used. Data collected online from 80 Heads of libraries and 26 Systems librarians in ten states in Nigeria will be analysed and presented in tables and percentages. The findings will inform a proposed framework for improving cyber resilience in Nigerian libraries. Practical recommendations for improvement will be provide

Adetoun Oyelude

University of Ibadan

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Adetoun Adebisi Oyelude is an accomplished academic librarian and information professional with over 30 years of experience in using ICT and knowledge management skills to drive innovation and organizational goals. She has a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Library Association (FNLA). Dr. Oyelude is regarded for her exceptional achievements in the library and information science fields as evidenced in numerous publications in high-impact academic journals worldwide. Her areas of expertise include ICT skills, indigenous knowledge preservation, metadata management, and gender studies.

Cecilia Adewumi

University of Ibadan

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Cecilia O. Bolajoko ADEWUMI has worked in an academic library for over 20 years. Presently, she is the Serials Librarian in the Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a member of the Nigerian Library Association. Her research interests are in Serials Management, Agricultural Information, Information and Communication Technology, and Library Architecture and Buildings.

Titilayo Comfort Ilesanmi

University of Ibadan

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Dr Titilayo C. Ilesanmi holds BLIS, MLS and Ph.D degrees in Library and Information Studies from the University of Ibadan. She started her career in librarianship with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria and later the service of Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She has published widely in both local and international journals of repute. Her major area of research is information management. She is a Professional Fellow of Commonwealth Scholarships. She is a member of Nigerian Library Association and a Chartered Librarian of Nigeria.

12.15

Summary of day 1 and close

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

COUNTER Metrics / Mellins-Cohen Consulting

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Tasha 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.

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13.30

Welcome and Introduction

Liam Bullingham

University of Essex

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

13.40

Responding to attacks

What happens when it happens to you.From initial reactions and containment response through to dealing with communications, restoration and post-incident review, hear from a specialist business service provider who recently experienced an attempted data hack. A frank discussion of what it’s like to be on the front line in handling a cyber attack.

A COO

Business services provider for academic publishers

14.05

How good data management fosters a secure researchenvironment

There is a recognition that the Data Management Plan (DMP) can form a crucial “single point of truth” and hold essential information relating to a research project’s data including:

why it is being generated;

how it is being analysed or worked with; and

where research data is stored throughout the lifecycle.

Helping researchers and administrators to create good-quality DMPs and ensure they are regularly consulted and updated to reflect the above will be a key part of how we build an ever more secure environment for our researchers and their data. This session will discuss the project to deliver a new platform which supports these aims.

Bill Ayres

The University of Manchester Library

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As part of the University of Manchester Library, Bill is Strategic Lead for Research Data Management. Focus areas for RDM services include open data publishing, data management planning, training, advocacy and support for our research community across all disciplines. He is part of the Research Lifecycle Programme management team and the renewed programme will continue to remove barriers for research over the next five years. With nearly 20 years’ experience in the sector Bill delivered IT infrastructure services and projects at faculty level (storage, compute, networks, desktop) before moving to the library side and developing a passion for open research.

14.30

Break

14.40

Everyone’s Problem: Cross-sectoral responses to content challenges and bans

While book bans and content challenges may have a more visible, dramatic impact on libraries, vendors and publishers also need to confront the implications these restrictions and bans might have on their operations. User data retention policies, publishing practices, and system features tied to content curation are just a few areas where library, vendor, and publisher concerns might coalesce in response to content challenges. This session will consider cross-sectoral implications and strategies that could help us all pursue our shared commitment to information access and knowledge dissemination

Courtney McAllister

Atypon

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Courtney McAllister has worked in many areas of the knowledge landscape, ranging from public library stacks maintenance to publishing technology services. She is the author of Change Management for Library Technologists and the Associate Editor of The Serials Librarian and Serials Review. Her current project is an upcoming co-edited monograph entitled, From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey. Courtney loves to spoil her cat, go hiking, and watch documentaries (true crime and cult topics are her favorites, of course!).

15.05

Cybersecurity in Higher Education – Protecting Users with Decentralised Digital Identities

Higher Education has become ever more complex with the expansion of global supply chains with numerous connected organizations, technological advancements, the recent demands of educational hybrid learning, and the growing importance attached to individuals’ data and its security. In many ways, the pandemic has accelerated the acceptance of remote learning and faster technological advancements. Still, in other ways, it has exposed areas of weakness concerning data security/privacy in education and its supply chains. Besides education entities taking up more traditional and resilient security measures/frameworks, there can also be an approach to deploy innovative technologies such as blockchain or decentralized networks and utilize decentralized digital identities (DID).

In the education sector, digital identities can be used for various purposes such as verifying academic qualifications, authenticating students and staff, and managing educational resources. It could also create a secure, decentralized system for storing and sharing academic research. This would make it easier for researchers to find and access the data they need and would help to prevent fraud.

Stefan Kendzierskyj

Maverick Publishing Specialists

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Stefan Kendzierskyj has an extensive commercial, consulting, and strategic leadership background, holding senior and executive-level positions with technology solution-led companies servicing the publishing, fintech, government, and cybersecurity sectors.Stefan holds a master’s degree in Cybersecurity and is an accomplished author in emerging technology subjects, such as governance/risk/compliance, privacy, blockchain, self-sovereign identity, AI, cyber warfare, and cyberattacks/threats – with published works through world-renowned publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, IGI, and World Scientific.His latest research involves GRC frameworks and cybersecurity for ground-to-space satellite systems.

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The Academy is in Play, And It Is Not a Game

Librarianship is under attack in the United States. The ongoing clashes involving schools and public libraries making headlines are campaigns against core institutions in American society. Efforts are underway to vilify another core institution—the Academy. By understanding what libraries and academic institutions are facing in the U.S., academic librarians and industry professionals can better inform their leadership, colleagues, and researchers about what may be in their future. Library professionals understand the importance of information access and have access to important information—expertise that could alter the narrative about libraries and the Academy and blunt the spread of these attacks

Kathleen McEvoy

The EveryLibrary Institute

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Kathleen McEvoy is a communications expert who has worked with libraries and content/technology providers for more than 19 years. Kathleen has created strategies to address legislation in multiple U.S. states meeting directly with state executives and legislators about book banning, criminalization, and data security. Kathleen is a senior policy fellow at The EveryLibrary Institute, a board member at EveryLibrary, and is on the executive board of the American Library Association’s United for Libraries division. She is the editor of the Seeing the Whole

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Liam Bullingham

University of Essex

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

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FREE UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: The next step: How FE and HE libraries can work together to improve the transition of students from one to the other
2024-11-15 12:30 - 13:45
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. Join us for this webinar that will take place on Friday 15th November from 12:30pm to 13:45 GMT.

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The transition from college to university can be a daunting process for students. From a library perspective this can be exacerbated by differences in expectations, facilities and services from FE to HE libraries. For a number of years, HE librarians at some institutions have been seeking to bridge this gap by taking a skill-based approach and offering support with the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to college students. In this webinar we’ll look at the limitations of this approach and suggest an alternative mindset-based approach where FE and HE library colleagues can collaborate on better preparing students for transition between the sectors.

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Mike Jones

Information Librarian |Southampton Solent University

Mike Jones has been working in academic libraries for nearing 20 years, starting his career in a 6th form college before moving into higher education in 2018, first at University of Winchester and currently at Southampton Solent University. Mike’s previous work has looked at the effectiveness of social media communication for FE libraries, improving networking opportunities at conferences (in collaboration with Jo Wood) and how academic libraries can adapt their information skills training to fit the AI age.

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An understanding of the differences between FE and HE library provision and the impacts this can have on student transition

An understanding of the skills-based approach take in relation to EPQ support and the limitations of this

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UKSG Understanding data visualisation online seminar 2024
2024-11-13 10:00 - 2024-11-14 16:15
This new 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.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024 – 10:00 GMTtoThursday, November 14, 2024 – 16:15 GMT

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Libraries 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.

Course level and previous knowledge required

This 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.

Please note: This seminar does not focus in depth on the collection, collation, analysis or interpretation of eresource usage data. These topics are covered by two other UKSG courses in this area: UKSG Usage Statistics – Practical Skills for Librarians and UKSG Usage Statistics for Decision Making.

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Understand how data can be made visually engaging and used to demonstrate impact and create stories for different audiences

Consider a range of different library data sources and how these may relate to wider institutional strategy and context

Consider how data can be used to support strategic planning and service development

Become familiar with some of the data visualisation tools available

Gain insights into how other libraries are developing data visualisation services

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Wednesday 13 NovemberThursday 14 November

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10.00

Welcome and introduction

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Anna Franca

Edge Hill University

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As 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 almost 18 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.

10.15

Imperial College London Library Services Data Journey

Nova Larch

Imperial College London

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11.30

Getting started with data visualisation for engagement and decision making

Libraries collect a myriad of data and yet are often unsure what to do with it or how to present it in such a way as to maximise its value and impact.

This webinar will seek to address this challenge by considering the different elements that go into creating successful data visualisations including selecting appropriate data, chart elements, accessibility and aesthetics.

It will also consider available tools and systems that can be used to visualise data as well as demonstrating in more details two free tools that can be used to provide data visualisations. The first is Piktochart, a free infographic building tool. This can be used to create visually appealing, informative infographics for a variety of different data sources.

The second is Looker Studio, a freely available data visualisation tool from Google. The webinar will provide examples of how it has been used to present data about library website usage, and support narratives around library engagement and impact. The talk will give an overview of some key considerations when using Looker Studio, and signpost towards a range of resources to help you get started.

Elaine Sykes

Lancaster University

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Elaine is Head of Open Research at Lancaster University, a post she had held since January 2022. She has responsibility for scholarly communications, research data management and research intelligence.

Her research interests include community based open access publishing, data visualisation and Citizen Science. She is widely active in the library sector including involvement with SCONUL, RLUK and the library Performance Measurement Conference, where she acts as a Director. She is currently a Co-Investigator on a Wellcome Trust funded project exploring how to create a more sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture.

Tim Leonard

Lancaster University

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Tim Leonard is Associate Director: Space, Experience and Innovation at Lancaster University Library. He oversees the development of the Library’s learning spaces, its frontline services team and digital systems.Tim has worked in academic libraries for over 20 years and has held positions at Lancaster, the University of Bolton, Manchester Metropolitan University and Cardiff University. He is a member of UKSG’s Education and Events Subcommittee and represents Lancaster in a range of groups with RLUK and Academic Libraries North. His professional interests include learning space design, environmental sustainability and innovative technologies in libraries.

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Introduction and summary of day one

Magaly Taylor

Gale part of the Cengage Group.

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Magaly 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.

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Data analysis and visualization for electronic journal agreements and Open Access publishing at Karolinska Institutet.

Lina Waltin

Karolinska Institutet

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Lina Waltin is the coordinator of the acquisitions team at Karolinska Institutet. Following the heavy increase in transformative agreements in the Swedish setting, she has been engaged in developing tools for analyzing and evaluating these agreements and e-licensing more broadly at KI.

David Hahne

Karolinska Institutet

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David Hahne is an e-licensing and Open Access librarian at Karolinska Institutet University Library in Stockholm. David is a part of the acquisitions team at the KI library, and works mainly with electronic journals – including KI’s transformative agreements. He has a keen interest in statistics and data analysis for e-resource evaluation and in support of the transition to Open Access publishing.

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Using Google Colab and Alma’s Analytics API to create a Library Data Dashboard

Library data is everywhere but sharing that data once it has been collected presents a challenge. Spreadsheets need updating while platforms like Alma Analytics require special permissions and expertise. This session demonstrates how to solve these issues by using Google Colab and Alma’s API to create a Data Dashboard.

Jill Locascio

SUNY College of Optometry

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Jill Locascio is the Librarian in charge of Systems as well as Digital & Technical Services at the SUNY College of Optometry. She is enthusiastic about seeking creative ways to improve library services and workflows and believes that data can be a powerful tool in this endeavor.

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UKSG Usage data for decision making online seminar 2024
2024-11-06 12:30 - 2024-11-07 12:15
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 6th (12:30 start) & 7th November (9:30 start), for more details please visit the programme section below.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024 – 12:30 GMTtoThursday, November 7, 2024 – 12:15 GMT

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Those 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.

Increasingly, 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.

This 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.

Delegates 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.

Who should attend

This 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.

Please 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.

Both days will be recorded and available for playback on demand post event for registered delegates.

We 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.

Learning Objectives

Delegates will:

gain a greater insight into the wider environment and context in which usage statistics decision making is carried out and new approaches to this

learn about ways in which library resource usage statistics have been used by staff in university libraries to inform decision-making processes

develop an understanding of how usage statistics can be used to demonstrate value from a publisher perspective

gain knowledge of the impact of open access publishing on usage statistics and demonstrating value

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Day 1 – 6 NovemberDay 2 – 7 November

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12.30

Introduction & welcome

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Etienne Olsina

BibliU

Emma Nolin

Head of Information Resources and Scholarly Publishing Malmo University

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Emma 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.

12.40

Imperial Measurements – what we actually look at when we look at etextbook usage data

At Imperial College, we have been running analyses of etextbook usage for as long as we’ve had our collection, and they’ve helped us develop processes which focus on value for money, and help support decisions around purchasing and cancellations. However, in the interests of time and clarity, we’ve got used to adopting a very broad definition of the word ‘usage’. In this presentation, we’ll examine exactly what we mean by ‘usage’, and look at how some other performance indicators might challenge our previously held assumptions about what ‘good usage’ is.

Andrew Knight

Imperial College London

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Andrew has been Acquisitions and Content Services Manager at Imperial College London since May 2020. This is a strategic role which looks after acquisitions, metadata and document delivery across seven Imperial College Libraries, identifying and implementing new technologies and innovations, and advising the Library leadership team on sector developments.

Andrew represents Imperial College at a sector level on a number of national groups and networks including Jisc’s Learning Content Expert Group, the NAG committee, and SUPC’s framework and contract management groups. His particular interests are around collection development, library-supplier relations, and how libraries can extract better value-for-money from a not-always-helpful market.

13.10

Made to measure: how can we make decisions that align with our institutional values – an update

Usage data is a tool in a Library’s evaluation arsenal. When budgets are squeezed and renewal reminders come in, we instinctively reach for those precious figures to show us how loved, or not, our resources are. We will compensate for issues in completeness and accuracy, and we use this data as a proxy for qualitative measures that are intangible. But as Library’s allocate more budget to open resources, are our proxy measures still valuable?

In this presentation, Bethany will reflect on how what we want to measure has changed, and how data driven decision making needs to make a little room for values driven decision making. She also gives an update on how things have changed recently, budgets cuts and changes.

Bethany Logan

University of Sussex

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Bethany Logan is Associate Director of the Library at the University of Sussex. She has worked in the Library since 2006 across various roles before joining the Library Leadership Team in 2024. She is responsible for the Content Delivery, Digital Development & Systems, and Research & Open Scholarship teams

13.40

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14.00

COUNTER Metrics: what, why, and how

Not 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 tell your TR_J1 from a TR_J4? This session will clear up the confusion with an introduction to the COUNTER Code of Practice for usage data.

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

COUNTER Metrics / Mellins-Cohen Consulting

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Tasha 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.

14.30

Under the COUNTER – when usage data is harder to find

COUNTER 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.

Ruth Smalley

Edge Hill University

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Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

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15.20

We Have the Data: Now What?

Join this powerful session focused on transforming the groundbreaking data we now have on student course material utilization! This is the first time in history we can truly understand how students engage with resources, and it’s time to get things done. In this interactive and conversational workshop, we’ll explore what these insights mean for enhancing student success and optimizing resource allocation. Let’s roll up our sleeves, share ideas, and collaborate on actionable strategies that will make a real impact in our institutions. Together, we can turn data into powerful change all in the name of student success!

Malinda Daniel

BibliU

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With 22 years in higher education, Dr. Daniel has led award-winning initiatives for community colleges aimed at boosting student success while reducing costs through data-driven decisions, particularly focusing on Open Educational Resources (OER). Her expertise lies in fostering innovation through collaboration across campus, leveraging continuous learning and analytics to modernize systems. She prioritizes equity in access and staff efficiency in decision-making, always concentrating on enhancing ROI and ensuring project and client success.

15.50

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9.30

Welcome

Nathan Newey

Brown Books

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Having 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.

Anja van Hoek

Programme Manager Amsterdam University Press

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Anja van Hoek has recently joined the organisation

Her 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.

9.40

Session 6: Usage statistics for decision making

This session will provide a high level overview of how to collate, analyse and interpret data for use in library decision making. It will mention some of the opportunities and challenges of this approach as well as considering potential applications and situations where this approach may be helpful.

It is intended to be an introduction to basic data analysis techniques for librarians of all abilities.

Elaine Sykes

Lancaster University

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Elaine is Head of Open Research at Lancaster University, a post she had held since January 2022. She has responsibility for scholarly communications, research data management and research intelligence.

Her research interests include community based open access publishing, data visualisation and Citizen Science. She is widely active in the library sector including involvement with SCONUL, RLUK and the library Performance Measurement Conference, where she acts as a Director. She is currently a Co-Investigator on a Wellcome Trust funded project exploring how to create a more sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture.

10.10

Evaluating transformative agreements

A presentation of a model used at Malmö University to evaluate Transformative agreements.

Aron Lindhagen

Malmö University Library

10.40

Break

11.00

The Open access citation advantage in the context of scholarly publishing at a higher education institution

To explore the OACA effect in the context of scholarly publishing at higher education institutions, we’ve measured the OACA in publications by researchers at Malmö University within a six-year period. Discipline-specific OACA was found, despite higher average JIFs of non-OA journals. The effect was strongest for the green OA variant. These results may inform the development of publishing strategies. Researchers do not have to compromise between OA publishing or achieving citation impact. Importantly, green OA can provide at least as high citation advantage as paid OA in hybrid journals, offering a no-cost option for increased accessibility and impact.

Šárka Erben Johansson

Malmö University

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Šárka 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.

11.30

Altmetrics – if you look beyond the numbers you’ll find meaning

Altmetrics or alternative indicators of scholarly interest can tell us a lot about research and how it is being received beyond the traditional citation and impact factor scores, that much we know. But what else can altmetrics tell us about our research world, especially producing the outputs, communicating them and what opportunities can we leverage from all of this? We’re not yet using altmetrics to their full potential but in the course of this short talk Andy will provide a few insights on how we can make better use of this data to gain a better grasp and understanding of our scholarly world.

Andy Tattersall

University of Sheffield

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Andy Tattersall is an Information Specialist at the Division of Population Health at The University of Sheffield. Andy writes, teaches and delivers talks and training about research communications (including podcasting, blogging, social media, video/animation, infographics), digital academia, open research, web and information science and altmetrics. In particular, their application for research, teaching, learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration. Andy received a Senate Award from The University of Sheffield for his pioneering work on Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Andy was named in Jisc’s Top 10 Social Media Superstars. He was a member of the Cilip Digital Technology Committee (MmIT) for 10 years (2 as Chair) and is a member of the UKSG Events and Education Committee. Andy co-wrote and edited a book on Altmetrics for Facet Publishing which is aimed at researchers and librarians. https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall

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Fantastic 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.
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Intense and information-packed. The sessions were just long enough and being split between two days made it easier to focus (and also schedule around work).
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FREE UKSG webinar: Getting out from the back of the sofa: Or, how can we achieve sustainable funding for Open Access books?
2024-10-24 11:00 - 12:00
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. Join us for this webinar that will take place on Thursday 24th October from 11:00am to 12:00 GMT.

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Thursday, October 24, 2024 – 11:00 BSTtoThursday, October 24, 2024 – 12:00 BST

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Is the biggest blocker to open access books actually the economics of it all? Book Processing Charges don’t scale but they’re still the dominant method of funding OA monographs, despite the recent emergence of several alternatives to BPCs: collective funding models like Opening the Future, the Open Book Collective, Direct 2 Open, Path to Open etc.

Through presentations and audience Q&A we’ll pose some provocative questions to explore this theme:

How can these new models achieve sustainability and get out from the ‘back of the sofa’ of end-of-year leftover funds?

How can libraries continue to make a strategic case for investing in these models when budgets are being cut?

How can the sector work together to promote and maximise these alternative models in the world of increasingly tight budgets?

With demand increasing for monographs to be open this is a timely and urgent discussion with library and publishing OA experts.

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Slides

Our speakers have kindly agreed to make their slides available. You may download them from here.

Please use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them.

Q&A

Please, find here the Q&A document that our speakers have kindly put together.

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Post-webinar reading

In preparation the speakers have also sent through the following optional links, you may wish to review before the session.

Open Access Monographs: Myths, Truths and Implications in the Wake of UKRI Open Access Policy (Dr Judith Fathallah, LIBER Quarterly)

The future of humanities research work and OA monographs (Professor Martin Eve, WonkHE)

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In addition our speakers have provided the following links, you may wish to review after the session.

How Can I Persuade My Institution to Support Collective Funding for Open Access Books? (Copim, three part practical blog)

Copim’s thoughts on the REF decision for OA books and what happens next (Copim blog)

Trailblazers: exciting new OA initiative in partnership with Liverpool University Press, The University of Liverpool, and The University of Salford (Lancaster University Library news)

Speakers

Elaine Sykes

Head of Open Research | Lancaster University

Elaine is Head of Open Research at Lancaster University, a post she had held since January 2022. She has responsibility for scholarly communications, research data management and research intelligence.

Her research interests include community based open access publishing, data visualisation and Citizen Science. She is widely active in the library sector including involvement with SCONUL, RLUK and the library Performance Measurement Conference, where she acts as a Director. She is currently a Co-Investigator on a Wellcome Trust funded project exploring how to create a more sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture.

Tom Grady

Copim Project Co-Lead | Birkbeck, University of London

Work Package Lead – Birkbeck, University of London

Tom is a Work Package Lead on the Copim Open Book Futures project, where he runs the Opening the Future revenue model for open access books. 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 X/Twitter (while it still exists) @scholtom but more often on BlueSky @scholtom.bsky.social

Learning outcomes

Colleagues will be able to understand and evaluate the emerging open access monograph funding landscape.

Colleagues will gain an understanding of the advantages and challenges for libraries and publishers around OA for books.

Colleagues will be equipped to compare open access initiatives and models (Diamond vs green etc), and understand the different approaches available to authors, researchers, libraries and academic publishers.

Colleagues will gain an understanding of the complexities around reliable funding for OA books amid an HE sector in flux and increasing pressure on budgets.

Colleagues will be able to identify if some of the initiatives highlighted are a good fit for their own library and institution.

Subject level and previous knowledge required

Introductory and non-intensive, no previous knowledge or experience required.

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The 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!
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An Introduction to open access 2024 - online seminar
2024-08-19 10:00 - 13:30
The rise of open access and associated compliance requirements has created an increasing role for librarians in supporting pre-publication workflows for journal articles and other research outputs. It has also led research institutions to develop a widening range of services and systems to support publication and manage compliance. This online event is hosted over 2 half days. Registration open.

Course Summary

The rise of open access and associated compliance requirements has created an increasing role for librarians and other information professionals in supporting pre-publication workflows for research outputs. It has also led research institutions to develop a widening range of services and systems to support publication and manage compliance. This course will give a basic introduction to this rapidly evolving area. In particular it will:

provide an overview of the research and funding landscape

outline the key stages in the open access publication lifecycle from submission to publication, noting the key differences between Green and Gold publication

summarise the typical requirements for compliance with government policies and funder mandates, and relate these to the publication routes for Green and Gold publication

explain the complementary roles of publishers, libraries and intermediaries in supporting these stages, and the typical activities that they each perform during the life-cycle

give focus to the specific challenges and opportunities associated with open access publishing for books and book chapters.

look at selected services, systems and standards designed to support and manage the processes of open access publishing

explain how new policies and initiatives (eg Right Retention) are continuing to affect open access publishing and compliance requirements

Learning objectives

Understand the key stages in publication in relation to open access and compliance

Be able to summarise typical compliance criteria, and relate these to the publication lifecycle

Understand the basic roles of funders, research managers, libraries, publishers, intermediaries at each stage of the publishing journey

Be aware of the key services and systems which support workflows

Be aware of the application of open access publishing workflows across different research output types

Course Level and previous knowledge required

This course offers an introductory, entry-level overview and no previous knowledge is required, although some awareness of the different types of scholarly journals and open access models (such as Green and Gold) may be useful. Please 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, introductory 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.

Supporting Information package

This will be sent to registered delegates in advance of the seminar. The course organisers have compiled an optional Open Access pre-Course Reading List for attendees – all items will be openly available.

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Recording

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Programme

Wednesday 21st August Monday 19th August

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10:00

Welcome to day 2

10:10

A Brief Introduction to Green Open Access and Rights Retention

This session provides an overview of what is meant by ‘green open access (OA)’. It will also provide a brief overview of current movement with a Rights Retention approach to ensuring immediate (as opposed to embargoed) access to scholarly materials via open access repositories. It will also look at some of the challenges and opportunities facing institutional open access repositories.

James Bisset

Durham University

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Martin Gleghorn

Durham University

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10.50

An introduction to open access for monographs

Tom Grady

Opening the Future

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Tom Grady is a Work Package Lead on the Copim Open Book Futures project, where he runs the Opening the Future revenue model for open access books. Prior to joining Copim, Tom worked in many areas of 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 X/Twitter (while it still exists) @scholtom.

Lucy Barnes

Open Book Publishers

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Lucy Barnes is Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers, a leading non-profit, scholar-led Open Access book publisher based in Cambridge, UK. She also works on outreach for the Copim Open Book Futures project and is on the board of the ScholarLed collective. She coordinates the Open Access Books Network (oabooksnetwork.org) in collaboration with OAPEN, OPERAS, and SPARC Europe, and she is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit. She is also part of the PALOMERA project on OA book policy. You can find her on Twitter @alittleroad.

Sam Nesbit

University of Sussex

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Sam Nesbit is the Research & Open Scholarship Manager at the University of Sussex Library in Brighton. His team manage the institutional repository, the OA publication service, and the Library’s Open Press, as well as supporting researchers across the research lifecycle.

11.50

Break

12:05

Open Access from a Publisher’s Perspective

In October 2022, the Royal Society of Chemistry announced that all wholly RSC-owned journals would be OA by 2028, becoming the first major chemistry publisher to make such a commitment. Committing to OA means moving away from paywalled content supported by subscription and licensing fees. We seek to remove the burden of payment from the author by securing institutional agreements. Content will be free to read and the majority of our income will be paid for by a combination of institutional OA agreements, which see institutions pay a collective fee to cover article processing charges (APCs), and individual author payments.

Emma Eley

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Emma is Executive Editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry with responsibility for the Energy and Environment Gold Open Access journals.

As Executive Editor she leads the Editorial team responsible for the operational and strategic aspects of the journals, working closely with Editorial Boards and the wider research community. A big part of her job is to uphold excellent standards and ensure that the journals deliver the quality, impact and timeliness that RSC journals are well-known for. Emma has over 14 years’ experience within the STM publishing industry and has worked on a variety of different journals during this time.

11.50

Future of Academic Publishing

Future of Academic Publishing: The F1000 Approach

Kelly Woods

F1000

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Kelly Woods has 7 years experience working in the open access publishing industry. She began with an internship at the Royal Society, working across some of the oldest academic journals in the world as well as some of the newest, by assisting with Open biology recently after its launch. This internship gave her the passion for open access publishing. She then worked at Frontiers for 4 years, again working across several titles including Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Psychiatry, two of the largest journals in the portfolio.

In 2021 she joined F1000 as to lead Open Research Europe, the publishing platform launched in collaboration with the European Commission. She still manages this platform now but also has oversight of the other publishing platform F1000 works on with funders such as the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

12.15

Summary and close

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10:00

Welcome to day 2

10:10

Introduction to Open Access

A presentation briefly summarising the history of Open Access in scholarly communications before moving on to give a perspective on the Open Access landscape today and finally asking some questions about its future given recent developments in open access policy and other emerging issues.

Phil Jones

Jisc

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Phil is an information professional committed to helping open up access to research publication and to the results of research globally. Working for Jisc and in collaboration with HE institutions, funders and other consortia, Phil negotiates agreements with publishers that meet the UK HE sector’s requirements. With extensive experience in the public and higher education library sector both on the engagement and content sides, Phil is a qualified and chartered librarian (revalidated in 2023) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with an MBA with distinction focused on leadership in HE.

10:40

Open Scholarly Communication: a funder’s perspective

Jeroen Sondervan

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

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Jeroen Sondervan has been involved in open access and open science for the past fifteen years. From the publishing world (e.g. at Amsterdam University Press and Brill), he has gained initial experience with open access.He is a member of the Knowledge Exchange Open Access Group, the Dutch library consortium OA working group and editor of the national platform openaccess.nl.

In 2015, Jeroen started working as an open access publishing consultant at the Utrecht University Library. In 2019, he joined Utrecht University as open access programme leader within the Open Science Programme. In this role, with the other themes of the Open Science Programme (recognition and rewards, public engagement, FAIR data/software and open education), he has driven and facilitated the culture change towards open science.

In Open Science NL, Jeroen fulfils the role of programme leader open scholarly communication. He will focus on open access, but will also broaden his scope to include open peer review, open research information and new ways of scholarly publishing.

11:20

Break

11:35

Open Access from a Librarian/Coordinator’s Perspective

Colleen Campbell

Max Planck Digital Library

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Colleen Campbell is strategic advisor for external engagement at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). There she coordinates two open access initiatives: the Open Access 2020 Initiative, a global alliance of research organizations and their libraries that are repurposing their investments in subscriptions to support open access publishing, and the ESAC Initiative, a library community of practice building capacities around transformative and open access publishing agreements. She is a member of the LIBER Open Access Working Group and serves on the Managing Board of EIFL, a not-for-profit organization that works with libraries to enable access to knowledge in developing and transition economy countries.@oa2020ini; @ColleenCampbe11.

12:15

Transformative Agreements and other OA models

This session will present a brief overview of the main open access business models, with the focus being on why open access is important to Annual Reviews and an overview of the pilot project used to develop a new open access model, Subscribe to Open. The session will describe Subscribe to Open’s features, how the model works and its impact and take-up across academic publishing.

Mark Greene

Annual Reviews

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Mark Greene is the Manager of Sales, Partnerships & Initiatives at Annual Reviews where he is responsible for the sales and distribution of Annual Reviews journals across Europe. Based in the UK, Mark joined Annual Reviews in 2017 to foster better collaboration with our European librarian colleagues. Most recently Mark has been involved in implementing the Subscribe to Open model for Annual Reviews across Europe.

12:55

Wrap up and close

Bridging the divide between the media and research: building trust in better communication webinar
2024-07-03 10:00 - 15:30
Media interest in research has never been greater due to the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Climate Change, among other topics. How research is communicated varies from an international scale down to local level, as also reflected in the quality of coverage from in-depth news features to poorly referenced, click-bait churnalism. Join us for this online seminar.

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Summary

Societal and media interest in research has never been greater due to the global impact of Covid-19 and Climate Change, among other topics. How research is communicated should be of the greatest importance to academics, their organisations, funders and publishers.The relationship between journalists and researchers is an important one, but they are not the only stakeholders invested in this process. How research is communicated varies in quality and scale from international to local coverage. The quality of research-related news also varies in the quality of coverage from in-depth news features to poorly referenced, click-bait churnalism. Join us to hear from experts as to how research is being shared and what can be done to improve that process.

Those working in the publishing, media communications, library and journalism sectors share common ground and there are benefits for attendees in gaining a greater understanding of how each part of this communication cycle works and how they can collaborate better.

Librarians and journalists both work to analyse and deliver factual and timely information, yet that can be undermined by missing out key components that can underpin a news story, such as a research article or funder link. Academics looking to capture pathways to impact miss out on evidence if there is no audit trail relating to the coverage due to the lack of proper media coverage.

The lack of substantial evidence within a news story has the potential to generate fake or poorly reported news, which can have a damaging impact on the reputation of research. This seminar will highlight good examples of working practice as well as explore what more can be done to improve this ever-changing ecosystem.

Who should attend?

This seminar is aimed at journalists, research managers and administrators, librarians, publishers and communications professionals in universities and publishing.

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Morning Afternoon

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09.30

Introduction & welcome

All times stated are GMT

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

Counter

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Tasha Mellins-Cohen joined the scholarly publishing industry in 2001. She has held roles within learned societies and commercial publishers across operations, technology, editorial and executive functions. In 2020 she launched Mellins-Cohen Consulting in response to requests for help in developing and implementing learned society-appropriate OA business models. From 2022 she took over the running of COUNTER, the global standard for usage metrics, alongside her consulting work.

09.40

Opening Keynote

Liz Jolly

British Library

10.20

Break

10.30

Cyber security Panel session

Dan Conn

Truspilot

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Dan Conn likes to straddle the worlds of dev and security. Having spent 12 years as a software engineer and have been into cybersecurity for just as long, Dan specialises in secure coding practices, vulnerability management, software supply chains, cryptography, quantum computing, AI, and security architecture. In his spare time Dan likes to keep fit and is looking forward to raising funds for Refuge UK by running the 2025 Brighton Marathon and 2025 London Marathon in the same month.

Graeme Moss

University of Leeds

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Graeme heads up the Cyber Security Architecture, Consulting and Engineering team at University of Leeds, delivering security advice & guidance across all University projects.He spends much of his non-work time organising and volunteering at cyber security events such as BSides Community conferences in Leeds, Lancashire & Newcastle as well as supporting many hacker/cyber/privacy organisations in the north of England such as DefCon & 2600.

11.15

Break

11.25

Proprietary software has failed: a community-driven open source security proposal

Following a number of high-profile cyber attacks on UK universities, many libraries are rethinking the prevalent UK approach to library systems: a reliance on proprietary software that has failed to protect their users’ data and a management approach to outsourcing systems that has reduced the numbers and skills of in-house technical staff. In this presentation, I argue for a new approach to enable libraries to take back control of their systems and their data. Open source software is not only more secure than proprietary software but allows users more control and customisation over how the software works. By working collaboratively, libraries could establish community-driven multi-tenant library systems installations using open source software to give them more control over their system security, to protect their users’ lending data, and to divest themselves of third-party private library systems companies. Using examples from the Copim and the Open Book Futures project infrastructure, I’ll show how open source software provides a more secure and more ethical alternative to proprietary software.

Simon Bowie

Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University

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Simon Bowie is an Open Source Software Developer at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University, UK, where he works on the Open Book Futures project helping to build community-owned and scholar-led open infrastructures for open access book publishing with a particular focus on experimental book publishing.

11.50

Assessing Cyber Resilience in Nigerian Libraries: An Empirical Study of Security Measures, Threats, and Preparedness

Libraries in Nigeria, like others globally, are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, compromising the integrity and availability of their digital collections and services. This study investigates the current state of cyber security and resilience in Nigerian libraries, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. Survey research method of the quantitative type was used. Data collected online from 80 Heads of libraries and 26 Systems librarians in ten states in Nigeria will be analysed and presented in tables and percentages. The findings will inform a proposed framework for improving cyber resilience in Nigerian libraries. Practical recommendations for improvement will be provide

Adetoun Oyelude

University of Ibadan

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Adetoun Adebisi Oyelude is an accomplished academic librarian and information professional with over 30 years of experience in using ICT and knowledge management skills to drive innovation and organizational goals. She has a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science and is a Fellow of the Nigerian Library Association (FNLA). Dr. Oyelude is regarded for her exceptional achievements in the library and information science fields as evidenced in numerous publications in high-impact academic journals worldwide. Her areas of expertise include ICT skills, indigenous knowledge preservation, metadata management, and gender studies.

Cecilia Adewumi

University of Ibadan

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Cecilia O. Bolajoko ADEWUMI has worked in an academic library for over 20 years. Presently, she is the Serials Librarian in the Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a member of the Nigerian Library Association. Her research interests are in Serials Management, Agricultural Information, Information and Communication Technology, and Library Architecture and Buildings.

Titilayo Ilesanmi

University of Ibadan

An Introduction to E-Resources Online Seminar 2024
2024-06-18 10:00
This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases. Taking place as two morning sessions on Tuesday 18th and Thursday 20th June.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – 10:00 BSTtoThursday, June 20, 2024 – 12:30 BST

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OnlineUnited Kingdom

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Summary

This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases.

The emphasis is on developing a sound basic understanding of the details of e-resources handling in order to promote efficient and informed working practices. A wide range of day-to-day issues will be covered, with time devoted to recognising and resolving the problems that can arise at the boundaries between publishers, intermediaries and libraries, and addressing business models such as open access. In addition, the seminar will provide a forum for a virtual group discussion on the current issues and opportunities offered by e-books.

Delegates will be able to air and exchange views in the discussion session after each presentation. The seminar will be delivered over two mornings, and delegates will be asked to use the time in between sessions to reflect on some of the issues raised.

Registration

Unfortunately the event is now fully booked, please registered here for the waitlist and to be the first to hear about the time this session is scheduled to run.

Fee(s)

UKSG Members – £70.00 +VAT where applicable

UKSG Non-Members – £82.00+VAT where applicable

Who should attend?

Designed particularly for staff who are new to working with e-resources, whether from a publisher, an intermediary or a library, this seminar may also be of interest to those looking to consolidate and update their e-resources knowledge.

We 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.

Course Level and previous knowledge required

Introductory and non-intensive, entry-level training for the beginner, novice or returner.

Recording

The 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.

Accessibility

UKSG 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 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.

If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this seminar/webinar, we welcome you to contact events@uksg.org

Programme

Tuesday 18 JuneThursday 20 June

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10:00

Introduction & WelcomeNote: All times are BST

Richard BramwellEBSCO Information Services

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Richard Bramwell is an Account Manager at EBSCO Information Services with 9 years’ experience of working in the Library Industry consulting in Discovery, Research workflow and content. Richard is also a member of the UKSG Education Committee

Klara FinnimoreJournals and E-Resources Librarian Royal College of Art (RCA)

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Klara is the Journals and E-Resources Librarian at the Royal College of Art. She has responsibility for managing and developing the RCA’s online collection of journals and databases, as well as maintaining the current and archived print journal collections. She also contributes to the work of a number of committees across the library sector.

10:15

Managing E-resources – Everything everywhere all at onceA brief introduction to the life-cycle of managing e-resources such as journals, databases and other online tools. The talk will look at the full life-cycle from purchase to making content discoverable and making renewal decisions. I will try to bust some jargon and offer hints and tips to help make the process easier to manage.

Ruth SmalleyEdge Hill University

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Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

Anthony SinnottUniversity of York

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Anthony is Access and Procurement Development Manager at University of York. He oversees the purchase of print & electronic resources, the management of subscriptions & databases, and the operation of the reading list system. Anthony’s key focus is on identifying innovative purchasing models that ensure maximum access to resources and building positive relationships with suppliers. Anthony is a member of the Joint Consortia Agreement Contract Management Group, Academic Libraries North CoP Group, and sits on the National Acquisitions Group Executive Committee as Treasurer.

10:40

Break

10:55

Understanding the nuances of publishing and Introduction to Elsevier resources supporting development of Library professionals

Vishal GuptaElsevier

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Vishal is the Senior Customer Success Manager for UK South at Elsevier and has 15 years of work experience in domains of Biotechnology, publishing and data analytics. He has been in Elsevier for over 7 years now working majorly in South Asia. He recently moved to the UK and now supports customers in South of UK. Vishal is an Elsevier certified presenter for Author Workshops and a certified Mendeley and Scopus trainer.

12:15

Wrap up to day 1 & preparing for day 2

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10:00

Introduction and recap of day 1

Klara FinnimoreJournals and E-Resources Librarian Royal College of Art (RCA)

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Klara is the Journals and E-Resources Librarian at the Royal College of Art. She has responsibility for managing and developing the RCA’s online collection of journals and databases, as well as maintaining the current and archived print journal collections. She also contributes to the work of a number of committees across the library sector.

Richard BramwellEBSCO Information Services

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Richard Bramwell is an Account Manager at EBSCO Information Services with 9 years’ experience of working in the Library Industry consulting in Discovery, Research workflow and content. Richard is also a member of the UKSG Education Committee

10:15

E-books a round table led by the ChairA forum in which to explore e-books – topics, problems, issues and opportunities for the community.

Ruth SmalleyEdge Hill University

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Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

11:10

Break

11:30

Buying and Managing E-BooksA look at the wide variety of ways that Libraries can acquire E-Books, detailing how they are managed, and an exploration of E-Book activity across the sector.

Anthony SinnottUniversity of York

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Anthony is Access and Procurement Development Manager at University of York. He oversees the purchase of print & electronic resources, the management of subscriptions & databases, and the operation of the reading list system. Anthony’s key focus is on identifying innovative purchasing models that ensure maximum access to resources and building positive relationships with suppliers. Anthony is a member of the Joint Consortia Agreement Contract Management Group, Academic Libraries North CoP Group, and sits on the National Acquisitions Group Executive Committee as Treasurer.

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The UKSG 47th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow
2024-04-10 08:00 - 13:30
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 and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition.

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Monday, April 8, 2024 – 08:00 BSTtoWednesday, April 10, 2024 – 13:30 BST

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

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You can access all of the conference photographs taken by Simon Williams Photography at the links below. You are free to use and re-use these photographs in any format, commercial or otherwise.

Sunday: https://images.simonwilliamsphotography.co.uk/p348531333

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View the recordings at Underline – UKSG Annual Conference 2025 | Underline

Registration

Sorry registration has closed for the UKSG this year. Please don’t contact us with late bookings at this time as we will be unable to process them. There will be no on-site bookings so please do be considerate and not just turn up as we will have to say no.

We look forward to welcoming everyone to Glasgow!

Programme

Please scroll down for the latest programme information.

Please click here to download a copy of the programme, do note this year, in an effort to minimise our environmental impact and reduce paper waste, printed copies will be strictly limited at the event. We strongly encourage you to download the event app for accessing the programme or print a copy of the PDF before you travel.

Travel to Glasgow

More information on how to get to the SEC can be found here

ScotRail 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.

The 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

Your access needs

We’re committed to running accessible training and events. We want you to feel welcome, included, and able to fully engage in our sessions.

To 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.

Further information on access facilities for the city of Glasgow can be found here.

Conference App

The conference app is now live please, all registered delegates will receive and email with details on how to download the app. More detail can be found here.

The app includes information on:

community/networking pages including ice breaking area’s.

sessions and speakers (build your own programme)

delegates lists

sponsors and exhibitors

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take part in ‘The Passport Game’ with a chance to win £100 in vouchers

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polls, Q&A, session chat

Additional venue information

UKSG and the SEC Campus put the safety of our attendees at the highest priority.  Safety and security measures are in place to provide reassurance to our visitors, for more information the SEC’s security measures please click here

During the live event be aware that generally bags larger than A3 size (30cm x 42cm) are not permitted inside the conference area, a complimentary cloakroom will be provided for conference delegate’s use.

A site map of the SEC can be found here

Sponsorship Opportunities

We are working again with Content Online who have produced the sponsorship pack which you can find here: https://bit.ly/44T9p0J

Exhibition

** All spaces for the exhibition are now fully booked. **

The list of our 2024 Exhibitors can be found here. The Exhibitor Manual can be found here (updated 7 December 2023)

Accommodation

Accommodation 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 the published rates will be available until 26 February.

Map of Glasgow hotels.

Alternatively, you can book directly with Premier Inn, which is located a short walk across the river from the SEC.

The 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

2024 John Merriman Award/Sponsored Places

Named in honour of John Merriman, in recognition of his work in founding both UKSG and NASIG, this prestigious award provides an invaluable opportunity for anyone keen to learn and share experiences from a very different angle. For more detail and the application process can be found here.

In addition to the John Merriman award we also offer sponsored conferences places for:

student

early career practitioners

underrepresented groups

scholarly information community

More details on these awards and bursaries can be found here.

The John Merriman award is supported by the generous sponsorship of Taylor & Francis Group and the early career professional awards are kindly sponsored by AIP Publishing, Frontiers and Wiley.

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Programme

Monday 8 AprilTuesday 9 AprilWednesday 10 April

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08.00

Registrations opens alongside refreshments and exhibition viewing.

10.30

Opening of the Conference

followed by

Presentation of the John Merriman UKSG Award presented Taylor & Francis

(Award Sponsored by Taylor and Francis and provides free attendance at both UKSG and NASIG in the US)

Presentation to the sponsored students and early career professionals

Joanna Ball

DOAJ/Chair of UKSG

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Joanna Ball is Managing Director for DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. Before joining DOAJ in 2022, her career was based in academic libraries in the UK and Denmark, most recently as Head of Roskilde University Library, part of the Royal Danish Library. She is currently Chair of UKSG.

10.30

Plenary Session 1: Moving Research Integrity Conversations Upstream

A practitioner’s view of research integrity: how it works on the ground – Inke Näthke, University of Dundee

Research integrity leads in research-intensive universities engage closely with all aspects related to this topic, including, but not limited to, receiving and coordinating responses to issues raised related to potential breaches of integrity, developing and implementing relevant procedures and policies, developing and delivering training, and ensuring a positive research culture. I will take the audience through the processes initiated when concerns are raised to illustrate the sometimes unforeseen challenges that can arise and discuss potential improvements.

Inke Näthke

University of Dundee

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Professor Inke Näthke was awarded her PhD from the University of California, San Francisco and then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and Harvard Medical School before establishing her independent research team in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee focussed on early changes in bowel cancer. She is Professor of Epithelial Biology and also Associate Dean for Professional Culture. She co-founded the Scottish Research integrity Network, is a member of the Board of Trustees of UKRIO, and is Research Integrity lead in the University.

A 30,000ft view of Research Integrity: Data, Trends and Actions – Daniel Hook, Digital Science

Protection of the scholarly record is critical for the global research enterprise to remain healthy both in terms of its ability to build on past research results and in terms of its relationships with the public that funds it. However, there are multiple drivers that break research integrity – the pressures of the evaluation system; challenges in the peer review landscape and the aims of nefarious external actors to name just a few. Creating good quality data sources that allow us to detect and understand these behaviours is critical to keeping our research system healthy. I will give an insight into some of the challenges and opportunities in creating a good quality data signal in a way that supports the research sector in a responsible manner.

Daniel Hook

Digital Science

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Daniel Hook is CEO of Digital Science, co-founder of Symplectic, a research information management provider, and of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). A theoretical physicist by training, he continues to do research both in physics and in bibliometrics in his spare time, and holds visiting academic positions at Imperial College London and Washington University in St Louis.

Retractions: On the Rise, But Not Enough – Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch

In 2000, there were about 40 retractions from the scholarly literature. In 2023, there were more than 10,000. That is a dramatic increase, even accounting for the growing number of papers published per year. In this talk, I will start with what a retraction is, and how perceptions and practice have changed. I will also explore the reasons for the increase, why it is good news, and why the real number should be even higher — along with the root cause of why researchers end up having to retract. I will tell the stories of the sleuths who are finding problems in the literature, and describe efforts that academic libraries, publishers, technology vendors and others are making — and can make — to effect change.

Ivan Oransky

Retraction Watch

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Ivan Oransky is one of the two co-founders of Retraction Watch, the editor-in-chief of Spectrum and distinguished journalist in residence at New York University’s Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute.

12.00

Lunch and Exhibition Viewing

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13.30

Breakout Session – Group A

13.30

Workshop 1 – Making and Breaking the Rules: critical literacies for an AI-disrupted world

We live in a period of rapid digital transformation where hype around new technologies can overtake reality. AI, automation, virtual reality, big data and algorithmic decision-making can potentially disrupt education, work and entertainment. But the models underpinning these technologies aren’t new; we can critically evaluate them using established knowledge constructs and concepts.

Critical literacies and knowledge of computational thinking can empower communities to generate new knowledge through responsible use of scholarly outputs, data and technology. This interactive workshop explores critical approaches to digital and information literacies: through community learning we’ll develop threshold concepts, enabling empowered ethical adoption of digital technologies.

Susan Halfpenny

University of Aberdeen

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Susan Halfpenny is Head of Research and Learning Information Services at the University of Aberdeen. She is responsible for the delivery of digital and information skills, open research and subject services within the Library. Susan has led on a range of initiatives to develop staff and students digital capabilities, including the development of skills frameworks, the rollout of training programmes and the creation of digital citizenship and wellbeing MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). Her interests are digital scholarship, tackling information inequalities and ethical digital transformation for education and research.

Steph Jesper

University of York

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Steph Jesper (she or they) is a Teaching & Learning Advisor in the DISC (Digital Inclusion, Skills, & Creativity) team in Library, Archives, and Learning Services at the University of York. She’s a qualified Librarian who moonlights in IT, developing and delivering digital skills training for students and staff, and looking after the University’s online Skills Guides resources. When she’s not teaching all things digital, she’s the sort of person who makes computer games in spreadsheets for fun.

Siobhan Dunlop

University of York

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Siobhan Dunlop (they/them) is a Teaching and Learning Advisor in the Digital Inclusion, Skills and Creativity (DISC) team at the University of York, supporting people’s digital skills within the university and beyond. They focus on introductory coding, multimedia creation, and digital creativity, as well as the ways in which digital technologies impact our lives in a digital society and the importance of critical digital literacies and ethics in the technological world. When not doing all of this, they also write poems using code.

14.30

Breakout Session – Group B

15.30

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

16.00

Breakout session – Group C

17.00

Lightning Session 1

Practical steps towards an open research culture: Building support around FAIR data & software at the University of Sheffield – Jenni Adams, University of Sheffield, Ric Campbell, University of Sheffield

Academic researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to make data and software FAIR in order to support the sharing and reuse of non-publication outputs. Currently there is still a lack of concise and practical guidance on how to achieve this in the context of specific data types and disciplines.

This presentation details recent and ongoing work at the University of Sheffield to bridge this gap. It will explore the development of a FAIR resource with specialist guidance for a range of data types and will examine the planned development of this project during the period 2023-25.

Jenni Adams

University of Sheffield

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Jenni Adams is Open Research Manager at the University of Sheffield, where she leads projects to raise awareness and support uptake of open research practices among researchers at all levels.

Ric Campbell

University of Sheffield

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Ric Campbell is Research Data Steward at the University of Sheffield. Based in the University Library, he is currently working with departments and research groups across the University to support the adoption of FAIR practices for research data and software.

17.00

Responding to the UN SDG Publishers Compact – Bristol University Press Digital – Simon Bell, Bristol University Press

The UN SDG Publishers Compact, launched in 2020, was set up to inspire action among publishers to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, asking signatories to develop sustainable practices, act as champions and publish books and journals that will “inform, develop and inspire action in that direction”.This Lightning Talk will discuss how our new Bristol University Press Digital has been developed as part of our mission to contribute a meaningful and impactful response to this call to action as well as the global social challenges we face.Using thematic tagging to create uniquely curated themed eBook collections around the Global Social Challenges, Bristol University Press Digital responds directly to the need to provide the scholarly community access to a comprehensive range SDG focussed content while minimising time and resource at the institution end in collating content and maintaining collection relevance to rapidly evolving themes

Resources

Presentation slides – Jenni Adams/Ric Campbell

Presentation slides – Simon Bell

Simon Bell

Bristol University Press

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Simon Bell is the Institutional Sales Manager for Bristol University Press, responsible for all institutional sales across BUP’s book and journal portfolio including BUP’s new digital platform “Bristol University Press Digital”.

17.30

Exhibition viewing and reception

TBC

Supper and quiz or free evening

(pre-booking for the Quiz is required at time of conference registration – numbers limited)

Thank you to our sponsor for the evening

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08.00

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09.00

Plenary Session 2

Let’s Talk About Green – Beth Montague-Hellen, Francis Crick Institute, Katie Fraser, University of Nottingham

Open Access is a foundational topic in Scholarly Communications. However, when information professionals and publishers talk about its future, it is nearly always Gold open access we discuss. Green was seen as the big solution for providing access to those who couldn’t afford it. However, publishers have protested that Green destroys their business models. How true is this, and are we even all talking the same language when we talk about Green?

Has a recent focus on negotiating ‘read and publish’ deals moved towards Gold? Will upcoming milestones in research funder financing and compliance move us back? This session will discuss these questions and ask whether there is a model of Green that we can all get behind.

Are we there yet? A review of transitional agreements in the UK – Chris Banks, Imperial College London, Caren Milloy, Jisc,

Transitional agreements were developed in response to funder policy and institutional demand to constrain costs and facilitate funder compliance. They have since become the dominant model by which UK research outputs are made open access. In January 2023, Jisc instigated a critical review of TAs and the OA landscape to provide an evidence base to inform a conversation on the desired future state of research dissemination. This session will discuss the key findings of the review and its impact on a sector-wide consultation and concrete actions in the UK and beyond.

What did we Read, What did we Publish: Distilling the data that librarians need to manage transformative agreements – Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver, Jason Price, SCELC Library Consortium

As transformative agreements emerge as a new standard, it is critical for libraries, consortia, publishers, and vendors to have consistent and comprehensive data – yet data around publication profiles, authorship, and readership has been shown to be highly variable in availability and accuracy. Building on prior research around frameworks for assessing the combined value of open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide, we will address multi-dimensional perspectives to the challenges that the industry faces with the dissemination, collection, and analysis of data about authorship, readership, and value.

Beth Montague-Hellen

Francis Crick Institute

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Dr 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.

Katie Fraser

University of Nottingham

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As Associate Director for Research, Katie is a member of the senior management team at University of Nottingham Libraries UK, and departmental lead on developments and innovations in research communications, research support and research technologies. Katie builds relationships throughout the university community, and leads a team providing practical, straightforward advice and training on planning, publishing, sharing and preserving research. Before becoming a librarian, Katie undertook a PhD in Learning Sciences developing insights into, and enthusiasm for, learning, emerging technologies and the process of research. Katie is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

Michael Levine-Clark

University of Denver

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Michael Levine-Clark is Dean of the University of Denver Libraries, where he has worked in various positions since 1999. He serves in leadership roles in multiple consortia and is the chair of the OCLC Americas Regional Council. As a member of many publisher and vendor library advisory boards, he provides guidance about library and higher education trends. For his work on e-books and demand-driven acquisition models, he received the 2015 Harrasowitz Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. He is widely published and has been invited to speak on six continents about academic library collections and scholarly communication issues.

Chris Banks

Imperial College London

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Chris has nearly 39 years’ experience working in Libraries, including over 20 at the British Library in a variety of curatorial, management and strategic roles, and over 16at University Library Director level. She joined Imperial College in September 2013 as Director of Library Services.Chris’s areas of expertise include strategy, open science and scholarly communications, organisational change, public engagement, space, and her original discipline, music.Chris is a member of the Jisc UUK Content Negotiations Strategy Group, she chairs the Jisc UUK Content Expert Group, she is an elected Board member of Research Libraries UK (RLUK), and a member of the SCONUL Content Strategy Group.

Caren Milloy

Jisc

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Caren leads Jisc’s licensing and negotiation service, providing UK education and research with access to digital content and software solutions that support the digital transformation of research, learning, teaching and assessment and the digital estate of universities and colleges.

Jason Price

SCELC Library Consortium

10.30

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11.00

Breakout Session – Group A

11.00

Workshop 2 – Tools that support research workflows. Revisiting innovations in scholarly communications.

Based on Bianca Kramer’s (formerly a scholarly communications librarian at Utrecht University Library, now a consultant at Sesame Open Science) and Jeroen Bosman’s ( Information specialist Utrecht University Library) Innovation in Scholarly Communications; this workshop looks again that the numerous and complex tools available to support scholarly communications and the research workflow.

We all have a limited amount of time to look at and assess these tools. How should we grade them; what is most important; which will come out top? What might work best for our researchers/discipline? This workshop will look at some of the tools currently available.

Do Note: It is highly recommended that you maximize your workshop experience by bringing a device, such as a phone or tablet, capable of connecting to WiFi. This will enable you to actively engage and fully participate in the session.

Judith Carr

Edge Hill University

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Judith Carr is the Head of Open Research Services at Edge Hill University. She has worked in scholarly communications and open research for 10 years and was formerly Research Data Manager at University of Liverpool. Her interest in the Innovation in Scholarly communications project was sparked by a workshop at the Crick Institute in 2016.

Rachel Bury

Edge Hill University

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Rachel Bury has worked in Higher Education for more than 20 years, previously working in NHS library and information services in Merseyside. Academic Engagement and Resources covers all support and collaboration with academic colleagues and researchers, including resource provision, and developing staff skills. Previous roles include academic liaison, with extensive experience of working with Faculty of Health staff and NHS researchers.

12.00

Lightning Session 2

Advocating for data sharing: messaging frameworks for repository engagement strategies – Gareth Cole, Loughborough University, Adrian Clark, Figshare

Researchers face more pressure to share their research data than ever before. Owing to a rise in funder policies and momentum towards more openness across the research landscape. Although policies for data sharing are in place, engagement work is undertaken by librarians in order to ensure repository uptake and compliance.We will discuss a particular strategy implemented at Loughborough University that involved the application of conceptual messaging frameworks to engagement activities in order to promote and encourage use of our Figshare-powered repository. We will showcase the rationale behind the adoption of messaging frameworks for library outreach and some practical examples.

All Watched Over By Machines That Love Open Research – Mark Lester, Cardiff Metropolitan University

This talk will outline how a completely accidental occurrence led to brand new avenues for open research advocacy and reasons for being. This advocacy has occurred within student communities such as trainee teachers, student psychologists and (especially) those soon losing access to subscription-based library content. Alongside these new forms of advocacy, these ethical example of AI use cases has begun to form a cornerstone of directly connecting the work of the library to new technology.

How GetFTR Supports Discovery and Access of OA Content – Hylke Koers, STM Solutions

Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) launched in 2020 with the objective of streamlining discovery and access of scholarly content in the many tools that researchers use today, such as Dimensions, Semantic Scholar, Mendeley, and many others. It works equally well for open access content as it does for subscription-based content, providing researchers with recognizable buttons and indicators to get them to the most up-to-date version of content with minimal effort. Currently, around 30,000 OA articles are accessed every day via GetFTR links.

Resources

Presentation slides – Gareth Cole/Adrian Clark

Presentation slides – Mark Lester

Presentation slides – Hylke Koers

Gareth Cole

Loughborough University

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Gareth Cole is the Open Research Development and Discovery Lead at Loughborough University. He was previously the Loughborough’s Research Data Manager. In his current role he manages the Research Repository team and leads on the University Library’s open research work.Gareth is also a work package lead on the Open Book Futures project, where he leads the work investigating the archiving and preservation of open access monographs. He held a similar role on the earlier COPIM project.

Adrian Clark

Figshare

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After a 14 year career in public, FE and HE libraries, Adrian joined Figshare from Loughborough University, as Business Development Manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordics. Adrian is a passionate advocate of open research, and supporting technologies. As a first in family graduate with a wealth of experience supporting faculty Adrian believes in the transformative capabilities that libraries have to improve knowledge, understanding and to benefit society. If you catch him at the conference, please come and say hello; he’s always happy to talk about all things repositories and OR.

Mark Lester

Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Mark is an Assistant Head Librarian at Cardiff Met – with the focal points of scholarly communications and research support in his remit. He didn’t really know what it all meant when he first started in the role originally (don’t tell anyone) but now he (very much) does understand (phew!). He is passionate about all aspects of open research, thinks a lot about (and does the work) to support research lifecycles and loves a bit of data wrangling – alongside a healthy interest in shiny new library things. Mark has been working for (nearly!) 20 years in academic libraries.

12.30

Lunch & exhibition viewing

14.00

Plenary Session 3 – There is No List: (How) Can We Combat “Predatory” Publishers in a Changing Scholarly Communications Landscape?

Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?

This plenary panel will discuss the problems of “predatory” publishing and what, if anything, publishers, our community and researchers can do to try and help minimise their abundancy/impact.

Chaired by Lorraine Estelle

Katherine Stephan

Liverpool John Moores University/Think.Check.Submit.

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Katherine Stephan is the research engagement librarian at Liverpool John Moores University. She is responsible for organising library training related to research, outreach, engagement and publishing for all researchers at LJMU. She has a background in children’s librarianship and is a keen advocate of local libraries, open research and responsible research assessment. She is the librarian member of Think, Check, Submit (an initiative to help researchers identify trusted journals for their research); a member of the UKSG’s outreach and engagement committee; and a co-organiser of Open Research Week, a collaboration between LJMU, Edge Hill, Essex and Liverpool Universities.

Rebecca Wojturska

University of Edinburgh

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Rebecca Wojturska (she/her) is the Open Access Publishing Officer at the University of Edinburgh, functioning within Library and University Collections on the Scholarly Communications Team. She is responsible for managing Edinburgh Diamond: an open access hosting service which offers hosting, technical support, preservation, indexing, and publishing guidance to staff and students who wish to publish diamond open access books and journals. Rebecca is also the Statistician/Bibliometrician for the Journal of Information Literacy. In her spare time she loves nothing more than reading Gothic literature, watching horror films and crushing her enemies at board games.

Cenyu Shen

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

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Cenyu Shen is Deputy Head of Editorial (Quality) for Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Her work focuses on leading and managing the quality team to develop processes and strategies to keep DOAJ away from questionable publishing. Since 2016, she has also been the DOAJAmbassador for China to help DOAJ develop the China market. She built the cooperation for DOAJ with Chinese scholarly societies and publishing organisations and established DOAJ’s Chinese journals community to help more local journals be indexed in DOAJ. She was the advisory board member on the Learned Publishing DEIA special issue published by ALPSP in 2022. She holds a PhD in Information Systems Science at the Hanken School of Economics in Finland. Her doctoral thesis explored the gold open access publishing model, its sustainable development and problems of questionable publishing. She is the author or co-author of several scientific publications contained in the Web of Science, one of which has been cited more than 800 times and ranked by The Financial Times in the 4th position among the 100 most socially influential research publications from business schools worldwide over the year 2015-2020.

15.00

Breakout Session – Group B

15.00

Workshop 3 – Project HAGGIS: Honing Accurate Go-betweens for Greater Integration of Systems, or, simply, MAKING E-RESOURCES WORK

Librarians expect our electronic resources to play nicely with each other, through authentication tools, MARC records, link resolvers, discovery layers, knowledgebases, and more. But they often don’t, and we have no idea what our patrons cannot access. If you’re not sure that your systems are coordinating properly, don’t fret: you’re not alone.

This workshop will present an approach to locating, identifying, fixing, and enhancing e-resource access problems. We’ll look at specific problems, lots of solutions, and a tool for managing and tracking these issues. The result is more and better access for all patrons, without spending additional money.

Do Note: While participants are encouraged to bring laptops or other wifi enabled devises for hands-on problem-solving, even if they opt not to do so, the discussion surrounding the identification and resolution of issues will equip them with the skills and understanding to address similar problems independently when they return home.

Peter McCracken

Cornell University

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Peter McCracken has been an electronic resources librarian at Cornell University since 2016. He was a reference librarian at East Carolina University and at the University of Washington, before co-founding Serials Solutions in 2000, where he was responsible for creating the first commercially available e-journal knowledgebase. Peter manages the interactions between Cornell’s e-resources, and also advises on Open Access opportunities. In his spare time, he runs an e-resources database, ShipIndex.org, which helps people do research on vessels.

16.00

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

16.30

Breakout Session – Group D

19.00

Gala Reception and Disco

The evening promises a delightful combination of drinks and canapés accompanied by enchanting performances by talented musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Thank you to our sponsor for the evening

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Time

Programme

Speakers

08.00

Registration

09.00

Plenary 4

Between Convenience and Academic Integrity: Using Generative AI for Discovering Content – Christine Stohn, Clarivate

ChatGPT is convenient. This is one of the key reasons for its popularity. It does however present problems for academic integrity, with no reference to the source of information and no accreditation for authors. In this session I’m going to discuss a project combining the convenience of conversational discovery with the reliability of academic sources. Based on the ProQuest One Literature database, the assistant is using large language models to generate answers from academic literature including references to the source of information. I will discuss the goals, the details of the project and technology used, the outcomes and the lessons learned.

CORE-GPT: Combining Open Access research and large language models for credible, trustworthy question answering – David Pride, The Open University

In this paper, we present CORE-GPT, a novel question- answering platform that combines GPT-based language models and more than 32 million full-text open access scientific articles from CORE. We first demonstrate that GPT3.5 and GPT4 cannot be relied upon to provide references or citations for generated text. We then introduce CORE-GPT which delivers evidence-based answers to questions, along with citations and links to the cited papers, greatly increasing the trustworthiness of the answers and reducing the risk of hallucinations.

Christine Stohn

Clarivate

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Since joining Ex Libris (part of Clarivate) in 2001 I worked on strategic data projects, library discovery and user centered services for many years. In my current role I focus on leveraging generative AI for discovering library content. Community work is very important to me. I’m involved in various NISO initiatives incl. KBART as well as serving on the CrossRef board. I’m fascinated by the changes in technology, the scale of material that is available today, and the opportunities they offer. I have degrees in library science, information systems, and history and a passion for lifelong learning.

David Pride

The Open University

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Dr. David Pride is a Research Associate at The Knowledge Media Institute, part of the STEM faculty at the Open University. He completed his PhD. in 2020 and his research focused on extracting citations from fulltext research papers and classifying these citations according to type and influence on the citing paper. He also conducted the largest study into the use of citation data and peer review in the U.K.’s Research Excellence Framework. He has been an invited speaker at international events and has published extensively in the domain. David was also part of the team that recently completed work on the ON-MERRIT project, a Horizon 2020 project.

10.00

Breakout Session – Group C

11.00

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11.30

Breakout Session – Group D

12.30

Plenary 5 – Revolutionary Leader: How to lead authentically in a world that’s set up for you to follow.

People often find themselves living lackluster lives as a result of conforming to societal norms that tell them to settle for less than they deserve. This leads to burnout, unhappiness, and health issues. This keynote will remind the audience that they are not only leaders of themselves but of future generations.

Playing an active role in the quality and trajectory of one’s life is crucial. This talk will invite the audience to celebrate individual strengths and authenticity for a life marked by joy, exceptional leadership, and a well-rounded perspective. It will support you in rejecting conformity, embracing your uniqueness, and empowering you to reach your potential personally and professionally.

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Shereen Thor

Bestselling Author & Executive Coach – Thor International Inc.

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Shereen Thor is a comedian turned coach who slays with hope and humor. She has shared the stage with greats like Serena Williams, Prince Harry, Pau Gasol, and Les Brown. She is also the bestselling author of Revolutionary Woman, which focuses on inspiring women and people of color to revolutionize how they see themselves to create a more equitable world. She has been featured in Forbes, TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Insider, Medium, Spike TV, 97.1 AMP Radio, and more. When she isn’t working, she is enjoying the great outdoors, spending time with her family, coaching or playing soccer, enjoying good food with friends and leaving her cell phone in the dust for extended periods of time. To learn more go to www.shereenthor.com.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023 – 08:00 GMT – Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – 16:00

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£650.00

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£650.00+VAT (total £780.00)

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UKSG Licensing Skills for Librarians Online Seminar 2024
2024-02-07 00:00 - 2024-02-08 00:00
This seminar is designed for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions; specifically for librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending. The seminar will take place online over two half days.

When

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 – 11:00 GMTtoThursday, February 8, 2024 – 13:30 GMT

Where

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

The event is currently fully booked we welcome you to join the waitlist and we will notify you if a place becomes available and also add you to mailing list for the next time event runs.

UKSG membership rate: £70+VAT

Non-membership rate: £82.00+VAT

Details of membership can be found at https://www.uksg.org/join

Event Summary

Electronic publishing has brought huge changes to learned information provision and to the role of librarians and other information professionals. ‘Ownership’ of content is no longer a simple matter of receiving and storing print copies on a shelf. Publishers and intermediaries license access to electronic resources, and so the licence has become a feature of most sales agreements. Information professionals consequently need to become familiar with the terms and conditions of licences, their meaning and their implications. This two-day online course will address these issues using a mixture of presentations, Q&A and some homework.

Course Information

Electronic publishing has brought huge changes to learned information provision and to the role of librarians and other information professionals. ‘Ownership’ of content is no longer a simple matter of receiving and storing print copies on a shelf. Publishers and intermediaries license access to electronic resources, and so the licence has become a feature of most sales agreements. Information professionals consequently need to become familiar with the terms and conditions of licences, their meaning and their implications. This two-day online course will address these issues using a mixture of presentations, Q&A and some homework.

Why should you attend?

The online course is designed specifically for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions. Librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending. Participants will gain a good understanding of the key issues surrounding publisher licensing and negotiations, together with practical skills and knowledge which they will be able to use in their professional lives.

Jisc Collections has an international reputation for expertise in the negotiation and licensing of scholarly online resources. It currently manages around 200 agreements, and its model licence is seen as a ‘gold standard’ across the academic sector.

DO NOTE: We welcome participants from all corners of the globe to join our seminars, however speakers and topics for this event are generally UK focussed and times are in GMT, if you have any doubt about the suitability, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course participants will:

• understand the key issues surrounding publisher licensing, and how these impact libraries• be familiar with the concept of a Model Licence and the important clauses in publisher licences• be familiar with the principles of successful negotiation of terms and conditions in the context of licensing online information resources• understand the fundamental dos and don’ts of e-resource licence negotiation• be aware of the legal implications that licence terms have for their institution• understand the latest issues and concerns related to licensing• be aware of the issues around licensing for additional users, including those at partner organisations.

Recording

The 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.

Pre-event checks

To test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee

Accessibility

At 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.

Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Wednesday 7 FebruaryThursday 8 February

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13.30

Welcome and Introduction

Liam Bullingham

Counter

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

13.40

Responding to attacks

To be confirmed

14.05

Cybersecurity and research data management: benefits of introducing The UoM Data Management Planning Compliance Platform

Bill Ayres

The University of Manchester Library

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As part of the University of Manchester Library, Bill is Strategic Lead for Research Data Management. Focus areas for RDM services include open data publishing, data management planning, training, advocacy and support for our research community across all disciplines. He is part of the Research Lifecycle Programme management team and the renewed programme will continue to remove barriers for research over the next five years. With nearly 20 years’ experience in the sector Bill delivered IT infrastructure services and projects at faculty level (storage, compute, networks, desktop) before moving to the library side and developing a passion for open research.

14.30

Break

14.40

Everyone’s Problem: Cross-sectoral responses to content challenges and bans

While book bans and content challenges may have a more visible, dramatic impact on libraries, vendors and publishers also need to confront the implications these restrictions and bans might have on their operations. User data retention policies, publishing practices, and system features tied to content curation are just a few areas where library, vendor, and publisher concerns might coalesce in response to content challenges. This session will consider cross-sectoral implications and strategies that could help us all pursue our shared commitment to information access and knowledge dissemination

Courtney McAllister

Atypon

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Courtney McAllister has worked in many areas of the knowledge landscape, ranging from public library stacks maintenance to publishing technology services. She is the author of Change Management for Library Technologists and the Associate Editor of The Serials Librarian and Serials Review. Her current project is an upcoming co-edited monograph entitled, From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey. Courtney loves to spoil her cat, go hiking, and watch documentaries (true crime and cult topics are her favorites, of course!).

15.05

Cybersecurity in Higher Education – Protecting Users with Decentralised Digital Identities

Higher Education has become ever more complex with the expansion of global supply chains with numerous connected organizations, technological advancements, the recent demands of educational hybrid learning, and the growing importance attached to individuals’ data and its security. In many ways, the pandemic has accelerated the acceptance of remote learning and faster technological advancements. Still, in other ways, it has exposed areas of weakness concerning data security/privacy in education and its supply chains. Besides education entities taking up more traditional and resilient security measures/frameworks, there can also be an approach to deploy innovative technologies such as blockchain or decentralized networks and utilize decentralized digital identities (DID).

In the education sector, digital identities can be used for various purposes such as verifying academic qualifications, authenticating students and staff, and managing educational resources. It could also create a secure, decentralized system for storing and sharing academic research. This would make it easier for researchers to find and access the data they need and would help to prevent fraud.

Stefan Kendzierskyj

Maverick Publishing Specialists

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Stefan Kendzierskyj has an extensive commercial, consulting, and strategic leadership background, holding senior and executive-level positions with technology solution-led companies servicing the publishing, fintech, government, and cybersecurity sectors.Stefan holds a master’s degree in Cybersecurity and is an accomplished author in emerging technology subjects, such as governance/risk/compliance, privacy, blockchain, self-sovereign identity, AI, cyber warfare, and cyberattacks/threats – with published works through world-renowned publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, IGI, and World Scientific.His latest research involves GRC frameworks and cybersecurity for ground-to-space satellite systems.

15.30

Break

15.40

Closing keynote

Kathleen McEvoy

The EveryLibrary Institute

13.30

Wrap up and close

Liam Bullingham

Counter

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

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Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

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£ 82.00

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UKSG Forum 2023 - “Everything everywhere all at once”: keeping up with our users information needs in the age of open scholarship and TikTok
2023-12-05 09:30
Join us for the 2023 UKSG Forum! The UKSG Forum is a dynamic exhibition and networking event designed to bring together the knowledge community. The UKSG Forum was conceived in response to requests from members. Returning by demand after a break it’s a major event in the scholarly communications calendar supporting UKSG’s mission “to connect the knowledge community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication”.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 – 09:30 GMTtoWednesday, April 10, 2024 – 13:30 BST

Leonardo Royal Hotel245 Broad StreetBirmingham, B1 2HQUnited Kingdom

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The Forum is one of the key benefits of being a UKSG member and attendance is therefore free to anyone working for a UKSG member organisation or as an individual member

For non members a charge of £75+VAT applies. (More information on becoming a member can be found here).

* Please note there will be a limit of 10 people from one institution.

Event Summary

The 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.

Programme chairs: Katherine Rose, Magaly Bascones, Tim Leonard

Free to UKSG members!

Consider becoming a UKSG member.

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What can I expect at the UKSG Forum?

sessions on best practice and interesting projects

a comprehensive exhibition

ample, good-quality networking opportunities

The 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.

“A laid back event, just right for networking, and a good combination of timings for lightning talks, meetings and networking.”

“The short presentations made the day very flexible. I was able to attend the sessions, switch to the exhibition and pick up refreshments when I wanted.”

Theme

This year’s theme is “Everything everywhere all at once”: keeping up with our users information needs in the age of open scholarship and TikTok. We believe this theme encapsulates the challenges and opportunities we face in an increasingly interconnected and fast-paced world.

As the world has emerged from the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the pace of change seems to be at an all-time high. This free UKSG Forum will explore the many facets of change affecting scholarly publishing today.

Accessibility

We’re committed to running accessible training and events. We want you to feel welcome, included, and able to fully engage in our sessions.

To 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.

If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this seminar/webinar, we encourage you to contact events@uksg.org to discuss further.

The hotel’s accessibility features include:

A number of bedrooms suitable for wheelchair access

Accessible toilets in public areas

Lifts to all floors

Directions

The hotel is well located and close to all key transport links in Birmingham, please click here for more details.

Do note: The hotel is situated in Birmingham Clean Air Zone (CAZ) which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is designed to reduce vehicle emissions inside the city centre. To view details, as well as check your vehicle compliance with the scheme, please visit https://www.gov.uk/check-clean-air-zone-charge

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UKSG November Conference 2023 - Enriching Scholarship: how libraries and publishers educate, enhance and inform scholarly works
2023-11-15 09:00 - 2023-11-16 17:15
Join us for the 2023 UKSG November Conference. This year’s event will take place online over two consecutive half days. Wednesday 15th November: 9.30am GMT to approx. 1.30pm and Thursday 16th November: 1.30pm GMT to approx 5.15pm.

When

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 09:30 GMTtoThursday, November 16, 2023 – 17:15 GMT

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

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The conference welcomes members and non-members of UKSG alike – Please note that advance registration is required.

Fees (both days):

Member – £ 45.00 + £ 9.00 VATNon-Member – £ 55.00 + £ 11.00 VAT(A list of members can be found here)

If you are unable to attend – We will send you a link to a recording after the event.

Summary

The theme of our online November conference for 2023 is “Enriching Scholarship: how libraries and publishers educate, enhance and inform scholarly works”.

Just as librarianship is a lot more than collection management, publishing is far broader than peer review. In this UKSG November Conference we’ll be exploring all the ways in which our community acts to enrich scholarship, within the following themes:

Research integrity. As a community we spend a lot of time talking about research integrity – but what is it, who’s responsible, and how do we get that message out to researchers?

Open scholarship. We know that open scholarship can and often does increase the administrative burden on researchers. How can we best mitigate that workload and continue to support the research process while opening up? It can also add to the workload of the information professionals involved – what does that look like and what are the answers?

Information literacy. With the proliferation of fake news, and more recently the hallucinations of artificial intelligence, the ability to find and evaluate information sources is increasingly critical for scholars. Libraries and publishers are key sources of information literacy education, and we’d love to hear about what you are doing in that space.

Digital and blended learning. While Covid-19 pushed many institutions towards digital and blended learning in place of traditional lectures, these tools have remained in place as the world has started to re-open. What kinds of materials and support do lecturers need to deliver these new modalities, and how have they impacted on traditional tools like textbooks?

Split over two half days this event brings together voices from across our sector through a programme of presentations, Q&A and facilitated panel sessions.

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Accessibility

UKSG wants to provide the best possible experience for all our delegates, making presentations as accessible and inclusive as possible.

Our intention where 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.

If you have particular accessibility needs or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org

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Registration

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

NB: 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.

Contact

General queries – events@uksg.org

Please take a look at our code of conduct

Cancellations

The closing date for cancellations is Monday 23rd October, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. Cancellation should be sent into writing to events@uksg.org. All registrants will be sent a link to a recording after the event for their personal viewing.

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An Introduction to Resource Discovery 2023 - online seminar
2023-11-08 10:00 - 2023-11-09 16:00
Resource Discovery is a new seminar which gives an overview of what is discovery from the point of view of librarians, content providers and the technology services. It gives attendees insight into the discovery services landscape, metadata and processes behind the scenes. This seminar will take place over two days on Wednesday 8th November and Thursday 9th November.

About the Event

When

April 08 2024 – 08:00toApril 10 2024 – 13:30

Where

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

Registration

Register is closed

Who should attend?

This event will be valuable to anyone responsible for supporting discovery for e-resources in libraries and content providers or who are seeking a basic understanding of what is discovery and an introduction to some of the technology services that support scholarly communications.

The seminar will impart a practical understanding of the technological challenges and of metadata as key element of discovery.

Course Level and previous knowledge required

The course level is for beginners. Some familiarity with the different types of online scholarly content may be helpful, for example ejournals, ebooks and online databases. If you are new to this area, it may be worth first attending the UKSG Introduction to E-Resources which gives an overview of different types of resources and how they are published and provided online. This course is also suitable for people who needs a refresher (after a career break or moving jobs) as Discovery is a moving landscape.

Otherwise, no previous knowledge is required. In particular, please note that this is not a technical course, and no programming skills are required.

Learning objectives

Understand the main elements of discovery.

Understand libraries, system vendors and content providers understanding of discovery and process.

Understand the role of metadata on the discovery process.

Understanding of basic standards and terminology use in discovery

Attendee Information

The webinar tool we use is Go to Webinar. To test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee

Accessibility

At 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.

Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Recording

The 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.

Programme

Wednesday 8th November Thursday 9th November

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Thank you for putting it together, most of it really helped build my knowledge around discovery and the importance of metadata
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Very good content and speakers covering important perspectives, often overlooked
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£ 82.00

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The closing date for cancellations is Monday 16th October, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. Cancellation should be sent into writing to events@uksg.org. All registrants will be sent a link to a recording after the event.

The UKSG terms and conditions can be found here

Open Educational Resources online seminar 2023
2023-10-10 09:00
This is a new event looking at Open Educational Resources. Taking place over a two half days on Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th October (10am until 1pm).

When

Tuesday, October 10 2023 – 09:00toWednesday, October 11, 2023 12:30

Where

Online

About the Event

Registration

Register for the conference here.

Event Summary

The next few years will see a continual increase in the amount of materials created by educational and aligned organisations, much of which will be accessible to peers, students and the general population across the globe. The opportunities for sharing Open Education Resources are greater than ever. This widespread change has led to many ethical and practical questions around ownership, hosting and copyright. This seminar explores the current OER landscape, looks at how some of these issues are being addressed, and highlights the opportunities presented by the growth of OER resources.

Why you should attend

Delegates will have a chance to hear from a variety of different perspectives, which will include how open resources can support teaching and learning, how resources are being developed and promoted, and how others have approached the creation and management of OER policies. This course is aimed at anyone who is keen to understand more about Open Educational Resources, with a view to creating them, making use of them for teaching and learning, or creating policies around them.

Who should attend

The seminar will be of interest to those working across the scholarly information industry, including publishers, librarians, teachers, lecturers, learning technologists, research support staff, other aligned professionals and students.

Pre-event checks

To test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee

Accessibility

At 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.

Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Tuesday 10th October Wednesday 11th October

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10:00

Introduction & welcome

Klara Finnimore

Royal College or Art (RCA)

See Biography
Klara is the Journals and E-Resources Librarian at the Royal College of Art. She has responsibility for managing and developing the RCA’s online collection of journals and databases, as well as maintaining the current and archived print journal collections. She also contributes to the work of a number of committees across the library sector.

10:10

The National Teaching Repository: Evidencing the impact of your practice

Dawn Irving-Bell

BPP University

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In this session Professor Dawne Irving-Bell talks about The National Teaching Repository: An Open Education Resource with Proven Reach and Impact across the Global Higher Education Community.A searchable database the Repository designed to foster the collective production and sharing of open resources, with a shared goal to support the continual improvement of learning and teaching. Through shared open educational resources open-up access to educational opportunities, including networking and collaboration, irrespective of background or culture. Sharing teaching and learning materials, high-quality scholarly outputs alongside tried and tested research and evidence-based strategies ‘that work’.

10.50

Leveraging the re-imagined content strategy to support the use and creation of OER

Lorcan Dempsey (2017) has written extensively about the “inside-out library” and the importance of getting infrastructure in place to support the creation, curation and discoverability of institutional outputs. Helen’s presentation focuses on Sheffield’s efforts to make progress with teaching and learning outputs and the strategic enabling initiatives across the University which create an environment conducive to the use and creation of open educational resources.

Dempsey, L. (2017). Library collections in the life of the user: Two directions. LIBER Quarterly, 26(4), 338–359. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10170

Helen Moore

University of Sheffield

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Helen has worked at the University of Sheffield for 20 years and prior to that worked for a large public library authority. Working with a team of librarians, Helen ensures the Library supports the academic endeavour and strategic priorities of the faculties of Engineering and Science. In recent years Helen’s interest in open scholarship, and in open educational resources (OER) particularly, has grown, driven largely by emerging commercial textbook models. She is a co-chair of the LIBER Working Group on Educational Resources and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

11.15

Break

11.40

Co-design and consultation – developing learning resources for schools and colleges on the V&A’s African and Caribbean collections

Using the V&A’s newest resources as case studies, Caribbean Connections in Art & Design and Global Africa, this seminar will explore co-design and content creation of free, downloadable teachers’ packs. From the selection of objects on which to focus through to consultation with external stakeholders on language and terminology, the seminar will highlight how the resources are serving to develop skills and knowledge for colleagues right across the organisation and raise awareness of BIPOC artists, designers and makers to inspire the next generation of creatives.

Cara Williams

Victoria & Albert Museum

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Cara Williams has worked in the cultural education sector for over 15 years at some of the leading institutions in the UK, including Tate Modern, Southbank Centre and the V&A, where she is currently responsible for overseeing the development of learning programmes and resources for students and teachers.

In her time at the V&A, Cara has set up the museum’s first designer-led workshop programme, established the V&A’s national schools programme, DesignLab Nation, and redesigned the free online teachers’ resources to support teaching and learning at the museum and in the classroom.

12.05

From reusable training materials to empowered trainers: Reflections from the European Open Science Cloud

This presentation will look at the hidden challenges associated with the rapidly expanding amount of OERs and online training catalogues available, focusing on the open science area. Many recent initiatives prioritise making training catalogues FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) by adapting the existing FAIR data principles to training catalogues. However, instead of focusing on the “FAIRness” and availability of the online training resources, this session questions what support is needed to ensure that the current investment in open educational resources and training catalogues significantly improves the quality of education around the world.

Helen Clare

Jisc

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Helen has over 20 years’ experience working in training and staff development in the education sector. She is Senior e-Infrastructure Strategy Manager (Skills) at Jisc and has worked recently on the EOSC Synergy and EOSC Future projects, developing open educational resources for open science. She is Jisc’s lead on the Digital Research Community and a founding member of the Open Research Competencies Coalition. She is co-chair of the EOSC Upskilling Countries to engage in EOSC Taskforce and of the OpenAIRE Community of Practice of Training Co-ordinators.

12.05

Getting credit for all of your OERs

In the world of Open Educational Resources (OER), there are several steps towards a mutually beneficial set up for authors and consumers alike. OER can come in many different file formats and be useful for many different audiences. But with all of the work that has gone into creating the OER, how can authors make their content findable and accessible, whilst also encouraging reuse and tracking the impact of the outputs.

Figshare is a repository that plays host to lots of different types of content. Our institutional repositories have provided many ways for different types of OERS to be shared, grouped together and tracked. Everything gets a DOI and citation counts, Altmetric scores, views and downloads are tracked across each output.

This talk will run through how you can get credit for all of your OERs. whilst also highlighting the different ways others have done this at institutions around the globe..

Mark Hahnel

Digital Science

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Mark Hahnel is the CEO and founder of Figshare, which he created whilst completing his PhD in stem cell biology at Imperial College London. Figshare currently provides research data infrastructure for institutions, publishers and funders globally. He is passionate about open science and the potential it has to revolutionize the research community.

13.00

Summary of day 1 and close

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10:00

Welcome and Introduction

10:05

Through the winding corn maze – exploring Open Educational Resources in an FE context

Open Educational Resources represent an attractive enigma for Sixth Form Colleges – the chance to get access to an enormous range of potential sources and repositories that are varied, perplexing and have the potential to be incredibly useful or quite irrelevant. This presentation explores the recent investigations that we have made at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College to give a broader FE perspective of positives and challenges that Open Educational Resources can present in the sector.

Adam Say

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College

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A librarian with a range of experience working in libraries from the small to the large across a variety of library sectors including Higher Education, the public sector and Further Education. Adam has worked extensively across libraries in Hampshire where he completed an MA in Information Studies with the support of Hampshire Libraries. After 13 years working in public libraries at the start of his career, concluding at Fareham Library, Adam has since worked at the University of Surrey Library and Highbury College, Portsmouth, before moving to his present role as Library Manager at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

10:30

OER Escape Room: the how, what and why

This session will explore how the creators of the OER Escape Room, Sarah, Aisling and Katrine, created this new open access game despite being in separate countries with very non-linear lives. In this talk you’ll learn all about the OER Escape Room, how and why it was created and how it has been used. You’ll also hopefully become a little inspired to follow your own creative paths to explore gamification as a teaching tool.

Katrine Sundsbo

DOAJ

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Katrine is the Scholarly Communications and Research Support Manager at the University of Essex (Library Services). Her areas of expertise include (responsible!) metrics, publishing, open access and more. In addition to creating the Open Access Escape Room, Kat is also one of the founding organisers of Newcomers (Network for Early Career Essex Researchers) – a network dedicated to developing research support for ECRs. In her spare time, Kat spends a lot of time with her puppy Evie and dreams about the wonderful mountains in her home country Norway.

Aisling Coyne

TU Dublin

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Aisling is the Open Scholarship Librarian for Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) where she manages the institutional repository, Arrow; engages in outreach and promotion of Open Research; delivers training to academics, staff, students, and researchers on a variety of Open topics; is a member of the European University of Technology (EUt+) project. Aisling is a member of two LAI special interest groups (Library Publishing and Open Scholarship); the IOAP; EARMA; is a founding member of OSCAIL, among other groups. Aisling has a special interest in OER and Gamification, including delivering the Open Access Escape Room, Lego Serious Play and the new OER Escape Room.

ORCid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4272-3648

Sarah Coombs

Saxion

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Sarah Coombs is Research Support Advisor for Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Open Science Advisor for the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (NAUAS). She is also finishing up her PhD with the Centre for Science and Technology at the Leiden University looking at how the impact of UAS research can be evaluated. She enjoys being creative in all kinds of ways including thinking of new ways to present Open Science and research support. While currently excelling at “all work and no play”, Sarah relaxes by baking for her family and begrudgingly running through the nearby forests.

10:55

Break

11:20

Panel Session

A panel session led by Andy Tattersall.

Andy Tattersall

University of Sheffield

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tbcAndy Tattersall is an Information Specialist at the Division of Population Health (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield. Andy writes, teaches and delivers talks and training about research communications (including podcasting, blogging, social media, video/animation, infographics), digital academia, open research, web and information science and altmetrics. In particular, their application for research, teaching, learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration. Andy has a mix of applied skills and theoretical knowledge and very much practises what he preaches.

Andy received a Senate Award from The University of Sheffield for his pioneering work on Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in 2013 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Andy was named in Jisc’s Top 10 Social Media Superstars. He was a member of the Cilip Digital Technology Committee (MmIT) for 10 years (2 as Chair) and is a member of the UKSG Events and Education Committee. Andy co-wrote and edited a book on Altmetrics for Facet Publishing which is aimed at researchers and librarians.tweets @Andy_Tattersall

Adam Says

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College

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A librarian with a range of experience working in libraries from the small to the large across a variety of library sectors including Higher Education, the public sector and Further Education. Adam has worked extensively across libraries in Hampshire where he completed an MA in Information Studies with the support of Hampshire Libraries. After 13 years working in public libraries at the start of his career, concluding at Fareham Library, Adam has since worked at the University of Surrey Library and Highbury College, Portsmouth, before moving to his present role as Library Manager at Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Sarah Coombs

Saxion

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Sarah Coombs is Research Support Advisor for Saxion University of Applied Sciences and Open Science Advisor for the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (NAUAS). She is also finishing up her PhD with the Centre for Science and Technology at the Leiden University looking at how the impact of UAS research can be evaluated. She enjoys being creative in all kinds of ways including thinking of new ways to present Open Science and research support. While currently excelling at “all work and no play”, Sarah relaxes by baking for her family and begrudgingly running through the nearby forests.

Mark Hahnel

Digital Science

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Mark Hahnel is the CEO and founder of Figshare, which he created whilst completing his PhD in stem cell biology at Imperial College London. Figshare currently provides research data infrastructure for institutions, publishers and funders globally. He is passionate about open science and the potential it has to revolutionize the research community.

Katrine Sundsbo

DOAJ

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Katrine is the Scholarly Communications and Research Support Manager at the University of Essex (Library Services). Her areas of expertise include (responsible!) metrics, publishing, open access and more. In addition to creating the Open Access Escape Room, Kat is also one of the founding organisers of Newcomers (Network for Early Career Essex Researchers) – a network dedicated to developing research support for ECRs. In her spare time, Kat spends a lot of time with her puppy Evie and dreams about the wonderful mountains in her home country Norway.

Aisling Coyne

TU Dublin

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Aisling is the Open Scholarship Librarian for Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) where she manages the institutional repository, Arrow; engages in outreach and promotion of Open Research; delivers training to academics, staff, students, and researchers on a variety of Open topics; is a member of the European University of Technology (EUt+) project. Aisling is a member of two LAI special interest groups (Library Publishing and Open Scholarship); the IOAP; EARMA; is a founding member of OSCAIL, among other groups. Aisling has a special interest in OER and Gamification, including delivering the Open Access Escape Room, Lego Serious Play and the new OER Escape Room.

12:00

How to Measure Demand for OERs and Why

The OER and OA communities have focused on questions of ‘supply’ — on how to make more material available under open licenses — and, relatedly, how to catalog that supply so that it is easier to find and access. There has been less investment in understanding demand, and for good reason. OER titles circulate without conventional measures of demand such as ‘points of sale.’ But supply and demand go together — also for good reasons — and we would argue that the OER ecosystem is weaker for lack of a good understanding of the demand for titles. Open Syllabus has developed tools to map and explore the demand side of OER, and to feed that back into the community. We’ll do some show and tell and look forward to hearing from you whether this data can help in your efforts.

Joe Karaganis

Open Syllabus

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Joe Karaganis is the Director of Open Syllabus, a nonprofit curricular archive and analytics organization. He has also directed a number of large-scale inquiries into access to knowledge and learning materials in particular, including Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education (MIT 2018).

12:00

Wikipedia editing: learning by making knowledge open

Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world. Its content is open to editing by anyone yet through rigorous policies and transparency it managed to stay free of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and be a reliable source of information in general. This presentation looks at the existing practices and the potential of using Wikipedia editing to teach critical thinking, information literacy and awareness about underrepresented topics and issues. By actively taking part in sharing open knowledge, students can reflect on how knowledge is produced, who can access it and what systematic issues we need to address.

Adam Harangozo

National Institute for Health & Care Research

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Adam Harangozó works in projects focusing on open access and open knowledge, focusing mostly on Wikipedia. He is the Wikipedian in Residence at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) where he works on sharing health information with a wide audience through Wikipedia. Adam has previously worked in a similar role for a human rights archive in Hungary and organised Wikipedia events for vulnerable and underrepresented communities. Occasionally he also writes articles on cultural and political issues, his latest publication being ‘Passenger Pigeon Manifesto’ focusing on the need of open access to cultural heritage.

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UKSG Usage Data for Decision Making online seminar 2023
2023-09-26 00:00 - 2023-09-27 00:00
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 26th (13:00 start) & 27th September (9:30 start), for more details please visit the programme section below.

When

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 13:00toWednesday, September 27, 2023 – 12:30 BST

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

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Event Summary

Those 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.

Increasingly, 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.

This 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.

Delegates 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..

Who should attend?

This 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.

Please 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.

Both days will be recorded and available for playback on demand post event for registered delegates.

We 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.

Learning Objectives

Delegates will:

learn about ways in which library resource usage statistics have been used by staff in university libraries to inform decision-making processes

develop an understanding of how usage statistics can be used to demonstrate value from a publisher perspective

gain knowledge of the impact of open access publishing on usage statistics and demonstrating value

gain a greater insight into the wider environment and context in which usage statistics decision making is carried out and new approaches to this

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Programme

Wednesday 27th September Tuesday 26th September

Time

Programme

Speakers

09.30

Introduction & welcome

09.35

Evaluation of Transformative agreements

A presentation of a model used at Malmö University to evaluate Transformative agreements.

Aron Lindhagen

Malmo University

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Aron Lindhagen has worked at academic libraries since 2006, and has been at Malmö University since 2017. His work focuses on research support, strategic publishing, open access and research data.

09.35

It’s no use: making sense of data which may not be as it seems

Imperial’s Acquistions team has been buying etextbooks and using usage stats as evidence for a number of years. Recently, it has emerged that these usage stats may not be exactly what they appear to be.

In this presentation, Andrew will outline how we can make sense of what a usage statistic actually is – and how usage statistics can differ wildly – and will ask how much we can rely on usage data to inform our purchasing policies.

Andrew Knight

Imperial College London

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Andrew has been Acquisitions and Content Services Manager at Imperial College London since May 2020. This is a strategic role which looks after acquisitions, metadata and document delivery across seven Imperial College Libraries, identifying and implementing new technologies and innovations, and advising the Library leadership team on sector developments.

Andrew represents Imperial College at a sector level on a number of national groups and networks including Jisc’s Learning Content Expert Group, the NAG committee, and SUPC’s framework and contract management groups. His particular interests are around collection development, library-supplier relations, and how libraries can extract better value-for-money from a not-always-helpful market.

10.35

Break

10.55

Made to measure: how can we make decisions that align with our institutional values

Usage data is a tool in a Library’s evaluation arsenal. When budgets are squeezed and renewal reminders come in, we instinctively reach for those precious figures to show us how loved, or not, our resources are. We will compensate for issues in completeness and accuracy, and we use this data as a proxy for qualitative measures that are intangible. But as Library’s allocate more budget to open resources, are our proxy measures still valuable?

In this presentation, Bethany will reflect on how what we want to measure has changed, and how data driven decision making needs to make a little room for values driven decision making.

Bethany Logan

University of Sussex

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Bethany Logan is the Research & Open Scholarship Senior Manager at the University of Sussex. She has worked in academic library roles since 2006 and currently leads the design and delivery of Library services to support research and open scholarship, embedding principles Open Research and Scholarship in policy, practice, and culture across the University.

11:25

Altmetrics – if you look beyond the numbers, you’ll find meanings

Altmetrics or alternative indicators of scholarly interest can tell us a lot about research and how it is being received beyond the traditional citation and impact factor scores, that much we know. But what else can altmetrics tell us about our research world, especially producing the outputs, communicating them and what opportunities can we leverage from all of this? We’re not yet using altmetrics to their full potential but in the course of this short talk Andy will provide a few insights on how we can make better use of this data to gain a better grasp and understanding of our scholarly world.

Andy Tattersall

University of Sheffield

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11.55

Role of JUSP in gathering usage statistics and informing decision making

JUSP save libraries time and effort by collecting and collating usage statistics into one place. JUSP’s reports and visualisations allow libraries to focus more effort on analysing and monitoring use, value and impact of resources. In this presentation, we will look at how JUSP works, the importance the COUNTER and SUSHI standards, and provide examples of how JUSP’s reports and visualisations can help libraries make data informed decisions when it comes to renewing, purchasing, and promoting e-resources

Laura Wong

Jisc

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Laura Wong is product manager for two COUNTER-based usage statistics services (JUSP and IRUS) and works within the Jisc licensing intelligence and analytics team. Laura has worked at Jisc for 8 years and previously worked in academic libraries in e-resource roles.

Jenny Jordan

Jisc

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Jenny Jordan joined Jisc in April 2023 and is Senior Service owner for the JUSP and IRUS usage based statistics services. She previously worked at Edge Hill University in the Library and Learning Resource Centre and in IT Services.

12.30

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Time

Programme

Speakers

13.00

Welcome and Introduction

13.05

Why evaluate one time purchases

Malmo University Library have on a yearly basis bought annual published frontlist e-book collections from different publishers since 2011. But always struggled to find a method to evaluate one-time purchases (OTP).

Charlotte Hertzberg

University of Malmo

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Librarian with +20 years experience. Worked both in the private sector (pharmaceutical company) as well as academic library. Mainly been working with e-resources and the different systems connected to this. The last 8 years focus on usage statistics and how this can help the library in e-resource management.

14.35

COUNTER is changing – what you need to know

The scholarly communication community relies on COUNTER to provide the standard for usage metrics. In this session Tasha will outline why COUNTER needs to change (cough, OA, cough) and what is being done for the upcoming Release 5.1 to address those needs.

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

Counter

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Tasha 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.

14.15

Break

14.30

Cancelling the Big Deal at the University at Buffalo (SUNY):

Erin Rowley

University of Buffalo

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Erin Rowley is the Head of Science & Engineering Library Services at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and serves as the Engineering Librarian as well as the Collections Coordinator for the sciences and engineering. She holds an MLS from the University at Buffalo and a BA degree in Communication from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Her research interests include grey literature in engineering, the importance of information literacy and technical communication in the engineering education curriculum, and collection development in science and engineering disciplines.

Amanda McCormick

University of Buffalo

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Amanda McCormick is a member of the Science and Engineering Library Services team at the University at Buffalo (NY, US), where she serves as the Natural Sciences Librarian. Her research focuses on collection development in academic libraries and the profession of librarianship. She holds an MLS and a JD from the University at Buffalo, as well as a BS degree in Biology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges

15.00

Data Used to Drive Business Decisions and Create Value Metrics

Whether you are a contributor or a consumer of content usage data, understanding it can help in building and evaluating business decisions, in addition to understanding how users around the world are engaging with scholarly content. This is important as a business to ensure that what we make discoverable is addressing the user needs and for institutions who are using budget dollars to acquire content for their specific users.

We will explore how book and journal content is evaluated at JSTOR when supporting publisher and library business models and to measure the success of models within our Books at JSTOR program. We will also evaluate some of the referrer usage, that allows publishers and libraries to know how content is discovered when accessed on JSTOR and what are key search terms users use to discover content direct on JSTOR.

Lastly, usage data will be shared that helps us understand how usage for licensed content changes for users across the world when it is made freely available.

John Lenahan

JSTOR

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As vice president of published content, John collaborates with publishers and libraries to develop products and programs that support their organizational needs and missions. He works with the more than 2,000 publishers partnered with ITHAKA to make their content available on the JSTOR platform. He also works closely with libraries to develop growth strategies for the journals and books programs to ensure we meet their research, teaching, and preservation needs.Prior to this role, John led our global Outreach team working with libraries and consortia in 170 countries. He also played a pivotal role in launching and growing both library and publisher participation in the Books at JSTOR program. John has over 20 years of experience in the library community. He worked with SoftLine Information to bring ethnic newspapers online and spent ten years at ProQuest in a variety of roles collaborating with publishers and the library communities.

15.30

Break

15.40

Transforming decision-making in the library: the University of Nottingham perspective on Read and Publish agreements

This Breakout session explores the work of UoN Libraries’ Read & Publish Group (R&P Group) in reviewing and managing Transitional Agreements (TAs), balancing budgetary costs and providing access to resources whilst also maximising publishing opportunities for our researchers.

University of Nottingham Libraries are committed to supporting Plan S principles and adopting Transitional Agreements (or Transformative Agreements). There is an inherent tension between the Read and Publish aspects of TAs, and a new approach was required was to manage these very different and sometimes competing priorities in a challenging and competitive research and teaching environment.

Paul Cavanagh

University of Nottingham

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Paul Cavanagh is Senior Librarian, Resource Acquisitions at University of Nottingham Libraries, with responsibility for purchasing and providing access to resources in print and electronic formats including books, journals, scans and digitisations and other materials. Paul has extensive experience of content and collection management and subject librarianship within HE and FE libraries.

Paul’s recent focus has been on managing transitional Read and Publish agreements with colleagues from UoN Libraries’ Research Support team. His professional interests include evidence based decision making in acquisitions, copyright guidance and improving access to resources and accessible formats for users.

Julie Baldwin

University of Nottingham

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Julie Baldwin has been working in Libraries for the last 10 years, firstly in Customer Services roles and then moving into Research Support after she’d qualified from Sheffield with her MA in Librarianship in 2017. She is currently a Research Librarian within the University of Nottingham Libraries’ Research Support Team. Within the team, her particular focuses include open access, research data management and copyright.

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Practical Routes to OA Monographs - Collaboration, Innovation and Support online seminar 2023
2023-08-22 09:30
This is a new two-part online event looking at the rapidly developing landscape of support for Open Access Monograph publishing. Taking place as two morning sessions on Tuesday 22nd August and Thursday 24th August.

When

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 – 09:30 BSTtoThursday, August 24, 2023 – 12:30 BST

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

Sorry registrations have now closed – any queries please contact events@uksg.org

Event Summary

he seminar will explore the current landscape of support for Open Access Monograph publishing. With new funder requirements around openness for books being introduced in the UK and other countries, this topic is increasingly important to Librarians, publishers and intermediaries, and is undergoing rapid development.

The seminar will include a variety of case studies showcasing and exploring the current framework for Open Access monograph publishing in the UK and Europe. It will investigate the diversity of Open Access monograph publishers, as well as how OA book and chapter provision has evolved over time. The session will also highlight several new collaborative sector initiatives looking to support and foster open access monograph publishing, as well as several that have a particular focus on expanding the promotion and discovery of open monographs.

The course will also look to compare and contrast approaches to monograph provision and support by country, with case studies from the UK and Sweden.

Learning Objectives

Understand the key challenges in facilitating open access monographs.

Be aware of how open access monograph publishing, and support for this publishing, has evolved over time.

Have an insight into the variety of different forms of Open Access monograph publisher

Gain an introduction to the existing support framework for researchers looking to produce OA monographs, including some of the sector initiatives in this area.

Have some understanding of how different countries are approaching the challenges of OA monograph support and discovery.

Who should attend?

The seminar will be of interest to those involved (or interested) in any area of open access publishing or research support, especially in the UK and Europe. The subject material will be useful for anyone wishing to develop their understanding of this rapidly developing topic. It will be of particular relevance to librarians, publishers, intermediaries and funders who are working directly in the production or support of open access monographs, or who are having to consider these challenges in light of new funder requirements.

Course level and previous knowledge required

Attendees should possess an understanding of the fundamentals of Open Access, as these will not be covered by the event.

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Programme

Tuesday 22nd August Thursday 24th August

Time

Programme

Speakers

09.30

Introduction & welcome

09.40

A field in flux: change, challenge, and collective progress for OA books

Open access is leading to significant changes in book publishing, with implications for publishers, libraries, and authors—as well as universities, funders, and more! I’ll attempt to give an overview of some of these changes, focusing particularly on community-led projects I’m involved with, such as COPIM’s Open Book Futures; policy changes, including UKRI and the PALOMERA project; and the rise in collective models to support the costs of OA book publishing. I’ll cover some of the challenges these changes pose, but also the potential for a shift that brings many more readers to the academic book.

Lucy Barnes

Open Book Publishers

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Lucy Barnes is Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers, a leading non-profit, scholar-led Open Access book publisher based in Cambridge, UK. She also works on outreach for the Copim Open Book Futures project and is on the board of the ScholarLed collective. She coordinates the Open Access Books Network (oabooksnetwork.org) in collaboration with OAPEN, OPERAS, and SPARC Europe, and she is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit. She is also part of the PALOMERA project on OA book policy. You can find her on Twitter @alittleroad.

10:20

Malmo University Press

Mat Blomberg

Malmo University Press

11:00

Break

11:15

How White Rose University Press (WRUP) is navigating the OA landscape: Past, present and future …

White Rose University Press (WRUP) is a library-led, non-profit academic press, we are an established Press having opened our doors in 2016. This talk will focus on our development in relation to the OA landscape to this point, and next steps on how we intend to build on that growth, while continuing to support the wider OA community.

WRUP contributes to initiatives like the Jisc New University Press Toolkit, co-created a series of Mythbusting workshops focusing on open access monographs, and is also a founding member of the new Open Institutional Publishing Association; activities which aim to support and drive the OA publishing community. As a Library Publisher, with other institutional and scholar-led publishing initiatives, this talk will hopefully show how we are working together to shape a new way forward.

Lucy Cook

White Rose University Press

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Lucy is the Publishing and Communications Assistant for White Rose University Press, and is based at the University of York. Her role is focussed around increasing the production capacity of, and supporting advocacy work for, WRUP. She also supports all aspects of the publication process, and is currently working on a project to build the profile of WRUP across Leeds, Sheffield and York, and beyond.

11:55

Open Access for Longform Scholarship

The truth is paywalled but the lies are free. How do we go about unlocking longform scholarship? UK-authored shortform scholarship now has very high rates of open access. By contrast, UK-authored longform scholarship remains largely unavailable to the UK public that helps fund its creation. At Arcadia we believe that equitable open access to longform scholarship is eminently achievable, given sufficient will. Providing open access to scholarship isn’t just for those with ‘external grants’, it is for everyone. This talk will explore the variety of ways of doing open access monograph publishing.

Ross Mounce

Arcadia

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Ross is Director of Open Access Programmes at Arcadia – a charitable foundation that works to protect nature, preserve cultural heritage and promote open access to knowledge. Since 2002 Arcadia has awarded more than $1 billion to organizations around the world.

12.15

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Time

Programme

Speakers

09:30

Welcome

09:35

Bloomsbury Open Collections: A collective-action model for open access monographs

Bloomsbury Open Collections seeks to spread the cost of open-access books across multiple organisations while providing private benefits to participating libraries. In our pilot year, we are aiming to make 20 frontlist monographs in African Studies and International Development open access immediately upon publication. In this talk I’ll share our aims and motivations, explain how the model works and why we designed it this way, and explore what we’ve learnt so far and what might come next.

Ros Pyne

Bloomsbury Academic

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Ros Pyne is Global Director, Research and Open Access at Bloomsbury Academic. She has worked in open access policy and strategy roles for over a decade and has a particular interest in bringing OA to long-form scholarship and to the humanities. Ros sits on the advisory boards for the OAPEN OA Books Toolkit and the Mellon-funded Book Analytics Dashboard Project and is co-author of several papers on open access books.

10:15

Professor of history and Kriterium

Kriterium is a platform for the review, publication and dissemination of high-quality academic books. Kriterium is a way of awarding a quality label to academic research, with a certification that ensures and shows that a scientific publication has undergone a controlled and documented peer review process. Books with the Kriterium label are also made freely available online.

Kriterium is a collaborative venture between Swedish universities and Swedish publishers, with representatives from the Swedish Research Council, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, the National Library of Sweden.

The Kriterium portal is open to academic research from all institutions of higher education and independent scholars. Kriterium is primarily intended for research and researchers with a Swedish connection, and will thus uphold the tradition of academic books published in Sweden.

Ulf Zander

Lund University

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Ulf Zander is Professor in history at Lund University, Sweden. He has written extensively about the post-war history of the Holocaust as well as on film and history. Among his recent publications could be mentioned “La Suède et la Shoah” in Revue d’historie de la Shoah (2015), “Remembering and Forgetting the Holocaust – The Cases of Jan Karski and Raoul Wallenberg”, in The Europeanization of Heritage and Memories in Poland and Sweden (2016) and Raoul Wallenberg – Life and legacy (in press). He is co-editor of some twenty volumes and is interested in matters of publishing.

10:55

Break

11:10

The role of OAPEN and DOAB in supporting OA monographs

This session will focus on how the two separate but complimentary infrastructure services, OAPEN and DOAB, have supported and continue to support the transition to OA for monographs.

Silke Davison

OAPEN

See Biography
Silke Davison is Community Manager at OAPEN and the DOAB, where she is responsible for the development of and engagement with their library communities, seeking to promote and support the transition to open access for academic books. Prior to this, she worked at Frontiers and Springer Nature, and completed an MA in Publishing at UCL.

11:50

Scottish Universities Press – Libraries Collaborating at Scale

Scottish Universities Press (SUP) is a new library-led open access publishing initiative, which has the support of 18 higher education institutions that are members of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL). This case study outlines the journey of SUP from start-up to plans for scaling up, presenting the rationale for the SUP approach and highlighting lessons learnt that will be useful for other new presses and those considering a consortia approach.

Gillian Daly

Scottish Universities Press

See Biography
Gillian Daly is the Executive Officer of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) and Press Manager for the new Scottish Universities Press (SUP). Gillian has broad experience of leading initiatives at Scotland-wide scale through previous roles as Head of Policy and Projects at the Scottish Library and Information Council and as Knowledge Exchange Partnership Manager at the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.

13.30

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Introduction to E-Resources Online Seminar 2023
2023-07-11 00:00 - 2023-07-13 00:00
This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases. Taking place as two morning sessions on Tuesday 11th July and Thursday 13th July.

When

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 – 10:00 BSTtoThursday, July 13, 2023 – 12:30 BST

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

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Event Summary

This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases.

The emphasis is on developing a sound basic understanding of the details of e-resources handling in order to promote efficient and informed working practices. A wide range of day-to-day issues will be covered, with time devoted to recognising and resolving the problems that can arise at the boundaries between publishers, intermediaries and libraries, and addressing business models such as open access. In addition, the seminar will provide a forum for a virtual group discussion on the current issues and opportunities offered by e-books.

Delegates will be able to air and exchange views in the discussion session after each presentation. The seminar will be delivered over two mornings, and delegates will be asked to use the time in between sessions to reflect on some of the issues raised.

Who should attend?

Designed particularly for staff who are new to working with e-resources, whether from a publisher, an intermediary or a library, this seminar may also be of interest to those looking to consolidate and update their e-resources knowledge.

We 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.

Learning Objectives

To gain practical tips on managing e-resources which can be applied in the workplace

To gain a basic understanding of the serials supply chain and the factors influencing it, including Open Access

To understand and learn how to build relationships between publishers, intermediaries and libraries

To learn how to have informed conversations with customers/suppliers

To gain insight into the practical aspects of managing e-books

To share experiences with other delegates and discuss questions and challenges which arise during the seminar

Learning Objectives

Introductory and non-intensive, entry-level training for the beginner, novice or returner.

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The 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.

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Programme

Tuesday 11th July Thursday 13th July

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Introduction & welcome

10:05

Discussion: Sharing experience of working with e-resources

10:20

Managing E-resources – a whistlestop tour

A brief introduction to the life-cycle of managing e-resources such as journals, databases and other online tools from purchase to making content discoverable.

Ruth Smalley

Edge Hill University

See Biography
Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

11:20

Break

11:35

Procuring & Managing E-Book Content

Anthony Sinnott

University of York

See Biography
Anthony is Access and Procurement Development Manager at University of York. He oversees the purchase of print & electronic resources, the management of subscriptions & databases, and the operation of the reading list system. Anthony’s key focus is on identifying innovative purchasing models that ensure maximum access to resources and building positive relationships with suppliers. Anthony is a member of the Joint Consortia Agreement Contract Management Group, Academic Libraries North CoP Group, and sits on the National Acquisitions Group Executive Committee as Treasurer.

12:15

Wrap up to day 1 & preparing for day 2

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Welcome and Introduction

10:05

Recap from Day 1

10:20

E-books a round table led by the Chairs

A forum in which to explore e-books – topics, problems, issues and opportunities for the community.

Anthony Sinnott

University of York

See Biography
Anthony is Access and Procurement Development Manager at University of York. He oversees the purchase of print & electronic resources, the management of subscriptions & databases, and the operation of the reading list system. Anthony’s key focus is on identifying innovative purchasing models that ensure maximum access to resources and building positive relationships with suppliers. Anthony is a member of the Joint Consortia Agreement Contract Management Group, Academic Libraries North CoP Group, and sits on the National Acquisitions Group Executive Committee as Treasurer.

Ruth Smalley

Edge Hill University

See Biography
Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

10:40

Break

10:50

Understanding the nuances of publishing and Introduction to Elsevier resources supporting development of Library professionals

Vishal Gupta

Elsevier

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Vishal is the Senior Customer Success Manager for UK South at Elsevier and has 15 years of work experience in domains of Biotechnology, publishing and data analytics. He has been in Elsevier for over 7 years now working majorly in South Asia. He recently moved to the UK and now supports customers in South of UK. Vishal is an Elsevier certified presenter for Author Workshops and a certified Mendeley and Scopus trainer.

15.05

Intermediaries and their services

The development of intermediaries, the role of the intermediary and a review of the new players and the growing range of online access services offered

Richard Bramwell

EBSCO

12:20

An overview and a final summing up

Feedback

Thank you, this was really helpful. It has increased my awareness of DDA, EBA, OA and Read & Publish agreements. It has given me a snap shot of where libraries and e-resource providers are at in the world today.
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I enjoyed it. Found it very useful, the chairs were very good. Panel discussion where they shared experience was very useful, and it was also good to hear about things from the perspective of an Aggregator and Publisher to give a rounded view. As someone new to Academic libraries it provided a really good introduction.
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Publication to press: building trust in research communication - online seminar 2023
2023-06-27 10:00
Media interest in research has never been greater due to the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Climate Change, among other topics. How research is communicated varies from an international scale down to local level, as also reflected in the quality of coverage from in-depth news features to poorly referenced, click-bait churnalism. Join us for this online seminar that takes place over one day – Tuesday 27th June – 10:00 to 15:30 BST.

When

April 08 2024 – 08:00toApril 10 2024 – 13:30

Where

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

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Event Summary

How research is communicated should be of the greatest importance to academics, their organisations, funders, journals and the media organisation. Ultimately it should be of the highest importance to policy makers and society. Yet, in a world where research is increasingly published Open Access there is still a failure to include all of the relevant pieces of information, such as links to the research paper, especially on a local level.

Those working in the publishing, media communications, library and journalism sectors share common ground and would benefit from a greater understanding of how they could benefit by their greater collaboration. Librarians and journalists both work to analyse and deliver factual information, yet that is undermined by missing out key elements that can underpin a news story, such as an article or funder link.

Academics looking to capture pathways to impact miss out on evidence if there is no audit trail relating to the coverage due to the lack of proper media coverage. Whilst Altmetrics can help this, it often fails to pick up mentions, due to the aforementioned problems. The lack of substantial evidence within a news story has the potential to generate fake or poorly reported news, which can have a damaging impact on research communication. It is much harder for a journalist to apply bias or cherry pick a piece of research if they have to cite a freely available research article or lay summary.

Who should attend?

This seminar is aimed at journalists, librarians, publishers and communications professionals in universities and publishing.

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Programme

Morning Afternoon

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Introduction & welcome

10:10

Opening Keynote

Nita Pillai

Sense about Science

See Biography
Nita has over 10 years experience working for a range of non-profit organisations working across policy and research. Nita was previously at the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) where she oversaw their portfolio of projects focused around training and upskilling anaesthesia providers in low and middle income countries. Prior to that, at the Fairtrade Foundation, Nita led the policy and research team before developing the organisation’s work on the impact assessment and evaluation of Fairtrade projects. She has extensive experience of working on complex global projects and programmes and working with, and coordinating diverse teams. Nita has also worked at Consumers International, the Overseas Development Institute and ActionAid. Nita also has a PhD in Microbiology and a Masters in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

10:50

AI: the end of publishing as we know it or a Brave New World

Since ChatGPT was unleashed in late 2022 it has taken the academic world by storm, causing concern about the impact it will have on teaching and research. But some of the early predictions have already been disproved. So what can Large Language Models (LLM) do in the research area? What are the implications? Is it all bad? The reality is no-one knows and the landscape is shifting very quickly, but this talk will attempt to shine light on the current debate. It will be out of date as soon as it is finished.

Danny Kingsley

Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

See Biography
Dr Danny Kingsley is an Australian-based thought leader in the international scholarly communication space. She took up the position of Community Manager for the Southern Hemisphere at OAPEN in August 2023 and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. Danny has consulted for multiple Australian universities since returning from the UK where she worked as the Deputy Director of Cambridge University Libraries from 2015-2019. She established Open Access Australasia in 2013.

11.15

Break

11.25

Proprietary software has failed: a community-driven open source security proposal

Following a number of high-profile cyber attacks on UK universities, many libraries are rethinking the prevalent UK approach to library systems: a reliance on proprietary software that has failed to protect their users’ data and a management approach to outsourcing systems that has reduced the numbers and skills of in-house technical staff. In this presentation, I argue for a new approach to enable libraries to take back control of their systems and their data. Open source software is not only more secure than proprietary software but allows users more control and customisation over how the software works. By working collaboratively, libraries could establish community-driven multi-tenant library systems installations using open source software to give them more control over their system security, to protect their users’ lending data, and to divest themselves of third-party private library systems companies. Using examples from the Copim and the Open Book Futures project infrastructure, I’ll show how open source software provides a more secure and more ethical alternative to proprietary software.

Colin Angus

University of Sheffield

See Biography
Colin Angus is a mathematical modeller in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group at the University of Sheffield. His research mostly uses complex computer models to answer questions about the potential impact of alcohol policy and has played a major role in the development of policies such as Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland and the UK’s low risk drinking guidelines. He also developed a side hustle in COVID analysis during the pandemic. He is a strong believer in the power of a good graph, and spends altogether too much time drawing graphs and posting them on Twitter.

11.55

The Importance of Choice: Balancing Journal Types in the Publishing Ecosystem

In an increasingly competitive publishing market, authors have both too many options, and not enough options. As the landscape continues to evolve, it is important to balance the mix of titles published by commercial and independent publishers, in order to provide researchers with a variety of different types of journals to support their individual publishing needs. Society-owned journals in particular have a vital role to play in ensuring diversity and quality in scholarly publishing. They are often able to provide a unique perspective on emerging topics and can offer a platform for underrepresented voices in the field. Yet there are risks to this vibrant and diverse landscape, and society-owned journals are facing increasing pressures. This talk aims to provide practical suggestions for how the industry can achieve a balance, and will highlight the benefits of doing so for researchers, publishers, and the wider community.

Robyn Mugridge

Frontiers

See Biography
Robyn joined Frontiers in 2018, having previously worked for several other international publishers including Springer Nature and the NIHR Journals Library. In 2019 she established the Publishing Partnerships program at Frontiers, where her work now focuses on strategic collaborations with societies. Robyn is also the interim Co-Chair of the ALPSP Education Committee, and in her spare time, she enjoys writing her publishing blog www.MugsPubs.com and speaking publicly at publishing events.

12.20

Lunch Break

Time

Programme

Speakers

13.00

Disseminating research through the media

Rachael Pells

Freelance Journalist

See Biography
Rachael Pells is a freelance journalist who writes news articles and long-form features about science and research for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, online and in print. She was previously a reporter at Times Higher Education magazine, where she covered the research beat. Before that, Rachael worked for the Independent newspaper, and later the website. She has written two books: Plan S for Shock, a story about the campaign for open access research; and Genomics: How genome sequencing will change our lives, which was published by Penguin last year.

13:25

Panel Session

Hosted by Andy Tattersall, a panel session focussing on the key topics and discussions points.

Claire Sewell

University of Cambridge

See Biography
Claire Sewell is the Research Support Librarian for the Physical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. In this role she works to support researchers across a range of disciplines to comply with Open Research practices and ensure that their valuable work is available for others to build upon. Prior to this Claire worked to train library staff at Cambridge in research support to ensure that they were best placed to support the growing needs of the research community.

Jane Secker

City, University of London

See Biography
Jane Secker is Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at City, University of London. She leads the modules related to digital education and digital literacies and is Programme Director of the Masters in Academic Practice. She is Chair of the CILIP Information Literacy Group and a member of the Copyright Advisory Panel which is a governance group of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office.

Katherine Stephan

Liverpool John Moores University

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Katherine Stephan is the research engagement librarian at Liverpool John Moores University. She is responsible for organising library training related to research, outreach, engagement and publishing for all researchers at LJMU. She has a background in children’s librarianship and is a keen advocate of local libraries, open research and responsible research assessment. She is the librarian member of Think, Check, Submit (an initiative to help researchers identify trusted journals for their research); a member of the UKSG’s outreach and engagement committee; and a co-organiser of Open Research Week, a collaboration between LJMU, Edge Hill, Essex and Liverpool Universities.

14.00

Break

14.05

Working with the media: a scientist’s perspective

he thought of communicating research results to the media can be daunting for many academics, because it is not usually part of our training. Why should we do this and how can we do this effectively? How do we develop a media strategy, and prepare for media interviews? In this short presentation I’ll provide an overview of some tips and tricks on media engagement that I’ve picked up during my career thus far, with a focus on the benefits to us as academics.

Maria McNamara

University College Cork

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Maria is Professor of Palaeontology at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. Her primary research interests are in the field of soft tissue preservation in fossils, with particular focus on fossil colour and on feather evolution. She uses advanced microbeam and spectroscopic techniques to explore the ultrastructure and chemistry of soft tissues in fossils and their extant analogues, with a strong emphasis on taphonomic experiments to help bridge the gap between ancient and modern materials. Her current research on ancient biomolecules, including melanin and keratin, is supported in part by two ERC grants (Starting and Consolidator Grants). Maria is committed to public engagement to help diversify palaeontology and STEM more broadly and to inspire an appreciation of the natural world amongst the public.

14.40

Publications, impact and media work – a research organisation perspective

The way government invests in research has changed significantly over recent years, demanding more evidence of research impact and a structured approach to evaluation is vital to making the case. Influencing government decisions through media engagement is also vital. This talk will cover how a research institute, working closely with the library team, used bibliometric data, research evaluation and media engagement to successfully make the case for a £90M investment and set the scene for a much bigger investment to follow.

Sara Fletcher

ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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Sara Fletcher is Head of Impact and Evaluation at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source – a publicly funded research organisation. She is a professional science communicator with expertise in research impact and communicating with a wide range of stakeholder audiences, including government funders and the science media.

15.05

Summary and Close

FREE UKSG webinar: The power of storytelling in diversity & inclusion work
2023-06-16 13:00
In this webinar, we will explore how storytelling brings life to inclusion work, and discuss some of the ethical issues that may arise. This webinar is suitable for those who want to take action to make their workplaces more diverse, inclusive, and accessible, but don’t know where to start, or have hit a brick wall. It is also suitable for publishers who want to increase the diversity of the authors and editorial teams that they represent.

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The UKSG 46th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow
2023-04-13 10:00 - 2023-04-15 13:15
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 and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition. Please note that bookings close on April 3rd, and we cannot take any bookings after this time, and we cannot accept on-site bookings. The UKSG team are busy putting together the conference and so there will be delays responding to your emails and calls.

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Thursday, April 13, 2023 – 10:00 BSTtoSaturday, April 15, 2023 – 03:15 BST

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

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About the Event

All of the conference presentations are now available open access – you need to register once and then access all of the content. Visit the page here.

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Programme

View the recordings at Underline – here

Please click here for the a copy of the programme.

Travel to Glasgow

More information on how to get to the SEC can be found here

ScotRail 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.

The Glasgow convention bureau are pleased to offer delegates to the UKSG Conference a number of offers for the local area, these can be found here

First Timers attendees guide

We have produced a First Timers guide to the conference and and guide to Glasgow which we hope you find useful. This is available here.

Accommodation

Accommodation is not covered by the delegate fee. The main online accommodation bookings service has now closed, however more details on local hotel are available here

Alternatively, you can book directly with Premier Inn, which is located across the river from the SEC.

Map of Glasgow hotels.

Conference App

The conference app is available on both IOS and Android, more details are available here. Registered delegates will receive an email direct to their inbox with further details.

Here is a guide for delegates to talk you through set up and an overview of how to start planning your conference experience.

In addition, we also have a guide specifically for exhibitors, we encourage you to review this in advance of the conference to be get the most out of your attendance.

Exhibition

The Exhibition for UKSG 2023 is now sold out, please contact karina@khec.co.uk if you wish to be placed on a waiting list.. You can find the Exhibitor Manual and floorplan here and the Sponsorship Manual here.

To see a list of our 2023 Exhibitors, click here

To see the list of exhibitor hosted events, please click here

ContentOnline are managing our sponsorship opportunities again for Glasgow – please do contact them for the brochure and to discuss your requirements! Email: Par Rock, par@contentonline.com, phone: +46 (0) 70 888 99 23. You can download the brochure here.

Exhibition

The Exhibition for UKSG 2023 is now sold out, please contact karina@khec.co.uk if you wish to be placed on a waiting list.. You can find the Exhibitor Manual and floorplan here and the Sponsorship Manual here.

To see a list of our 2023 Exhibitors, click here

To see the list of exhibitor hosted events, please click here

More information on accessibility at the Scottish Event Campus can be found here. If you have any general questions about the event, we welcome you to contact us at events@uksg.org.

UKSG and the SEC Campus put safety of our attendees at the highest priority. Safety and security measures are in place to provide reassurance to our visitors, for more information the SEC’s security and Covid safety measure please click here

During the live event be aware that generally bags larger than A3 size (30cm x 42cm) are not permitted inside the conference area, a complimentary cloakroom will be provided for conference delegate’s use.

As part of the return to work across the SEC campus, the SEC employed an independent ventilation specialist. This involved taking air flow measurements from the air handling units and balancing the air across air systems to improve air movement, as well as replacing on the air handling units and reconfiguring the units to recirculate the filtered air.

For more information the SEC’s security and Covid safety measure please click here

A site map of the SEC can be found here

Applications are now closed

Named in honour of John Merriman, in recognition of his work in founding both UKSG and NASIG, this prestigious award provides an invaluable opportunity for anyone keen to learn and share experiences from a very different angle. For more details and to apply click here

More details of our sponsored places for Student and Early career awards and bursaries can be found here.

The John Merriman award is supported by the generous sponsorship of Taylor & Francis Group and the early career professional awards are kindly sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, UKSG and AIP Publishing

With thanks to our sponsors

Platinum Sponsors:

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Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Programme

Day 1- Thursday 13 AprilDay 2 – Friday 14 AprilDay 3 – Saturday 15 AprilGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Time

Programme

Speakers

08.00

Registrations Opens

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

10.00

Plenary Session 1

Opening of the Conference

followed by

Greeting from NASIG – Dana M. Sinclair, SUNY Old Westbury

Presentation of the John Merriman Joint UKSG/NASIG Award presented by Carolyn Kirby, Taylor & Francis

(Award Sponsored by Taylor and Francis)

Presentation to the sponsored students and early career professionals

(Award Sponsored by AIP, Royal Society of Chemistry, UKSG & Wiley)

Joanna Ball

DOAJ/Chair of UKSG

See Biography
Joanna Ball is Managing Director for DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. Before joining DOAJ in 2022, her career was based in academic libraries in the UK and Denmark, most recently as Head of Roskilde University Library, part of the Royal Danish Library. She is currently Chair of UKSG.

10.30

Plenary Session 1

Global equity in scholarly journal publishing: collaborating toward practical mechanisms to remove barriers for readers and authors – Colleen Campbell, Max Planck Digital Library

Through transformative agreements and other open access publishing frameworks, libraries and consortia worldwide are repurposing their former investments in subscription paywalls to enable immediate open access publication of hundreds of thousands of peer-reviewed research articles, so that no reader is excluded from access based on their financial status, and researchers everywhere can freely build on the new knowledge. But how can we equally ensure that authors do not encounter financial barriers as journals transition to OA business models and open access becomes the default in scholarly publishing?OA2020 has partnered with UNESCO, the International Science Council, cOAlition S, EIFL and other international organizations on a series of regional workshops to identify the financial barriers that authors encounter and hear the challenges they face, particularly in resource-limited contexts, in order to develop actionable plans and practical mechanisms that ensure no author is limited in their opportunity to publish their accepted articles open access in the journals of their choice. In this talk, Colleen Campbell, Strategic Advisor to the Max Planck Digital Library and coordinator of the Open Access 2020 Initiative (OA2020), will share insights gained in the workshops and the proposals that emerged.

Colleen Campbell

Max Planck Digital Library

See Biography
Colleen Campbell is strategic advisor for external engagement at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). There she coordinates two open access initiatives: the Open Access 2020 Initiative, a global alliance of research organizations and their libraries that are repurposing their investments in subscriptions to support open access publishing, and the ESAC Initiative, a library community of practice building capacities around transformative and open access publishing agreements. She is a member of the LIBER Open Access Working Group and serves on the Managing Board of EIFL, a not-for-profit organization that works with libraries to enable access to knowledge in developing and transition economy countries.

12.00

Lunch and Exhibition Viewing

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Lightning Session 1

Open Publishing UK: Introducing a New Community of Practice – Kate Petherbridge, White Rose University Press, Dominque Walker, Scottish Universities Press

This Talk will update UKSG on the establishment of a new Association for UK-based institutional publishers (‘new’ university presses, library-led publishing ventures etc) who are either fully or partly open access. We will set out why the Association is being set up, its aims and next steps in its development. Institutional publishers face specific challenges and coming together will ensure the success and continued growth of this fast-emerging new sector within scholarly publishing. We will invite input from attendees about what is needed in this space and look to raise awareness amongst those who might find membership beneficial in developing their own publishing ventures.

Guiding students through a shifting landscape: integrating Open Research topics into information literacy training at the University of Strathclyde – Karen Veitch, University of Strathcycle

As a member of the Scholarly Publications and Research Data team, I have worked collaboratively with colleagues in Research and Learning Support to integrate key concepts and information about developments within Open Research into an online Academic Library Skills course. I will speak about my experience of working on this project, which sits at the intersection of information literacy instruction and scholarly communications, bringing together aspects of librarianship which often remain distinct. The themes of the intersection of information literacy instruction and scholarly communications and collaborative working across teams are what I will focus on during this lightning talk

Where are we with operationalising DEIA within the scholarly ecosystem post-pandemic? – Rebecca Moakes, Maverick Publishing Specialists

Exploring the journey from submission through to publication (the blockers and enhances), we will be conducting quantitative and qualitative research to gain a high-level understanding of the current landscape, including examples of innovation in this space, positive impact on students and researchers and improvements to the diversity, equity and accessibility of the research output. Reviewing what the adoption curve looks like and practical recommendations for moving the pendulum in the right direction. Research will be conducted by Maverick Publishing Specialists..

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Plenary Session 2

1. The role of Universities in delivering inclusive regional growth through Knowledge Exchange – Hamish McAlpine, Oxentia

The role of universities in supporting regional regeneration and growth is increasingly well recognised. But how do universities navigate this complex landscape, and how does this activity align with their broader missions around teaching and research? Once known as the ‘third mission’ or ‘third leg of the stool’, I argue that Knowledge Exchange is now a critical and integral part of how universities deliver their mission and strategies. As both government policy and KE practice evolves, how can all parts of the university work together to deliver for their regions, and how might this benefit the university?

Hamish McAlpine

Oxentia

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Oxentia is Oxford’s global innovation consultancy. As Principal Consultant, Hamish works with Higher Education and government clients, delivering consultancy, strategy development and training on knowledge exchange and commercialisation (KEC) and innovation management. He has a particular interest in innovation ecosystems and the role of universities in driving inclusive regional growth.

Before joining Oxentia in 2021, Hamish was the Head of Data & Evidence at Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). He was responsible for creating England’s first Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF), as well as managing £250m per annum of KE funding, and related policy areas. In his spare time, he upcycles bit of old aircraft into furniture

2. Universities put in their place – Sue Black

At one extreme a university may operate irrespective of the geographical location it inhabits whilst at the other, it may be the very life blood of its community. The Government’s current focus on the role of ‘place’, regional growth and the levelling up agenda, poses an interesting dilemma for some, but opportunity for others, to reconsider their function as an anchor institution within their community. We will explore this using examples from Lancaster University’s civic journey.

Sue Black

Lancaster University

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Professor Dame Sue Black is Pro Vice Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. She is President elect of St. John’s College, Oxford and a cross bench peer as Baroness Black of Strome. She is President, Fellow and Trustee of the Royal Anthropological Institute which is the professional body for her discipline of Forensic Anthropology for which she was awarded and OBE in 2001 and a DBE in 2016. She is a Fellow of the British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Society of Biology.

3. Compassionate leadership: the role of libraries in promoting social justice – Joshua Sendall, University of Nottingham

We continue to operate in an environment characterised by significant volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. A fractured global geopolitical settlement, profound environmental and climate pressures, the rapid driving forces of digital transformation, and significant social, economic and health inequalities. These pervasive challenges have been amplified through the seismic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. These are not partisan issues – they affect us all.

Josh will explore the positive role that libraries can play in responding to the challenges as compassionate leaders striving towards social justice.

Josh Sendall

University of Nottingham

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Josh joined University of Nottingham Libraries as Associate Director for Research in November 2021. He works within and beyond the institution to develop libraries’ role as a research service provider, partner, and pioneer. He leads collaborative and enterprising teams who enable open research environments which maximise the reach, impact, and integrity of research.

Prior to joining Nottingham, Josh held several roles at Lancaster University including Library Aide, Learning Zone Student Advisor, Information Assistant, Research Data Manager, and most recently, Research and Scholarly Communications Manager.

Josh promotes equality, diversity and inclusion leading to productive, healthy, and resilient cultures and communities.

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Breakout Session – Group A

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Lightning Talks – Session 2

1. What can we learn from the ESAC Market Watch? – Ádám Dér, Max Planck Digital Library

The ESAC Initiative is open and global community of practice of librarians who are sharing their experiences and expertise in the operational aspects of open access agreements. The ESAC community also develops community resources and guidelines to empower librarians as they move into the era of open access, including the ESAC Workflow Recommendations, ESAC Transformative Agreement Registry, and most recently, the ESAC Market Watch and the ESAC Reference Guide to Transformative Agreements. The presentation will introduce how the community can learn from a number of key trends in the demographics and distribution of scholarly journal publishing in transition, and use these to better understand their position in the scholarly publishing market and make strategic considerations regarding their interactions with publishers.

Adam Der

Max Planck Digital Library

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Adam Der is a member of the licence management team of the Max Planck Digital Library, where his main responsibilities are in publisher negotiations to advance the open access transition in scholarly publishing. In this role he is involved in a broad range of strategic activities, including data analyses and financial modelling. He is an expert advisor on data analytics and workflows in the ESAC Initiative, a global community of practice of libraries and consortia promoting efficiencies and standards around the negotiation and implementation of transformative and open access publishing agreements, and contributes to a variety of community and industry efforts such as the OA Switchboard. Prior to his role at MPDL, he served as Head of Development of the Hungarian EISZ Consortium.

2. OA the great and powerful? Exploring the link between Open Access publication and perceived output quality at a small public research university in Hampshire – University of Winchester

The REF 2021 Open Access mandate was established in recognition of the benefits of OA publication and in an effort to increase the proportion of UK-funded research that is openly accessible. The REF is, however, primarily an assessment of research quality, not availability. As researchers and academics selected their best outputs for REF submission, the possibility arose that an association would be implied between openness and quality. In order to find out whether this had happened at the University of Winchester, research-active staff were invited to complete a survey measuring the likelihood that they would choose Green and Gold OA for outputs that they perceived to be of particularly high quality. The results show that there may in fact be a perception amongst Winchester academics that Open Access is more appropriate for very good outputs than for those perceived to be mediocre. The implications of this are briefly discussed.

Jacqueline Barlow

University of Winchester

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Jacqueline Barlow has held the position of Open Access Officer at the University of Winchester since September 2017. She is the only dedicated Open Access specialist at the University, and is responsible for maintaining the institutional repository in addition to promoting Open Access and Open Research and ensuring compliance with the relevant policies.

3. Publishing through a pandemic: how has COVID affected how we discover, read, and publish research? – Mark Robinson, Taylor & Francis

COVID has impacted so many parts of our lives since early 2020. But what has been the effect on users’ journal content discovery, reading and publishing habits and what does that mean for both user experience and researcher-centric development in 2022 and beyond? How has user behaviour changed across the world and across disciplines, from the humanities and social sciences to science and medicine? In this session we’ll explore the trends and patterns seen by one global publisher and what this means for each step of the publishing workflow, from online search to reading to publishing your research.

Mark Robinson

Taylor & Francis

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Panorama – building library data infrastructure through partnership with academic libraries.

In this short presentation Phill Hall will introduce how EBSCO are partnering with academic libraries to critique their engagement data using modern data tools.

Phill Hall

EBSCO

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Phill Hall has worked in the information industry for approximately 15 years, spanning areas of library content, library automation, digital preservation, research funding, research metrics, research reproducibility, learning management systems, and, more recently, library engagement analytics.

In his current role with EBSCO, Phill is Global Sales for Panorama library and campus analytics, drawing on his breadth of experience to assist libraries in uncovering a more comprehensive view of library engagement.

Tom Shaw

Lancaster University

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Thomas Shaw is Associate Director for Digital Innovation and Open Research at Lancaster University, and oversees the Library’s innovative use and development of digital technology, and its significant contribution to research through championing open research principles and practices. He has worked in libraries and information management since the late 1990s, with previous experience from the University of East London, University of Bristol and NHS Direct. He has interests in the transformational impact and value of digital for libraries, and in promoting openness in all areas of library and scholarship.

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Breakout Session – Group B

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Breakout Session – Group D

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Lightning Talks Session 3

1. 10 things to look for in a licence – Ben Taplin Jisc

Licence agreements for online content can be bewildering and risky if you don’t have legal knowledge or training, but there are certain key elements that any good licence should include. This talk will help you find your way around licences by giving a rundown of the top ten clauses, where to find them, and what to do if they’re not there.

Ben Taplin

JIsc

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BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

2. Amplify what is hidden, acknowledge what has been erased: addressing silences in primary source databases – Ellie Davey Corrigan, Adam Matthew Digital

Adam Matthew digitises archival collections, making these available for researchers worldwide. Adam Matthew acknowledges that archival records are not neutral and the same goes for primary source databases. Just as archives are critically evaluating archival silences and hidden voices and considering methodologies for improving access to diverse voices, so too is Adam Matthew. This lightening session outlines the ways in which Adam Matthew has appraised its editorial processes, analysing every step from content discovery to post publication support. It will describe efforts made to contextualise archival gaps and silences through commissioned content, and to amplify marginalised voices through enhanced metadata.

Eleanor Davey Corrigan

Adam Matthews

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Ros Pyne is Global Director, Research and Open Access at Bloomsbury Academic. She has worked in open access policy and strategy roles for over a decade and has a particular interest in bringing OA to long-form scholarship and to the humanities. Ros sits on the advisory boards for the OAPEN OA Books Toolkit and the Mellon-funded Book Analytics Dashboard Project and is co-author of several papers on open access books.

3. JASPER: preserving diamond Open Access journals – Alicia Wise, CLOCKSS

In scholarly publishing, there is a long-tail of small, open access, peer-reviewed journals. Many sadlyy are not archived in a long-term digital preservation scheme, and so something needs to be done to prevent these journals from vanishing from the internet. A team of organisations have come together to find a solution that will decrease the number of unarchived journals. This is project JASPER.The first phase (now ongoing) is a pilot to check if journals indexed in DOAJ will engage with archiving services when prompted to do so and with the offer of help. DOAJ acts as a conduit for the journals and a single point of contact for participating preservation services (initially CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, and PKP-PN). Preserved content then appears in the Keepers Registry.In phase two we will expand to support more journals and to involve more preservation services in hope that the content will be preserved by at least three services, in line with best practice.The lightning talk will focus on lessons learned and next steps.

Alicia Wise

CLOCKSS

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Alicia Wise is Executive Director of CLOCKSS, a community of research libraries and academic publishers working together to ensure the long-term preservation of the scholarly record. She has been active in increasing access to research information for 20 years in roles within our publishing community (e.g. with Elsevier, the Publishers Association, the Publishers Licensing Service) and also within the library community (e.g. Jisc, a range of universities). Her Ph.D. is in Anthropology and focussed on the Roman invasion of Scotland and resistance to this.

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Breakout Session – Group C

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Breakout Session – Group D

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Plenary Session 3

1. N8+ and collective collections: what’s the little idea? – Phil Sykes, University of Liverpool

Phil will talk about the development of the N8+ project, its potential to reset the power balance between universities and publishers worldwide, and the role it could play in the development of “collective collections”. He will argue, more broadly, that the best hope for progress in our work tends to come not from big ideas but from small, specific, concrete advances

Judith Fraenkel

Ex Libris

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Judith Fraenkel is Director of Product Management at Ex Libris focusing on Resource Sharing solutions. Since joining the company in 1999, Judith has filled various positions in the areas of technology, content management, and customer support. A key focus of her current role is leading efforts to integrate Controlled Digital Lending capabilities into Ex Libris’ products. She also leads strategy and programs that enhance the Diversity, Inclusion and Equity commitment of Ex Libris.

2. Looking to the future: CDL and library solutions – Judith Fraenkel, Ex-Libris

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is a developing practice which allows libraries to lend a digital copy of a physical resource in a “lend like print” manner. Ex Libris has a vision of integrating CDL capabilities within our products to help librarians serve their users in the most modern and adaptive way possible.

Ex Libris has already taken steps to support libraries by providing CDL capabilities within Alma Digital, with more planned in the fields of reserves management, general circulation, and resource sharing. Judith Fraenkel, Director of Product Management will take you through these plans, and more, in this session.

Phil Sykes

University of Liverpool

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Phil will deliver this presentation on the first day of his retirement. For the last eighteen years, he has been Director of Libraries, Museums and Galleries at the University of Liverpool. Most of his previous experience was at new universities – Leeds Polytechnic, Hatfield Polytechnic, Liverpool JMU, and the University of Huddersfield, where he managed a converged library and computing service. He was Chair of RLUK for two years and a member of the Finch group on Open Access. He was one of the founder members of the N8+ initiative and developed much of the methodology which underlies it.

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Close of conference

Supporting academics in navigating the emerging landscape of open access book policies

The Open Access (OA) policy landscape is shifting – funder policies are beginning to include OA for books. This is uncharted territory for most publishers and academics, and those at the nexus of publishing OA books require support.

This interactive workshop will consider current developments in this area and provide an outline of the key findings of our work. We will invite feedback from attendees to inform understanding of the requirements and challenges faced by the academic community.

In order to provide this support, we have carried out research looking at academics’ opinions concerning publishing OA books and have identified key pain points experienced when dealing with OA book policies.

Karen Jackson

Jisc

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Karen has worked at Jisc since 2017 and having been involved with several products in the Open Research portfolio she now manages Sherpa Services, leading the development and evolution of these products and services. A qualified Library professional, she has a background in H.E. libraries, repository management, Open Access advocacy and service/product management.

Data and decolonising the curriculum

Some UK HEIs have begun to examine whether legacies of colonialism or other injustices are present in curricula. Imperial College has developed a novel computer-based method that combines our reading list management system, a journal database and the World Bank to evaluate the distribution of authors cited on reading lists by affiliated country income status. The results applied to modules over different time periods will be shared as well as our broader thoughts and experience of the implications, opportunities and limitations of quantitative data to support decolonisation, particularly in a STEM setting.

Robyn Price

Imperial College London

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Robyn Price is responsible for bibliometric analysis and education at Imperial. She has established a bibliometric service to deliver responsible metrics support to staff and students. She is interested in equity in scholarly communications and research, alternative metrics, grey literature and open access. Previously, Robyn worked in the editorial teams of open access and subscription journals.

From reverence to contempt: students’ evolving attitudes toward the media and the urgent need for instructional recalibration

The pandemic laid bare a trend many educators throughout the world had already noticed. The near reverence with which students used to regard serious newspapers had largely evaporated and, in some cases, been replaced with outright contempt. I taught scholarly research and writing at the start of our new millennium and, like most of my colleagues, I encouraged skepticism toward the media. We taught our students that even the most prestigious newspapers shouldn’t be taken for gospel and that all articles were susceptible to error and bias. Today, this kind of instruction is neither necessary nor helpful. For the most part, students are already skeptical of the media and, where they detect opinions in news sources different from their own, they are increasingly likely to dismiss everything in those sources as fundamentally unreliable. In this session, we will consider the main reasons students have lost faith in the media and explore non-naïve and responsible ways of building it back.

Adam Blackwell

Newsbank

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After many years at ProQuest, Adam recently moved to Newsbank. Before working in publishing, Adam taught literature and creative writing at the University of Utah, where he earned a PhD in English. He also has a BA in social anthropology and linguistics from Cambridge University (Caius).

Adam enjoys running, watching football, and making home movies. This year, for the first time in two decades (!), he wrote a play, which is part domestic drama and part ghost story.

From speed dating to long-term relationships: strategies for including support for Open Science Infrastructures into library budgets

During this session we will seek to explore how libraries can move towards a more strategic way of thinking about investing in Open Science Infrastructures moving away from short-term commitments to mid to longer term ones by referring to countries who have changed their funding strategies in favour of OS infrastructure. What strategies are being applied on both national and institutional levels, why and how? A panel discussion will hear from library consortial and national approaches as to why they changed their funding strategies to include OS infrastructure, which we hope will give others the confidence to do the same.

Vanessa Proudman

SCOSS/SPARC Europe

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Vanessa Proudman is Director of SPARC Europe, where she is working to make Open the default in Europe. Vanessa has 20 years of international experience working on Open Access, Open Science, Open Culture and Open Education with many leading universities worldwide from over 20 countries. Research and knowledge exchange are her vehicles to inform, connect and advocate for change in these areas: to increase international, national and regional policy-making and practice in Europe. Vanessa is also exploring how to concretely create – and above all sustain – a more equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse open science ecosystem.

Agata Morka

SPARC Europe

Jean-Francois Lutz

Université de Lorraine

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Jean-Francois Lutz works at the Université de Lorraine libraries where he is head of research support services. He has a special interest in the question of open science infrastructure funding and works on this issue as a SCOSS board member on behalf of the French ministry of Higher Education and Research and as board member of the French National Open Science Fund.

Fabian Felder

Lib4RI (formerly Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries)

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Fabian Felder spent the last four and a half years working as an Open Access specialist at the Consortium of Swiss Academic libraries. The position was co-financed by swissuniversities to coordinate national efforts for Open Access solutions with publishers and other service providers. The national project SwissCOSS and the subsequent establishment of services included in SCOSS funding calls as consortium products is one of his proudest achievements. Since October 2021, he works as the group leader for E-Resources & IT Services at the Lib4RI.

Niels Stern

OAPEN Foundation

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Niels Stern is director of OAPEN. He began his career in scholarly book publishing in 2003. Co-founder of the OAPEN project in 2008. Head of Publishing at the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011. Since 2014 independent expert for the European Commission on open science and e-infrastructures. In 2017 Head of Department for Licence Management at the Royal Danish Library and chief negotiator for the national licence consortium in Denmark.

Timo Vilén

FinELib

Laura Mesotten

KU Leuven

Does usage data matter in an open access world?’

People tend to think about COUNTER data as the information librarians use to evaluate subscription content. So, will there be any need for this usage data in an increasingly open access environment? This session discusses this question in the context of emerging community action business models and asks if usage statistics are relevant in evaluating the investment libraries are making in open access journal and book content. If usage statistics are relevant, whose usage? The usage by members of the institution or the usage made by people in the wider world? Finally, this session will discuss what COUNTER has been doing over the course of the last year to explore these questions, and how COUNTER reports could develop as a result.

Tasha Mellins-Cohen

Counter

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Tasha 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.

Research Catalyst: situating the Archive and library staff at the centre of the research process

Challenges posed by COVID-19 have highlighted the importance of collaboration between libraries, archives, and academics. At Edge Hill University we have established ‘Research Catalyst’, a research group aiming to advance the productive and positive relationship between colleagues in Library and Learning Services (LSS) and the Department of History, English and Creative Writing, and positioning LSS as a co-lead in the research process with the potential of co-supervising or leading research projects. We have established a Memorandum of Understanding defining the purpose of our group and reflecting the complimentary agendas of librarians and academics. This talk introduces Research Catalyst and our ambitions for the future.

Anna Franca

Edge Hill University

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As 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 almost 18 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.

Liam Bullingham

Edge Hill University

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

Open systems and solutions for libraries – a new perspective

The presentation argues that we need a new perspective on ‘open’ in the light of changing technology and the needs of academic libraries. Perceptions differ about what constitutes ‘open’ in terms of the wide variety of systems and solutions deployed by libraries.

With the rise of cloud computing, software ‘platforms’ are on the rise. The value of a platform. as opposed to a software ‘product’ comes not only from its own features, but from its ability to connect to external solutions, data, and processes. To do this it needs to be ‘open’ in terms of data and the ability to integrate, via (typically open) application programming Interfaces (APIs), with other products which may be developed by customers or provided by other independent software vendors (ISVs). The result is that we see open source library system platforms such as Folio integrating with proprietary software solutions such as reading lists. Equally we see proprietary library system platforms making use of open source software and enabling third parties to integrate to add functionality and re-use data and services provides by the platform.

Ken Chad

Ken Chad Consulting Ltd

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Ken gained his Master’s degree from the Information Science Department at City University in London. He is also an alumnus of the Warwick University Business Innovation and Growth Programme. He worked as a librarian before spending over 20 years in the library technology business. He set up his consulting business in 2007 to help make libraries and archives more effective. He has presented widely in the UK and internationally. Ken has published a number of open access briefing papers on library technology issues and runs Higher Education Library Technology -an open and free community resource.

Transformative Agreements – what next?

We have been living with Transformative Agreements for a while and many publishers and institutions are now familiar with the way they work. But are they really transformative, and are they getting us to where we need to be? This session looks at a potential model of what comes next and how this may transition to a different way of pricing for journal content.

Danny Smith

Jisc

Gaynor Redvers-Mutton

Microbiology Society

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Gaynor is committed to develolping sustainable and fair routes enabling authors the choice of not for profit journals in which to publish their research.

Jeremy Upton

Director of Library & University Collections University of Edinburgh*

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Jeremy is the Director of Library and University Collections at the University of Edinburgh. A music graduate, he started his professional library career as a music librarian before moving into a technical services management. Jeremy joined the University of Edinburgh in April 2015.

As Director, Jeremy is responsible for ensuring the professional management of and access to the University’s Library and Museum collections, both physical and digital.

Jeremy has a long-standing interest in the procurement and licensing of content. He is currently a member of the Research Libraries UK Board and Chair of the Coimbra Group Heritage Working Group.

Open textbook publishing 101: A quick start to your university’s open textbook initiative.

This presentation will outline our experiences with launching an open textbook publishing initiative at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) in cooperation with the university press and reflect on the learning points of the ongoing project.The goal of this session is to support and encourage other university presses and libraries with small budgets to start their own open textbook pilots by sharing our lessons learned along the way and showing how rewarding and low-entry, albeit challenging, the process could be.We will substantiate our point with examples drawn from the experiences of our open textbook authors, ranging from involving students’ input to making use of the interactive features of a publishing platform. We would like to demonstrate that a successful and innovative open textbook publishing pilot can be both low-cost and high-value, with space to experiment and center around authors’ creative ideas, student needs, and open pedagogical practices.

Mira Buist-Zhuk

University of Groningen

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Mira Buist-Zhuk is an academic information specialist at the University of Groningen Library (Netherlands). She leads the Open Education pillar of the University’s Open Science programme and is actively engaged in building services and infrastructure to support teachers in the area of open educational resources, open textbook publishing, and related copyright issues. Mira gained her academic background and professional experience in the fields of International Relations, Political Science, and Communications. She takes an active interest in open education and open science developments and is driven by the values of access to education, social justice, and sustainable development.

Margreet Nieborg

University of Groningen

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Margreet Nieborg is project manager and publishing consultant at the University of Groningen Press (UGP). UGP is part of the University Library. Margreet is an educationalist and has led various projects within the University Library, including setting up a University Press in 2017. UGP is an example of a new university press which currently hosts journals, books and series. Margreet thinks that with the rise of new university presses new publishing models will rise and can, in a modest way, activily support open access.

Sharing the costs of transition from Closed to Open: the quest for a fair cost allocation model in Austria

Austria was one of the first countries to initiate and implement transformative agreements with publishers, its first agreement dating back to 2014. Since then, the Austrian Academic Library Consortium has concluded deals with all major publishers and increasingly with society and university presses as well. This session will explore the challenges encountered while searching for a fair and sustainable cost-sharing model in a world in transition to Open Access, where the costs for reading and publishing continue to coexist. We will present the first transformative cost-sharing model, rolled out for two major agreements (Wiley and Springer), and provide an honest account of our experience to date. We will also give an overview of the AT2OA Post Transition Study, which builds on the methodology developed by Schimmer et al., and how this has influenced our current approaches.

Rita Pinhasi

University of Vienna

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A graduate of UCL, Rita Pinhasi joined Vienna University Library in 2017, where she has been involved in the negotiations of various institutional and national Open Access publishing agreements, from data analysis through workflows to licensing. Previously she worked for regional and national consortia in Ireland, most recently as the manager of the IReL consortium, as well as a medical library in London.

Brigitte Kromp

University of Vienna

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Brigitte Kromp is the Head of the Austrian Central Library for Physics and the Department of Consortia Management at the Vienna University Library. She acts as an expert for Open Access within the framework of the Austrian Academic Consortium (KEMÖ ) and has been involved in the negotiation of consortium deals with Open Access components. She is a member of several international working groups dealing with acquisition issues and represents Austria in the High-Level Group on Big Deals at the European University Association.Brigitte holds a degree in mathematics and physics and completed a qualification in librarianship during her professional career.

Lothar Hoelbling

University of Vienna

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Lothar Hölbling studied history and numismatics at the University of Vienna. He also finished the Library and Information Studies formation at the Austrian National Library in Vienna. He subsequently worked in different positions as historian, archivist, librarian and data analyst in the private sector (Vienna, Hong Kong) and in the public sector (University of Vienna, Museum of Military History Vienna, New York University).From 2016 to 2020 Mr. Hölbling was employed as data analyst in the nationwide Austrian Open Access-Initiative AT2OA (Austrian Transition to Open Access). His main tasks were data acquisition, data processing and data analysis regarding the scientific publication output of all Austrian State Universities. Since 2021 Mr. Hölbling is employed in the follow-up project AT2OA² (Austrian Transition to Open Access Two) as data analyst and project manager.

Now we’ve heard it all! Engaging the community in shaping OA policy for books.

The Open Access Books Network (OABN) is a relatively new kid on the block, but it punches above its weight. Our most significant series so far was the Voices from the OA Books Community, devoted to exploring different aspects of policy for OA books.

During the heated discussions, what were the main areas of consensus and which topics emerged as especially controversial? Which aspects of OA policy for books perplexed the community and provoked more questions than answers? In this session we will hear from session leaders and participants as they paint a nuanced picture of a necessary but complex endeavour: how to directly engage the OA books community in developing policies that will materially affect its future.

Vanessa Proudman

SCOSS/SPARC Europe

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Vanessa Proudman is Director of SPARC Europe, where she is working to make Open the default in Europe. Vanessa has 20 years of international experience working on Open Access, Open Science, Open Culture and Open Education with many leading universities worldwide from over 20 countries. Research and knowledge exchange are her vehicles to inform, connect and advocate for change in these areas: to increase international, national and regional policy-making and practice in Europe. Vanessa is also exploring how to concretely create – and above all sustain – a more equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse open science ecosystem.

Niels Stern

OAPEN Foundation

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Niels Stern is director of OAPEN. He began his career in scholarly book publishing in 2003. Co-founder of the OAPEN project in 2008. Head of Publishing at the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011. Since 2014 independent expert for the European Commission on open science and e-infrastructures. In 2017 Head of Department for Licence Management at the Royal Danish Library and chief negotiator for the national licence consortium in Denmark.

Jeroen Sondervan

Utrecht University Library

See Biography
Jeroen Sondervan has been involved in open access and open science for the past fifteen years. From the publishing world (e.g. at Amsterdam University Press and Brill), he has gained initial experience with open access.

He is a member of the Knowledge Exchange Open Access Group, the Dutch library consortium OA working group and editor of the national platform openaccess.nl.

In 2015, Jeroen started working as an open access publishing consultant at the Utrecht University Library. In 2019, he joined Utrecht University as open access programme leader within the Open Science Programme. In this role, with the other themes of the Open Science Programme (recognition and rewards, public engagement, FAIR data/software and open education), he has driven and facilitated the culture change towards open science.

In Open Science NL, Jeroen fulfils the role of programme leader open scholarly communication. He will focus on open access, but will also broaden his scope to include open peer review, open research information and new ways of scholarly publishing.

Rupert Gatti

Trinity College, Cambridge & Open Book Publishers

See Biography
Dr Rupert Gatti is a Fellow in Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge and a co-founder and director of Open Book Publishers. He is one of the founders of the OABN, where he led the ‘voices’ session on distribution and metadata. Rupert is also one of the work package leads within the COPIM Project developing Thoth, an open metadata and distribution service for OA books.

Structuring Open Access Structures: Libraries partnering with non-profit publishers

The shift to a more equitable open access ecosystem requires collaborative work between values aligned stakeholders. Libraries and non-profit publishers often share similar missions, but existing structures on both sides can work to create barriers to collaboration. The system remains configured to work with paid subscriptions or perpetual licensing, alongside print procurement, which can work against implementing OA models. What are the major structural impediments for OA? How can smaller and non-profit presses cooperate with libraries to create OA positive structures? We will use the Jisc Open Access Community Framework, MIT Press’s D2O, and PLoS CAP models as case studies for change.

Agata Morka

SPARC Europe

Helen Dobson

Jisc

See Biography
Helen is a Licensing portfolio specialist for research content at Jisc. She leads a team working to deliver agreements that meet the requirements of UK universities, achieve savings and support the transition to open access. Helen’s background is in academic libraries and in previous roles she oversaw services providing Open Access and Research Data Management support and publishing advice.

Bridging universities with society: policy, strategy, and ind practice

The role and place of universities in society are shifting and various initiatives seem to bridge the gap between science and citizens. But the framework, knowledge and possible implementation of these new standards seem diverse and somehow not consistent enough to produce sustainable change. This breakout session aims to frame the field, layout strategic options and dwell into concrete cases.

The moderators are members of the LIBER “Citizen Science Working Group”. In this session, we will illustrate the interests, the thrill and the achievements working to improve the academic mission in order to better serve the society.

Bridging the gap: SDU Citizen Science Knowledge Center as facilitator between science as society (Anne Kathrine Overgaard)

Policy and strategy: International trends, guidelines and recommendations (Thomas Kaarsted)

Strategy and implementation: Supporting Citizen Science in the UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship (Kirsty Wallis)

Thomas Kaarsted

University of Southern Denmark

See Biography
Thomas Kaarsted is Deputy Library Director and daily manager of SDU Citizen Science. Originally a historian and a master of public governance he has been working with publishing and communication before moving into Citizen Science and Open Science. He is a member of the LIBER Citizen Science Working Group.

Anne Kathrine Overgaard

University of Southern Denmark

See Biography
Anne Kathrine Overgaard is Head of External projects at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. Together with Thomas Kaarsted she co-founded in 2017 the Citizen Science Network and in 2021 the Citizen Science Knowledge Centre at SDU. She is a committed Citizen Science advocate and has been project manager for a long range of Citizen Science projects especially within Health Sciences.

Kirsty Wallis

University College London

See Biography
Kirsty is currently Head of Research Liaison in UCL Library services where she also leads the day-to-day running of the Office for Open Science and Scholarship. This broad remit is built upon the LERU 8 Pillars of Open Science and brings together teams from across the institution around a common goal. This includes particular focus on creating a community around citizen science and developing an advocacy and support service. Kirsty is also a part-time PhD student, researching the evolution of research support services in Libraries and the effect of the shifting policy landscape.

Towards a model for assessing the value of transformative agreements for both “read” and “publish” institutions

Read and publish deals or Transformative Agreements, through which funders and institutions pay for knowledge dissemination rather than access, are a recent pathway toward a more open future. Yet we lack a framework for assessing the combined value of the open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide. Perceived and actual value and price vary according to whether an institution is a major content producer (publish institution) or content consumer (read institution). To assess the value from these differing perspectives, we’ll use top-down data from Delta Think’s OA Data & Analytics Tool and bottom up data from Our Research’s Unsub.

Michael Levine-Clark

University of Denver

See Biography
Michael Levine-Clark is Dean of the University of Denver Libraries, where he has worked in various positions since 1999. He serves in leadership roles in multiple consortia and is the chair of the OCLC Americas Regional Council. As a member of many publisher and vendor library advisory boards, he provides guidance about library and higher education trends. For his work on e-books and demand-driven acquisition models, he received the 2015 Harrasowitz Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. He is widely published and has been invited to speak on six continents about academic library collections and scholarly communication issues.

Heather Staines

Delta Think

See Biography
Heather Staines is Senior Consultant at Delta Think and Director of Community Engagement for the OA Data Analytics Tool. Her prior roles include Head of Partnerships for Knowledge Futures Group, Director of Business Development at Hypothesis, as well as positions at Proquest, SIPX, Springer SBM, and Greenwood Publishing Group/Praeger Publishers. She is a frequent participant at industry events including the COUNTER Board of Directors, Charleston Library Conference, STM Futurelab, Society for Scholarly Publishing, Council of Science Editors, NISO Transfer Standing Committee, and NASIG Digital Preservation Committee. She has a Ph.D. in Military and Diplomatic History from Yale University.

Jason Price

SCELC Library Consortium

John McDonald

Product Manager, Analytics EBSCO International, Inc

See Biography
John McDonald is the Director of Product Management for Analytics & Assessment at EBSCO Information Services. He leads the development of products that help libraries and librarians to better understand their users, their usage, and the value of their collections & services. Prior to EBSCO, John was AUL for Collections at the University of Southern California Libraries, the CIO & Library Director for the Claremont Colleges and Acquisitions Librarian at Caltech. In his free time he enjoys baseball, brewing beer, making fermented hot sauces, and entertaining his teenager and their very big & sweet dog.

How to evaluate AI tools – and how the library can help

There are two main aspects to the AI for academic publishing in use today: the algorithm, and the corpus. Somewhat surprisingly, most attention has been focused on algorithms, yet the corpus may be even more important, from the point of view of potential bias. There is already plenty of experience within the library at measuring the take-up and effect (and limitations) of digital tools. Using some real-life case studies, this presentation gives suggestions for assessing AI tools compared with current manual processes, and considers how use cases can help identify new ways of deploying of AI.

Michael Upshall

UNSILO, a Division of Cactus Communications

Tracking the open access book: what data do research institutions and libraries need in support of their strategies around open access books?

With momentum for Open Access (OA) books on the rise, there have been calls by various stakeholders to open up the library and develop OA book infrastructures to further support the transition to OA for books. One of the key infrastructures for OA books is the OAPEN Library that helps stakeholders tracking usage of OA books. During this session we will show how OAPEN can provide usage data for different stakeholders and seek to explore additional kinds of data that libraries may find useful to inform their OA book strategies and decision-making processes to support OA book publishing initiatives.

Tom Mosterd

DOAB & OAPEN, Open Access Books Network

See Biography
Tom Mosterd is the Community Manager for DOAB & OAPEN. His primary focus is on working with the growing library community on further improving and developing OAPEN and its services, connecting these with the needs of the library community. Next to this, Tom is one of three coordinators of the Open Access Books Network – an open network for anyone interested in open access books – organising events, creating resources, advocating for open access books and building a thriving community around open access books.

Niels Stern

OAPEN Foundation

See Biography
Niels Stern is director of OAPEN. He began his career in scholarly book publishing in 2003. Co-founder of the OAPEN project in 2008. Head of Publishing at the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011. Since 2014 independent expert for the European Commission on open science and e-infrastructures. In 2017 Head of Department for Licence Management at the Royal Danish Library and chief negotiator for the national licence consortium in Denmark.

How do you make Library acquisitions truly ethical?

Contained within the University of Sheffield Comprehensive Content Strategy is an expression of ideals on which the Library should operate, notably a commitment to act ethically, sustainably and inclusively in the provision of content. This paper will explore the challenges of turning these ideals into practical action. It will ask what practically can be effected by librarians. Does this situation require a revolution? If not, can significant reform be achieved within existing power structures? Or are these notions fundamentally impossible, and academic libraries should resign themselves to an accommodation with commercialism and look for other values in their partnerships?

Peter Barr

University of Sheffield

See Biography
Peter Barr leads a team with responsibility for library acquisitions and collection management at the University of Sheffield. He was appointed to oversee the development of the Library’s Comprehensive Content strategy, part of which has now become the Collections Transformation Plan. His professional interest lies in these areas, particularly the role libraries can play in the transformation of scholarly publishing towards a more ethical, non-commercial and community owned future.

Brokering a National Data Agreement – Lessons Learnt and Future Opportunities

Jisc has led on a strategy (known as ‘Plan M’) to improve the efficiency of the library data ecosystem in the UK. This session will contextualise the objectives of the plan, give an update on progress, and look ahead to the opportunities that may be afforded if a more open bibliographic data ecosystem can be realised that empowers novel research, learning and teaching. A key part of the session will report on the outcome of a negotiation between Jisc and OCLC to facilitate a national WorldCat licence.

Neil Grindley

Jisck

See Biography
Neil is the Director of Discovery and Content Services at Jisc, an organization that empowers UK universities, colleges and skills providers to fully exploit the possibilities afforded by digital technologies. He has strategic responsibility for developing products and maintaining services that enable universities and colleges to acquire, create, manage, find and access resources for teaching, learning and research. Neil has managed and led national level initiatives focused on the digital humanities, digital preservation, and data infrastructure services for libraries.

Transforming decision-making in the library: The University of Nottingham perspective on Read and Publish agreements

This Breakout session explores the work of UoN Libraries’ Read & Publish Group (R&P Group) in reviewing and managing Transitional Agreements (TAs), balancing budgetary costs and providing access to resources whilst also maximising publishing opportunities for our researchers.

University of Nottingham Libraries are committed to supporting Plan S principles and adopting Transitional Agreements (or Transformative Agreements). There is an inherent tension between the Read and Publish aspects of TAs, and a new approach was required was to manage these very different and sometimes competing priorities in a challenging and competitive research and teaching environment.

Paul Cavanagh

University of Nottingham

See Biography
Paul Cavanagh is Senior Librarian, Resource Acquisitions at University of Nottingham Libraries, with responsibility for purchasing and providing access to resources in print and electronic formats including books, journals, scans and digitisations and other materials. Paul has extensive experience of content and collection management and subject librarianship within HE and FE libraries.

Paul’s recent focus has been on managing transitional Read and Publish agreements with colleagues from UoN Libraries’ Research Support team. His professional interests include evidence based decision making in acquisitions, copyright guidance and improving access to resources and accessible formats for users.

Julie Baldwin

University of Nottingham

See Biography
Julie Baldwin has been working in Libraries for the last 10 years, firstly in Customer Services roles and then moving into Research Support after she’d qualified from Sheffield with her MA in Librarianship in 2017. She is currently a Research Librarian within the University of Nottingham Libraries’ Research Support Team. Within the team, her particular focuses include open access, research data management and copyright.

Joint Session

Edinburgh Diamond: launching a library-supported open access book hosting service – Rebecca Wojturska

With new policies and guidance around Open Access publishing for academic books, it’s more important than ever for libraries to engage with Open Access publishing to provide support for their academics and students. Edinburgh University Library is launching a book hosting service to support teaching and learning activities. The service is rebranding as “Edinburgh Diamond” and will be free of charge to staff and students, enabling them to publish textbooks, monographs and edited collections with full library support. During the presentation Rebecca will reflect on the timeline, successes and learning points of the project, and provide recommendations to attendees.

Taking OA to the Press(books) – Jill Emery, Portland State University

The presentation will feature how libraries can use the opensource Pressbooks software to develop library learning objects and open education resources to support teaching, learning, and research on your campus.

Comprehensive coverage of Elsevier Science Direct books for SHEDL partners – Alasdair MacDonald, Edinburgh University

Since 2019, the Metadata Team at Edinburgh University Library has produced back files and monthly update files to give comprehensive MARC record coverage for all SHEDL partner institutions for the widely used Elsevier Science Direct Freedom e-book collection. Alasdair MacDonald’s presentation looks at the workflow for creating files comprising ‘fit for purpose’ records for all published titles within a defined timescale.

Rebecca Wojturska

University of Edinburgh

See Biography
Rebecca Wojturska (she/her) is the Open Access Publishing Officer at the University of Edinburgh, functioning within Library and University Collections on the Scholarly Communications Team. She is responsible for managing Edinburgh Diamond: an open access hosting service which offers hosting, technical support, preservation, indexing, and publishing guidance to staff and students who wish to publish diamond open access books and journals. Rebecca is also the Statistician/Bibliometrician for the Journal of Information Literacy. In her spare time she loves nothing more than reading Gothic literature, watching horror films and crushing her enemies at board games.

Jill Emery

Portland State University

See Biography
Jill Emery is the Collection Development & Management Librarian at Portland State University Library and has over 20 years of academic library experience. She has held leadership positions in ALA ALCTS, ER&L, and NASIG. She serves on the Project COUNTER Executive Committee. Jill is a member of The Charleston Advisor editorial board and is the columnist of “Heard on the Net,” and is on the editorial board for Insights: the UKSG journal. Her co-authored book is: Techniques of Electronic Resource Management: TERMS and the Transition to Open.

Alasdair Macdonald

University of Edinburgh

See Biography
Alasdair MacDonald is Metadata Co-ordinator at Edinburgh University Library, a post he has held since 2014. He has worked as a librarian for over 23 years, specialising in metadata since 2000. He has a long standing interest in identifying creator and contributor entities across different platforms and catalogues. Alasdair is currently the Vice Chair of the Metadata and Discovery Group, Scotland and a member of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Governing Board. He has previously worked at the Bodleian Library and the National Library of Scotland

A new model for transformative agreements and its implementation by a small publisher: Enhancing a smooth transition to open access

A new transformative model is needed because conventional Read & Publish agreements do not best serve the needs of libraries and publishers in transforming budgets and revenues, respectively, from subscriptions to Open Access. Nina Schönfelder will present the “smooth transition model”, an advanced model, which is responsive to the progress in the transition. Anke de Looper & Marten Stavenga will present its implementation by a commercial publisher, highly specialized in linguistics. Their transformative agreement offers a gradual shift from subscription-based to publication-based charges for both publisher and libraries. The offer as well as the uptake by libraries will be discussed

Anke de Looper

John Benjamins Publishing Company

See Biography
Anke de Looper is an acquisition editor and strategy officer e-content for John Benjamins Publishing Co., a privately-owned scholarly publisher with a strong focus on languages, linguistics, and related areas, publishing journals, book, and online resources.

Nina Schonfelder

Bielefeld University

See Biography
Nina Schönfelder holds a PhD in Economics and is an expert on open-access publishing. She has been working in various projects at the Bielefeld University Library: At the “National Contact Point Open Access OA2020-DE”, she developed financial and business models for open-access publishing. Currently, she develops an online-tool that shall help researchers to find the best open-access publishing venue for their manuscript within the project “open-access.network”.

Marten Stavenga

John Benjamins Publishing Company

See Biography
Marten Stavenga is a Strategy Officer e-Content for John Benjamins Publishing Co., a privately-owned scholarly publisher with a strong focus on languages, linguistics, and related areas, publishing journals, book, and online resources.

Octopus: creating a new primary research record

Octopus is an innovative open platform where the scientific community can freely read, review, and register ideas and findings. Launching next month, it will enable researchers – of every seniority, institution, and location – to immediately establish a claim on their work and get fair credit for everything they do.The platform will closely integrate with existing research tools and systems, such as ORCID, but with incentives for good research practice, constructive peer review, and collaborative working, it is also designed to create a new culture of collaboration and recognition which improves access to research and rewards best practice in every aspect of the scientific process.This is an opportunity to learn more about the project and its aims, and to see an early demo of the platform prior to launch.

Lola Harre

Jisc

See Biography
I’m Jisc’s product manager for Octopus, an innovative research platform which aims to create a new primary research record for the scientific community.

I started my career in academic publishing, working with an international cohort of researchers to deliver projects ranging from archaeology monographs to digitised primary source collections.Since then, I’ve held various roles across Jisc focused on service development and sector insight, working closely with our university, college and public sector partners.

The ‘personal manifesto’: what does it mean to explore your style, preferences and needs?

Have you ever felt overwhelmed when starting a new job? Ever experienced imposter syndrome, or wondered how you can feel more confident and empowered professionally?In 2021 Thomas Shaw’s article ‘How to strive for success, happiness, fulfilment and impact: a personal manifesto’ was published in UKSG Insights. In this informal session, Tom will be interviewed by Andrew Barker to explore some of the key themes from the article. This includes reflecting on ourselves as holistic individuals with intersecting personal and professional identities, and exploring how this can help us get the best out of work for ourselves and our careers.This is an opportunity to learn more about the project and its aims, and to see an early demo of the platform prior to launch.

Tom Shaw

Lancaster University

See Biography
Thomas Shaw is Associate Director for Digital Innovation and Open Research at Lancaster University, and oversees the Library’s innovative use and development of digital technology, and its significant contribution to research through championing open research principles and practices. He has worked in libraries and information management since the late 1990s, with previous experience from the University of East London, University of Bristol and NHS Direct. He has interests in the transformational impact and value of digital for libraries, and in promoting openness in all areas of library and scholarship.

Innovation in OA agreements

This session will surface and showcase evolving best practices in OA agreements, particularly agreements between smaller independent publishers and libraries/consortia. This session will be chaired by Lorraine Estelle.

Alicia Wise

CLOCKSS

See Biography
Alicia Wise is Executive Director of CLOCKSS, a community of research libraries and academic publishers working together to ensure the long-term preservation of the scholarly record. She has been active in increasing access to research information for 20 years in roles within our publishing community (e.g. with Elsevier, the Publishers Association, the Publishers Licensing Service) and also within the library community (e.g. Jisc, a range of universities). Her Ph.D. is in Anthropology and focussed on the Roman invasion of Scotland and resistance to this.

How do you make Library acquisitions truly ethical?

Contained within the University of Sheffield Comprehensive Content Strategy is an expression of ideals on which the Library should operate, notably a commitment to act ethically, sustainably and inclusively in the provision of content. This paper will explore the challenges of turning these ideals into practical action. It will ask what practically can be effected by librarians. Does this situation require a revolution? If not, can significant reform be achieved within existing power structures? Or are these notions fundamentally impossible, and academic libraries should resign themselves to an accommodation with commercialism and look for other values in their partnerships?

Peter Barr

University of Sheffield

See Biography
Peter Barr leads a team with responsibility for library acquisitions and collection management at the University of Sheffield. He was appointed to oversee the development of the Library’s Comprehensive Content strategy, part of which has now become the Collections Transformation Plan. His professional interest lies in these areas, particularly the role libraries can play in the transformation of scholarly publishing towards a more ethical, non-commercial and community owned future.

Brokering a National Data Agreement – Lessons Learnt and Future Opportunities

Jisc has led on a strategy (known as ‘Plan M’) to improve the efficiency of the library data ecosystem in the UK. This session will contextualise the objectives of the plan, give an update on progress, and look ahead to the opportunities that may be afforded if a more open bibliographic data ecosystem can be realised that empowers novel research, learning and teaching. A key part of the session will report on the outcome of a negotiation between Jisc and OCLC to facilitate a national WorldCat licence.

Neil Grindley

Jisck

See Biography
Neil is the Director of Discovery and Content Services at Jisc, an organization that empowers UK universities, colleges and skills providers to fully exploit the possibilities afforded by digital technologies. He has strategic responsibility for developing products and maintaining services that enable universities and colleges to acquire, create, manage, find and access resources for teaching, learning and research. Neil has managed and led national level initiatives focused on the digital humanities, digital preservation, and data infrastructure services for libraries.

Transforming decision-making in the library: The University of Nottingham perspective on Read and Publish agreements

This Breakout session explores the work of UoN Libraries’ Read & Publish Group (R&P Group) in reviewing and managing Transitional Agreements (TAs), balancing budgetary costs and providing access to resources whilst also maximising publishing opportunities for our researchers.

University of Nottingham Libraries are committed to supporting Plan S principles and adopting Transitional Agreements (or Transformative Agreements). There is an inherent tension between the Read and Publish aspects of TAs, and a new approach was required was to manage these very different and sometimes competing priorities in a challenging and competitive research and teaching environment.

Paul Cavanagh

University of Nottingham

See Biography
Paul Cavanagh is Senior Librarian, Resource Acquisitions at University of Nottingham Libraries, with responsibility for purchasing and providing access to resources in print and electronic formats including books, journals, scans and digitisations and other materials. Paul has extensive experience of content and collection management and subject librarianship within HE and FE libraries.

Paul’s recent focus has been on managing transitional Read and Publish agreements with colleagues from UoN Libraries’ Research Support team. His professional interests include evidence based decision making in acquisitions, copyright guidance and improving access to resources and accessible formats for users.

Julie Baldwin

University of Nottingham

See Biography
Julie Baldwin has been working in Libraries for the last 10 years, firstly in Customer Services roles and then moving into Research Support after she’d qualified from Sheffield with her MA in Librarianship in 2017. She is currently a Research Librarian within the University of Nottingham Libraries’ Research Support Team. Within the team, her particular focuses include open access, research data management and copyright.

Joint Session

Edinburgh Diamond: launching a library-supported open access book hosting service – Rebecca Wojturska

With new policies and guidance around Open Access publishing for academic books, it’s more important than ever for libraries to engage with Open Access publishing to provide support for their academics and students. Edinburgh University Library is launching a book hosting service to support teaching and learning activities. The service is rebranding as “Edinburgh Diamond” and will be free of charge to staff and students, enabling them to publish textbooks, monographs and edited collections with full library support. During the presentation Rebecca will reflect on the timeline, successes and learning points of the project, and provide recommendations to attendees.

Taking OA to the Press(books) – Jill Emery, Portland State University

The presentation will feature how libraries can use the opensource Pressbooks software to develop library learning objects and open education resources to support teaching, learning, and research on your campus.

Comprehensive coverage of Elsevier Science Direct books for SHEDL partners – Alasdair MacDonald, Edinburgh University

Since 2019, the Metadata Team at Edinburgh University Library has produced back files and monthly update files to give comprehensive MARC record coverage for all SHEDL partner institutions for the widely used Elsevier Science Direct Freedom e-book collection. Alasdair MacDonald’s presentation looks at the workflow for creating files comprising ‘fit for purpose’ records for all published titles within a defined timescale.

Rebecca Wojturska

University of Edinburgh

See Biography
Rebecca Wojturska (she/her) is the Open Access Publishing Officer at the University of Edinburgh, functioning within Library and University Collections on the Scholarly Communications Team. She is responsible for managing Edinburgh Diamond: an open access hosting service which offers hosting, technical support, preservation, indexing, and publishing guidance to staff and students who wish to publish diamond open access books and journals. Rebecca is also the Statistician/Bibliometrician for the Journal of Information Literacy. In her spare time she loves nothing more than reading Gothic literature, watching horror films and crushing her enemies at board games.

Jill Emery

Portland State University

See Biography
Jill Emery is the Collection Development & Management Librarian at Portland State University Library and has over 20 years of academic library experience. She has held leadership positions in ALA ALCTS, ER&L, and NASIG. She serves on the Project COUNTER Executive Committee. Jill is a member of The Charleston Advisor editorial board and is the columnist of “Heard on the Net,” and is on the editorial board for Insights: the UKSG journal. Her co-authored book is: Techniques of Electronic Resource Management: TERMS and the Transition to Open.

Alasdair Macdonald

University of Edinburgh

See Biography
Alasdair MacDonald is Metadata Co-ordinator at Edinburgh University Library, a post he has held since 2014. He has worked as a librarian for over 23 years, specialising in metadata since 2000. He has a long standing interest in identifying creator and contributor entities across different platforms and catalogues. Alasdair is currently the Vice Chair of the Metadata and Discovery Group, Scotland and a member of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Governing Board. He has previously worked at the Bodleian Library and the National Library of Scotland

A new model for transformative agreements and its implementation by a small publisher: Enhancing a smooth transition to open access

A new transformative model is needed because conventional Read & Publish agreements do not best serve the needs of libraries and publishers in transforming budgets and revenues, respectively, from subscriptions to Open Access. Nina Schönfelder will present the “smooth transition model”, an advanced model, which is responsive to the progress in the transition. Anke de Looper & Marten Stavenga will present its implementation by a commercial publisher, highly specialized in linguistics. Their transformative agreement offers a gradual shift from subscription-based to publication-based charges for both publisher and libraries. The offer as well as the uptake by libraries will be discussed

Anke de Looper

John Benjamins Publishing Company

See Biography
Anke de Looper is an acquisition editor and strategy officer e-content for John Benjamins Publishing Co., a privately-owned scholarly publisher with a strong focus on languages, linguistics, and related areas, publishing journals, book, and online resources.

Nina Schonfelder

Bielefeld University

See Biography
Nina Schönfelder holds a PhD in Economics and is an expert on open-access publishing. She has been working in various projects at the Bielefeld University Library: At the “National Contact Point Open Access OA2020-DE”, she developed financial and business models for open-access publishing. Currently, she develops an online-tool that shall help researchers to find the best open-access publishing venue for their manuscript within the project “open-access.network”.

Marten Stavenga

John Benjamins Publishing Company

See Biography
Marten Stavenga is a Strategy Officer e-Content for John Benjamins Publishing Co., a privately-owned scholarly publisher with a strong focus on languages, linguistics, and related areas, publishing journals, book, and online resources.

Octopus: creating a new primary research record

Octopus is an innovative open platform where the scientific community can freely read, review, and register ideas and findings. Launching next month, it will enable researchers – of every seniority, institution, and location – to immediately establish a claim on their work and get fair credit for everything they do.The platform will closely integrate with existing research tools and systems, such as ORCID, but with incentives for good research practice, constructive peer review, and collaborative working, it is also designed to create a new culture of collaboration and recognition which improves access to research and rewards best practice in every aspect of the scientific process.This is an opportunity to learn more about the project and its aims, and to see an early demo of the platform prior to launch.

Lola Harre

Jisc

See Biography
I’m Jisc’s product manager for Octopus, an innovative research platform which aims to create a new primary research record for the scientific community.

I started my career in academic publishing, working with an international cohort of researchers to deliver projects ranging from archaeology monographs to digitised primary source collections.Since then, I’ve held various roles across Jisc focused on service development and sector insight, working closely with our university, college and public sector partners.

The ‘personal manifesto’: what does it mean to explore your style, preferences and needs?

Have you ever felt overwhelmed when starting a new job? Ever experienced imposter syndrome, or wondered how you can feel more confident and empowered professionally?In 2021 Thomas Shaw’s article ‘How to strive for success, happiness, fulfilment and impact: a personal manifesto’ was published in UKSG Insights. In this informal session, Tom will be interviewed by Andrew Barker to explore some of the key themes from the article. This includes reflecting on ourselves as holistic individuals with intersecting personal and professional identities, and exploring how this can help us get the best out of work for ourselves and our careers.This is an opportunity to learn more about the project and its aims, and to see an early demo of the platform prior to launch.

Tom Shaw

Lancaster University

See Biography
Thomas Shaw is Associate Director for Digital Innovation and Open Research at Lancaster University, and oversees the Library’s innovative use and development of digital technology, and its significant contribution to research through championing open research principles and practices. He has worked in libraries and information management since the late 1990s, with previous experience from the University of East London, University of Bristol and NHS Direct. He has interests in the transformational impact and value of digital for libraries, and in promoting openness in all areas of library and scholarship.

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UKSG Licensing Skills for Librarians Online Seminar 2023
2023-02-21 00:00 - 2023-02-22 00:00
This seminar is designed for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions; specifically for librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending. The seminar will take place online over two half days.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – 11:00 GMTtoWednesday, February 22, 2023 – 14:00 GMT

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Event Summary

Electronic publishing has brought huge changes to learned information provision and to the role of librarians and other information professionals. ‘Ownership’ of content is no longer a simple matter of receiving and storing print copies on a shelf. Publishers and intermediaries license access to electronic resources, and so the licence has become a feature of most sales agreements. Information professionals consequently need to become familiar with the terms and conditions of licences, their meaning and their implications. This two-day online course will address these issues using a mixture of presentations, Q&A and some homework

Why should you attend?

The online course is designed specifically for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions. Librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending. Participants will gain a good understanding of the key issues surrounding publisher licensing and negotiations, together with practical skills and knowledge which they will be able to use in their professional lives.

Jisc Collections has an international reputation for expertise in the negotiation and licensing of scholarly online resources. It currently manages around 200 agreements, and its model licence is seen as a ‘gold standard’ across the academic sector.

DO NOTE: We welcome participants from all corners of the globe to join our seminars, however speakers and topics for this event are generally UK focussed and times are in BST, if you have any doubt about the suitability, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course participants will:

• understand the key issues surrounding publisher licensing, and how these impact libraries• be familiar with the concept of a Model Licence and the important clauses in publisher licences• be familiar with the principles of successful negotiation of terms and conditions in the context of licensing online information resources• understand the fundamental dos and don’ts of e-resource licence negotiation• be aware of the legal implications that licence terms have for their institution• understand the latest issues and concerns related to licensing• be aware of the issues around licensing for additional users, including those at partner organisations.

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Recording

The 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.

Accessibility

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Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Wednesday 22nd February Tuesday 21st February

Time

Programme

Speakers

11:00

Welcome to day 2

All times stated are GMT

11:05

Session 4: Licence negotiation

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

11.30

Session 5: Licensing for users abroad

Jisc’s TNE licensing approach, decision tool and local TNE approaches

Greg Ince

Jisc

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Greg Ince is a Licensing Manager, delivering the optional Jisc service, Transnational education licensing. He is a librarian with 20 years’ experience of working in higher education libraries. Prior to joining Jisc in 2017 to work on the TNE Licensing Pilot, Greg worked for De Montfort University, Royal Holloway, the University of Bath, and most recently, the University of the West of England (UWE), for 10 years. At UWE, he was responsible for content acquisition and subscription, including managing discovery and ongoing access arrangements, with an ongoing focus on licensing for UWE’s onshore and offshore collaborative provision scenarios.

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Session 6: Licensing scenarios

Addressing licensing for different types of AAU groups (users and partners abroad, NHS users, alumni)

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

13:45

Conclusion and Wrap Up

Time

Programme

Speakers

11:00

Welcome and Introduction

11:05

Session 1: Introduction to licences

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

11:15

Session 2: “10 things to look for in a licence”

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

11:45

Session 3: A closer look at licenses

Part 1

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

12:00

Lunch Break / Time to reflect on the previous session

13:00

Session 3: A closer look at licenses

Part 2

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

13:45

Introduction to Session 4: Licence negotiation

Clarity on clauses: to prepare for tomorrow

Ben Taplin

Jisc

See Biography
BEN TAPLIN is the Licensing Portfolio Specialist for Jisc, which procures and licenses digital content on behalf of higher education and research institutions in the UK. Ben is responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing all of Jisc’s publisher licences. He joined Jisc in 2008 after more than ten years working with serials and online subscriptions in university and museum libraries.

14:00

Summary of the day & wrap up

You may wish to pencil in some time following the session to review today’s learning and prepare for tomorrow’s session.

Registration

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

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Cancellations

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Free UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: Effectively Embedding Blended Learning
2023-02-10 13:00
Effectively Embedding Blended Learning

This session will share experiences of how Heart of Worcestershire College introduced an institution-wide blended learning strategy over 10 years ago and has since incepted the National Blended Learning Consortium of over 160 member colleges. The session will also focus on how further education institutions can expand blended learning and the options available for extending this type of learning to become an integral part of the curriculum using the HoW College Elements blended learning programme as an example which has been designed to develop 21st century skills of learners through a blended modality.

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Free UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: Hybrid, Virtual and Designing the Physical Study/Workspace
2022-12-13 13:00
Hybrid, Virtual and Designing the Physical Study/Workspace
The way libraries and their users work and learn has changed underpinned by new and emerging technologies and with that the library or study spaces have had to adapt. Learn how Milton Keynes college took a whole campus view of how our Study Centre (Library) was integral to a whole campus rethink around our spaces.The design of the space and function of the service also considered loan and use of VR, AR and other emerging technology equipment.

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Digital Diagnostics Criteria

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FREE UKSG webinar: Towards sustainable scholarly infrastructures - The case of CORE
2022-11-08 13:00
CORE (https://core.ac.uk) is, with about 30 million monthly active users, the world’s most used aggregator of open access research papers from repositories and journals. It is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission committed to the Principles of Open Science Infrastructure (POSI), serving the global network of repositories and journals. It provides services in the areas of discovery, machine access to content, content management and scholarly identifiers (https://core.ac.uk/services) for a wide range of audiences stakeholders, including researchers, the general public, academic institutions, developers, funders and companies from a diverse range of sectors including but not limited to innovators, AI technology companies and digital library solutions.
CORE’s mission is central to the success of the OA movement. CORE was established in direct response to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI, 2001) declaration, which recommends the green self-archiving route to OA. The declaration states that: “When these archives conform to standards created by the Open Archives Initiative, then search engines and other tools can treat the separate archives as one. Users then need not know which archives exist or where they are located in order to find and make use of their contents.” The importance of this mission was further highlighted by the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) statement on interoperability (2011), which envisages a “… seamless layer of content through connected repositories …”. CORE, as an aggregator implementing the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), directly fulfils this role by establishing an infrastructure service enabling others (including machines) to discover, access and reuse open access content via a seamless harmonised interface.

While CORE has served the community for over 10 years, the journey hasn’t been without financial and organisational challenges, with CORE’s income streams being several times under threat. In order to diversify income and increase resilience, CORE has been building a community support mechanism in the form of a voluntary CORE Membership programme, inspired by the sustainability streams of other open scholarly infrastructure services.

This webinar will present what CORE is, positioning it within the OA landscape and explain its functionalities and value for institutions and data providers. We will discuss sustainability and how CORE is committed to the Principles of Open Science Infrastructure. We will briefly mention the voluntary CORE Membership programme, which will be launching on the day of the seminar and allow institutions to participate in shaping the future of the service. The presentation will be followed by a short panel who will talk about sustainability of OS services.

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An Introduction to open access - online seminar
2022-11-01 10:00
The rise of open access and associated compliance requirements has created an increasing role for librarians in supporting pre-publication workflows for journal articles and other research outputs. It has also led research institutions to develop a widening range of services and systems to support publication and manage compliance. This online event is hosted over 2 half days.

When

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – 10:00 GMTtoTuesday, November 1, 2022 – 10:00 GMT

Where

Scottish Event Campus (SEC)Glasgow, G3 8YWUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

Registration is now closed

Note: a small amount of pre-reading is suggested in advance of the seminar, a link will be sent to you on registration

If you are unable to attend – We will send you a link to a recording after the event.

Event Summary

The rise of open access and associated compliance requirements has created an increasing role for librarians in supporting pre-publication workflows for journal articles and other research outputs. It has also led research institutions to develop a widening range of services and systems to support publication and manage compliance. This course will give a basic introduction to this rapidly evolving area. In particular it will:

explain how new policies (eg Plan S) are affecting compliance requirements

provide an overview of the research and funding landscape

outline the key stages in the publication lifecycle of a journal article from submission to publication, noting the key differences between Green and Gold publication

summarise the typical requirements for compliance with government policies and funder mandates, and relate these to the publication routes for Green and Gold publication

the complementary roles of publishers, libraries and intermediaries in supporting these stages, and the typical activities that they each perform during the life-cycle

explain the part that preprints play in scholarly communication

look at selected services, systems and standards designed to support and manage the process

Why you should attend

This course will be valuable to those working in research management, libraries, publishers and intermediaries. It will be useful for new entrants at practitioner level wishing to gain an overview of processes and players, but also for senior managers needing a summary of a rapidly growing area. Whilst some elements may focus more specifically on the policy and compliance context in the UK, it will nevertheless also be of relevance to international members.

Learning objectives

Understand the key stages in publication of a journal article in relation to open access and compliance

Be able to summarise typical compliance criteria, and relate these to the publication lifecycle

Understand the basic roles of funders, research managers, libraries, publishers, intermediaries at each stage

Be aware of the key services, systems and metadata standards which support workflows

Course Level and previous knowledge required

This course offers an introductory, entry-level overview and no previous knowledge is required, although some awareness of the different types of scholarly journals and open access models (such as Green and Gold) may be useful.

Please 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, introductory 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.

Supporting Information package

This will be sent to registered delegates in advance of the seminar. The course organisers have compiled an optional Open Access pre-Course Reading List for attendees – all items will be openly available. In addition, we encourage delegates to listen to the recording of the UKSG webinar on Working with Open Access (7 October 2019) which introduces the basic concepts of Open Access and how they work together to build wider access to knowledge.

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Recording

The 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.

Accessibility

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Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Tuesday 1st November Thursday 3rd November

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:0

Introduction & welcome

10:10

Overview of Open Access

Victoria Eva

Elsevier

See Biography
As VP of Global Policy at Elsevier, Victoria is responsible for managing Elsevier’s policies and strategy in areas related to open access, as well as coordinating on global policy and legislative issues pertaining to Open Science more broadly. Victoria has been with Elsevier for two years and has worked for over 10 years in the policy space, including with educational publisher Pearson and UK trade body The Publishers Association.

10:50

Open Access – a publisher’s perspective

Taylor & Francis’ Open Research journey began 20 years, with the introduction of their first open access policy in 2003. This talk will introduce key open access terms and concepts, will explore how publishers’ support academics in publishing open access, and will describe both the publishing lifecycle and how this may differ in open access. Finally, it will touch on how the role of the publisher has evolved over the years, in line with the open access and open research movement more broadly.

Emma Greenwood

Taylor & Francis

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Emma Greenwood began her publishing career in 2000, after completing a PhD in cell biology at Cancer Research UK. Initially an editor for Nature Reviews Cancer, she moved into a publishing role in 2004, managing a number of academic journals and launching open access journals. Emma has worked exclusively in open access since moving to Taylor & Francis in 2014, and is now Director of OA. Emma and her team provide expertise and an overarching strategy and structure to grow and develop Taylor & Francis’ open access portfolio, working alongside many different departments in this role.

11:30

Break

11.25

Plan S: an overview

This presentation will summarise the ambition of Plan S and outline its key principles, before giving an overview of some of the services – the Journal Checker Tool and the Journal Comparison Service – it has developed.The presentations will also discuss Rights Retention and how this is being embedded in institutional policies.The presentation will last less than 20 minutes, thus allowing plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Please submit any questions to Robert pre-event here. .

Simon Bowie

Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University

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Simon Bowie is an Open Source Software Developer at the Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University, UK, where he works on the Open Book Futures project helping to build community-owned and scholar-led open infrastructures for open access book publishing with a particular focus on experimental book publishing.

11.45

Assessing Cyber Resilience in Nigerian Libraries: An Empirical Study of Security Measures, Threats, and Preparedness

Libraries in Nigeria, like others globally, are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, compromising the integrity and availability of their digital collections and services. This study investigates the current state of cyber security and resilience in Nigerian libraries, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. Survey research method of the quantitative type was used. Data collected online from 80 Heads of libraries and 26 Systems librarians in ten states in Nigeria will be analysed and presented in tables and percentages. The findings will inform a proposed framework for improving cyber resilience in Nigerian libraries. Practical recommendations for improvement will be provide.

Robert Kiley

cOAlition S

See Biography
Robert Kiley is Head of Strategy at cOAlition S, working to accelerate the transition to full and immediate Open Access.

Prior to this he was Head of Open Research at the Wellcome Trust where he was responsible for developing and implementing their open research strategy.

Over the past decade Robert has played a leading role in the implementation of Wellcome’s open access policy and overseeing the development of the Europe PubMed Central repository. He also led the development – in partnership with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society – of eLife, the open-access research journal, launched in 2012. More recently he championed the work to create a new open publishing platform for Wellcome researchers – Wellcome Open Research.

Robert is a qualified librarian, a Board member of Open Research Central and served for 6 years on the ORCID Board of Directors.

12.25

Open Access from a Funder’s Perspective

Sara Ball

UKRI

See Biography
TBC

Tahia Zaidi

UKRI

See Biography
TBA

12.15

Summary and close

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Welcome and Introduction

10:10

Open Access Policies and Transformative Agreements

Colleen Campbell

Max Planck Digital Library

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Colleen Campbell is strategic advisor for external engagement at the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL). There she coordinates two open access initiatives: the Open Access 2020 Initiative, a global alliance of research organizations and their libraries that are repurposing their investments in subscriptions to support open access publishing, and the ESAC Initiative, a library community of practice building capacities around transformative and open access publishing agreements. She is a member of the LIBER Open Access Working Group and serves on the Managing Board of EIFL, a not-for-profit organization that works with libraries to enable access to knowledge in developing and transition economy countries.@oa2020ini; @ColleenCampbe11

10:50

Open Access from an Academic’s Perspective

Nick Sheppard

University of Leeds

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Nick Sheppard has worked in scholarly communications for over 10 years, currently as Open Research Advisor at the University of Leeds. Previously he was Research Services Advisor at Leeds Beckett University. Nick is interested in effective dissemination of research through sustainable models of open access, including underlying data, and potential synergies with open education and Open Educational Resources (OER), particularly underlying technology, software and interoperability of systems.

Alastair Baker

University of Leeds

See Biography
A molecule maker, from small scale to pilot-plant production. Developed processes in natural products (garlic), catalysis (biobutanol), reactor automation, solvent extraction (uranium from used nuclear fuel) and regenerating cotton fibres (cellulose).Lab-based experimentalist at the University of Leeds, working with SME’s, UK Catalysis Hub Consortia, UK National Nuclear Laboratory, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and The Clothworkers’ Company.Awarded a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) for lecturing, teaching and training in Higher Education across the UK, validating his track record of teaching in a University environment, with an enthusiastic approach to research-led and teaching core chemical engineering and chemistry topics.

11:30

Break

11:45

Open Access from a Librarian’s Perspective

Nicola Varnett

University of Leeds

See Biography
Nicola Barnett has worked for Leeds University Library in a variety of roles for over 20 years. She has worked in open access since 2015 and was involved in the Library side of the REF2014 and REF2021 submissions. Nicola is based in the Research Support Team in the Library and looks after the University publications database (Symplectic Elements) and the institutional repository (White Rose Research Online)..

Lorraine Chatwin

University of Leeds

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Lorraine has worked in open access at Leeds University since 2018 and is currently the Repositories Co-ordinator. In this role she manages the work of the repository team, who administer authors’ deposits to the Institutional Repository, White Rose Research Online. Lorraine is based in the Research Support Team at Leeds. Prior to working in open access, Lorraine has over 10 years’ experience working in public libraries – both in customer service roles and in acquistions. Lorraine gained her library qualification in 2015 and is a member of CILIP.

Jonathan Horne

University of Leeds

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Jonathan has worked at the University of Leeds since 2009 and began working in open access when the University’s open access project was launched in 2013 alongside UKRI’s open access policy. He now works as the APC Coordinator, managing the open access block grants from UKRI, Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK, with responsibility for compliance and finance reporting. Jonathan is interested in sustainable open access and how the UK HE sector transitions away from a largely funder and money led OA model.

12:25

An introduction to preprints

This session will cover all you need to know to understand the evolving preprints landscape, including definitions, benefits, challenges and more. We will explore the ways people discover preprints as well as how these can be used to support research and policy ‘in real time’.

Andrea Chiarelli

Research Consulting

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Andrea Chiarelli is an experienced consultant at Research Consulting, focusing on scholarly communication, open science, and university management. His work involves providing strategic guidance and practical solutions to universities, funders, publishers and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem, building on his diverse educational background and expertise. Andrea holds an Engineering PhD and an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

13.30

Wrap up and close

Liam Bullingham

Counter

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Until recently, Liam managed research support in Library and Learning Services at Edge Hill University. At Essex, he leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services; this includes academic liaison and information literacy team and also research services. He is a member of the LIS-Bibliometrics Committee and is a Trustee of UKSG..

Registration

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

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£ 72.00

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Cancellations

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An Introduction to Resource Discovery - online seminar
2022-10-25 10:00
Resource Discovery is a new seminar which gives an overview of what is discovery from the point of view of librarians, content providers and the technology services. It gives attendees insight into the discovery services landscape, metadata and processes behind the scenes. This seminar will take place over two days on Tuesday 25th October (am) & Wednesday 26th (pm).

When

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 – 10:00 BSTtoWednesday, October 26, 2022 – 16:00 BST

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

We are sorry but this event is currently fully booked

Event Summary

Resource Discovery is a new seminar which gives an overview of what is discovery from the point of view of librarians, content providers and the technology services. It gives attendees insight into the discovery services landscape, metadata and processes behind the scenes.

Who should attend?

This event will be valuable to anyone responsible for supporting discovery for e-resources in libraries and content providers or who are seeking a basic understanding of what is discovery and an introduction to some of the technology services that support scholarly communications.

The seminar will impart a practical understanding of the technological challenges and of metadata as key element of discovery.

Course Level and previous knowledge required

The course level is for beginners. Some familiarity with the different types of online scholarly content may be helpful, for example ejournals, ebooks and online databases. If you are new to this area, it may be worth first attending the UKSG Introduction to E-Resources which gives an overview of different types of resources and how they are published and provided online. This course is also suitable for people who needs a refresher (after a career break or moving jobs) as Discovery is a moving landscape.

Otherwise, no previous knowledge is required. In particular, please note that this is not a technical course, and no programming skills are required.

Learning objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to

Understand the main elements of discovery.

Understand libraries, system vendors and content providers understanding of discovery and process.

Understand the role of metadata on the discovery process.

Understanding of basic standards and terminology use in discovery

Pre-event checks

To test your system ahead of time visit https://support.goto.com/webinar/system-check-attendee

Recording

The 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.

Accessibility

At 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.

Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Tuesday 25th October Wednesday 26th October

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Introduction & welcome

Why we are doing this webinar?

Why discovery is an important subject in the sector?

10:20

The principles of metadata enriching and filtering to enhance resource discovery & usage

Getaneh Alemu

Solent University

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Dr Getaneh Alemu is a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Solent University since 2014 and author of books and articles on metadata, including The Future of Enriched, Linked, Open and Filtered Metadata (Facet, 2022) and An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata: Enrich then Filter (2015, Chandos). He served as a member of IFLA’s Linked Data Technical Sub-Committee (LIDATEC) and served as the Program Chair for the International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR-2017) and as Workshop Chair for MTSR-2018. He is also an editorial board member of three LIS journals. In addition to his professional roles, Getaneh teaches a metadata and taxonomies module at Dundee University on a part-time basis. He received his Ph.D. in Metadata (Information Science) from the University of Portsmouth in 2014.

11:10

Break

11:30

Enabling flawless content discovery with a downstream and upstream approach

Manisha Sanghavi

Sage Publishing

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Manisha Sanghavi has 31 years of experience in Systems Librarianship and Information Technology from TATA to SAGE Publishing. She is a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional with excellent library and information science knowledge. She drives the discoverability of SAGE products in library systems and services for the success of the products with happy clientele across the globe. She has worked through restructures handled multiple projects and achieved success. Thinking out of the box is one of the key strategies she uses to overcome the issues swiftly. On the lighter side, she has become a storyteller with versions of them and courageously passes on the blame to the lockdown. She can share real-life experiences to look at the perspective of all possible dynamics of life along with active listening.

12.15

Summary of day 1 and close

Time

Programme

Speakers

13.30

Summary of Day 1

13.40

Current trends in Electronic Resource Management and Discovery Services

Marshall Breeding

Independent Consultant

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Marshall Breeding is an independent consultant, speaker, and author. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides and the libraries.org online directory of libraries on the Web. His column Systems Librarian appears in Computers in Libraries; he is the Editor for Library Technology Newsletter, published through Library Technology Guides. From 2002 through 2021 he was the editor and contributor for Smart Libraries Newsletter published by the American Library Association, and has authored the annual Library Systems Report published in American Libraries since 2014 and in Library Journal from 2002-2013. He has authored fourteen issues of ALA’s Library Technology Reports, and has written many other articles and book chapters. Marshall has edited or authored eight books. He regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations at library conferences on a wide range of topics.

14.30

Break

14.05

Discovery of locally produced e-resources: opportunities and challenges

Sharon Farnell

University of Alberta

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Sharon Farnel(MLIS, PhD) is the Head of Metadata Strategies at the University of Alberta Library (UAL) where she works to ensure the discoverability, accessibility, and preservation of cultural resources and knowledge products. She teaches at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta in the areas of metadata, digital libraries, and information organization. Her research interests include community driven knowledge organization, critical approaches to descriptive standards and practices, and linked data as applied in the library context. She is currently a member of the CRKN Preservation and Access Committee, Co-Chair of the NISO Information Creation and Curation Topic Committee, and a Technical Contributor to the Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) project. She has a chapter in the forthcoming book Discoverability in Digital Repositories: Systems, Perspectives, and User Studies (Taylor & Francis Group, May 2023).

15:35

Panel Session

Sharon Farnell

University of Alberta

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Sharon Farnel(MLIS, PhD) is the Head of Metadata Strategies at the University of Alberta Library (UAL) where she works to ensure the discoverability, accessibility, and preservation of cultural resources and knowledge products. She teaches at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta in the areas of metadata, digital libraries, and information organization. Her research interests include community driven knowledge organization, critical approaches to descriptive standards and practices, and linked data as applied in the library context. She is currently a member of the CRKN Preservation and Access Committee, Co-Chair of the NISO Information Creation and Curation Topic Committee, and a Technical Contributor to the Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) project. She has a chapter in the forthcoming book Discoverability in Digital Repositories: Systems, Perspectives, and User Studies (Taylor & Francis Group, May 2023).

Marshall Breeding

Independent Consultant

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Marshall Breeding is an independent consultant, speaker, and author. He is the creator and editor of Library Technology Guides and the libraries.org online directory of libraries on the Web. His column Systems Librarian appears in Computers in Libraries; he is the Editor for Library Technology Newsletter, published through Library Technology Guides. From 2002 through 2021 he was the editor and contributor for Smart Libraries Newsletter published by the American Library Association, and has authored the annual Library Systems Report published in American Libraries since 2014 and in Library Journal from 2002-2013. He has authored fourteen issues of ALA’s Library Technology Reports, and has written many other articles and book chapters. Marshall has edited or authored eight books. He regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations at library conferences on a wide range of topics.

Getaneh Alemu

Solent University

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Dr Getaneh Alemu is a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Solent University since 2014 and author of books and articles on metadata, including The Future of Enriched, Linked, Open and Filtered Metadata (Facet, 2022) and An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata: Enrich then Filter (2015, Chandos). He served as a member of IFLA’s Linked Data Technical Sub-Committee (LIDATEC) and served as the Program Chair for the International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR-2017) and as Workshop Chair for MTSR-2018. He is also an editorial board member of three LIS journals. In addition to his professional roles, Getaneh teaches a metadata and taxonomies module at Dundee University on a part-time basis. He received his Ph.D. in Metadata (Information Science) from the University of Portsmouth in 2014.

Manisha Sanghavi

Sage Publishing

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Manisha Sanghavi has 31 years of experience in Systems Librarianship and Information Technology from TATA to SAGE Publishing. She is a highly motivated and enthusiastic professional with excellent library and information science knowledge. She drives the discoverability of SAGE products in library systems and services for the success of the products with happy clientele across the globe. She has worked through restructures handled multiple projects and achieved success. Thinking out of the box is one of the key strategies she uses to overcome the issues swiftly. On the lighter side, she has become a storyteller with versions of them and courageously passes on the blame to the lockdown. She can share real-life experiences to look at the perspective of all possible dynamics of life along with active listening.

16:00

Wrap up and close

Registration

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

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UKSG - Introduction to E-Resources Online Seminar 2022
2022-06-23 09:00
When

Thursday, June 23, 2022 – 09:00 BSTtoTuesday, June 28, 2022 – 12:30 BST

Where

OnlineUnited Kingdom

About the Event

Registration

Registration closed

Event Summary

This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases.

The emphasis is on developing a sound basic understanding of the details of e-resources handling in order to promote efficient and informed working practices. A wide range of day-to-day issues will be covered, with time devoted to recognising and resolving the problems that can arise at the boundaries between publishers, intermediaries and libraries, and addressing business models such as open access. In addition, the seminar will provide a forum for a virtual group discussion on the current issues and opportunities offered by e-books.

Delegates will be able to air and exchange views in the discussion session after each presentation. The seminar will be delivered over two mornings, and delegates will be asked to use the time in between sessions to reflect on some of the issues raised.

Who should attend?

Designed particularly for staff who are new to working with e-resources, whether from a publisher, an intermediary or a library, this seminar may also be of interest to those looking to consolidate and update their e-resources knowledge.

We 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.

Learning Objectives

To gain practical tips on managing e-resources which can be applied in the workplace

To gain a basic understanding of the serials supply chain and the factors influencing it, including Open Access

To understand and learn how to build relationships between publishers, intermediaries and libraries

To learn how to have informed conversations with customers/suppliers

To gain insight into the practical aspects of managing e-books

To share experiences with other delegates and discuss questions and challenges which arise during the seminar

Course level and previous knowledge required

Introductory and non-intensive, entry-level training for the beginner, novice or returner.

Pre-event checks

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Accessibility

At 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.

Here’s how we achieve that:

Closed 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.

Auto-Generated Transcripts: For each recorded session, we can provide auto-generated transcripts on request.

If you have particular accessibility requirements or questions about this event, we strongly encourage you to contact events@uksg.org as soon as possible.

Programme

Thursday 23rd June Tuesday 28th June

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Login and Housekeeping

10:05

Introduction & welcome

10.20

Discussion: Sharing experience of working with e-resources

10.40

Managing E-Resources content in the online world

The importance of journals and e-resources, and how they are purchased, promoted and managed.

Ruth Smalley

Edge Hill University

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Ruth 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! Ruth lives in Warrington and enjoys making jewellery and clothes in her spare time.

11.25

Break

11.35

Procuring & Managing E-Book Content

The importance of E-Books and a look at the ways in which they are acquired with information about their promotion and curation as well as some details on issues across the sector.

Anthony Sinnott

University of York

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Anthony is Access and Procurement Development Manager at University of York. He oversees the purchase of print & electronic resources, the management of subscriptions & databases, and the operation of the reading list system. Anthony’s key focus is on identifying innovative purchasing models that ensure maximum access to resources and building positive relationships with suppliers. Anthony is a member of the Joint Consortia Agreement Contract Management Group, Academic Libraries North CoP Group, and sits on the National Acquisitions Group Executive Committee as Treasurer.

12.15

Summary of day 1 and close

Time

Programme

Speakers

10:00

Login and Housekeeping

10:05

Recap from Day 1

10:20

E-books a round table led by the Chair

10:40

Break

10:50

The business of e-resource publishing

Michaela Klosterkamp

Elsevier

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Michaela Kurschildgen is a Customer Consultant for the UK & Ireland and has worked with Elsevier for the last 19 years. She is helping academic institutes and researchers turn information into actionable knowledge and has become a trusted advisor, helping individuals build research capabilities and supporting institutions reaching their strategic goals.

Since 2012 she is a member of the UKSG Education and Events subcommittee.

11:35

Richard Bramwell

EBSCO

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Richard Bramwell is an Account Manager at EBSCO Information Services with 9 years’ experience of working in the Library Industry consulting in Discovery, Research workflow and content. Richard is also a member of the UKSG Education Committee

12:20

An overview and a final summing up

Registration

Sunday, August 4, 2024 – 00:00 BST – Monday, November 18, 2024 – 22:10 GMT

£ 60.00

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£ 72.00

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Non-Member

Closed

NB: 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.

Contact

General queries – events@uksg.org

Please take a look at our code of conduct

Cancellations

The closing date for cancellations is Monday 6th June, after which date cancellations will not be eligible for a refund. Cancellation should be sent into writing to events@uksg.org. All registrants will be sent a link to a recording after the event for their personal viewing.

The UKSG terms and conditions can be found here

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FREE UKSG webinar: Predatory Publishing – How to support researchers in identifying trusted journals and publishers for their research
2022-06-17 14:00
This webinar will help those who work with researchers offer straightforward advice to help them avoid publishing in places that they would want to avoid.
1. Lorraine will cover what predatory publishing is and why it is a problem. How the scams that predatory publishers use are becoming more sophisticated and difficult to detect.

2. Lorraine will walk the delegates through Think. Check. Submit. and show them how to use it as a tool to help librarians and researchers avoid predatory publishers.

3. Katherine will provide practical examples of how she has used the principles of Think. Check. Submit when helping researchers think about where to publish. She will provide examples of how lack of some due diligence has led to some difficulties with regards to invoices from predatory publishers, and how this can be avoided in the future.

Register for this recording

You may still register for the recording of the webinar by visiting the GoToWebinar site.

Transcript

The recording including transcript will be available shortly on the UKSG Webinar channel.

(Please note that webinars have software generated transcripts therefore are not 100% accurate. If you would like a copy of the transcript please feel free to contact samira@uksg.org).

Slides

Our speakers have kindly agreed to make their slides available. You may download them from here. Please use the correct attribution if you wish to refer to them.

Q&A

Please, find here the Q&A document that our speakers have kindly produced.
