19 May 2023
Online seminar: Publication to Press: building trust in research communication
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.
Register here: https://bit.ly/41U7bNB
Online seminar: Introduction to eResources
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.
Register here: https://bit.ly/41YozAY
Webinar: The power of storytelling in diversity & inclusion work
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.
Booking is free, but registration is required: https://bit.ly/42NWugn
The latest from Insights
Open access at a crossroads: library publishing and bibliodiversity
Lai Ma; Jane Buggle, Marie O’Neill
The open access movement has gained momentum since the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) first launched twenty years ago. Notably, there has been a drastic increase in the number of open access articles. Concerns have been raised about equality and diversity issues, however, for researchers without an affiliation (e.g. independent, unemployed and retired researchers) and researchers on the ‘scientific periphery’ who are excluded from the gold open access model. This article argues that the gold open access model is destructive to the knowledge production ecosystem by addressing the importance of bibliodiversity and the ways in which library publishing can contribute to sustainable and equitable knowledge production.