11 July 2023
Practical Routes to OA Monographs - Collaboration, Innovation and Support online seminar 2023
22 and 24 August 2023
The 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.
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Usage Data for Decision Making online seminar 2023
26 and 27 September 2023
his 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.
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UKSG November Conference 2023 - Enriching Scholarship: how libraries and publishers educate, enhance and inform scholarly works
15 and 16 November 2023
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?
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Save the date! UKSG Forum 2023 - “Everything everywhere all at once”: keeping up with our users information needs in the age of open scholarship and TikTok
5 December 2023 - Birmingham, UK
Free to UKSG members!
What can you expect from a 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.
"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."
"A laid back event, just right for networking, and a good combination of timings for lightning talks, meetings and networking."
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