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2023
UKSG is looking for a new eNews co-Editor, Bev Acreman, 11 August 2023
Knowing me, Knowing UKSG: a conversation with Chris Banks, Director of Library Services at Imperial College London, Kevin O'Donovan, 28 July 2023
Gordon McQueen's personal account of UKSG 2023, inspired by Mary Catherine Bateson’s "Our Own Metaphor: A Persdonal Account of a Conference", Gordon McQueen, 14 July 2023
A student librarian's highlights of UKSG 2023, Christina Nguyen, 30 June 2023
#UKSG2023 - highlights from a first timer, Andrew Marsden, 16 June 2023
Ella Burrows, Senior Library Assistant at the LSE, reviews her first UKSG conference, Ella Burrows, 2 June 2023
An update on the OA Switchboard, Yvonne Campfens, 19 May 2023
Insights – 35 years old, Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp, 5 May 2023
Small steps and big ideas: an open textbook pilot project, Bethany Logan, 22 April 2023
The good, the bad, the sensational of ChatGPT, Katherine Jewitt, 31 March 2023
“I wish I was in Glasgow”: why attending this year’s UKSG Conference is a must, Joanna Ball, 17 March 2023
Navigating Whiteness and reflecting on identity, vocational awe and allyship in hegemonic library cultures, Siobhan Haimé, 3 March 2023
From a bare room to 7 libraries and a nomination for the Times Higher Education award in less than 2 years, Daphne Michailidou, 17 February 2023
Libraries, Silence and Social Justice; why finding our voice and being mouthy is needed, Caroline Ball and Naomi Smith, 3 February 2023
Building digital humanities and library partnerships at the University Southampton, James Baker and Eleonora Gandolfi, 20 January 2023
2022
Community building and data conversations in a post-lockdown landscape, Joanne Fitzpatrick, 30 December 2022
Reflections on Open Access week at the University of Aberdeen, Emma Francis, 16 December 2022
Librarians as Researchers: Reflections on the RLUK Research Catalyst Cohort, Alice Cann, 25 November 2022
‘All your data are belong to us’: the weaponisation of library usage data and what we can do about it, Caroline Ball and Anthony Sinnott, 11 November 2022
Perspectives on Open Access Week 2022, Lesley Macrae, Louise Zambianchi, Sam Nesbit, Ilkay Holt, Susan Miles, 28 October 2022
My experience as a UKSG First-Timer, Luca Filippi, 14 October 2022
Improving resource discovery for users, Jon Bentley, 30 September 2022
New EDC [Earll Development Community] for Early Career Librarian, Dani Stubbs, 16 September 2022
Supporting Citizen Science in the UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship, Kirsty Wallis, 2 September 2022
My Experience of UKSG 2022 - Chloe Bolsover, early career professional, Chloe Bolsover, 19 August 2022
The UKSG Conference - an early career professional's perspective, Heather Cripps, 29 July 2022
Changing career track within the UKSG community: experiences and lessons learned, Joanna Ball, Helle Lauridsen, Yvonne Nobis, 8 July 2022
Supporting Ukrainian Editorial Staff, Louise Stoddard, 24 June 2022
My experience as a first-time attendee at the annual UKSG 2022 Conference, Tom Morley, 10 June 2022
UKSG launches strategic vision, Joanna Ball, 27 May 2022
Let’s talk about Open Access..., Aimee Nixon, Damaris Critchlow, Giulia Stefenelli, Stefan Tochev, 13 May 2022
In person meetings - A Vendor’s Perspective on PLA 2022, Colin Carter, 29 April 2022
Reasons to be … present (at the UKSG conference), Charlie Rappel, 14 April 2022
The decolonising reading list, a vessel of agency, voice and belonging for all, Kaye Towlson, 1 April 2022
Could NUI Galway use an enabling policy to encourage the use and production of OER?, Kris Meen, 4 March 2022
The SafePod Network - six months on from launch, Jane Grogan, 18 February 2022
Improving the quality of open-access submissions, Michael Upshall, 4 February 2022
Looking forward to 2022, Joanna Ball, 21 January 2022
Reflections from an outgoing Chair, Andrew Barker, 7 January 2022
2021
A year in review and looking forward - thoughts from the UKSG Trustees, UKSG Board of Trustees, 10 December 2021
Will there be any transformation or are we stuck with the transformative agreements?, Wilhelm Widmark, 26 November 2021
Helping researchers find a trusted journal or publisher, Lorraine Estelle, 12 November 2021
Together we are stronger, Steve Sharp, 29 October 2021
The value of relationships in moving through recovery following the Covid-19 global pandemic, Katharine Jewitt, 15 October 2021
Why research supporters can sign DORA too, Liam Bullingham, 1 October 2021
A time to choose, Jessica Gardner, 17 September 2021
Reflections on the new UKRI open access policy, Samuel A. Moore and Niamh Tumelty, 3 September 2021
Engaging the public in academic research - what has the open access movement ever done for them?, Jane Belger, 20 August 2021
Ebook Acquisition Strategy in tertiary institutions in the UK pre- and post-pandemic, Zoe Loveland, 23 July 2021
The Open Access Switchboard - an introduction and an update, Frack Manista, 25 June 2021
The UKSG Conference: Experience of a first-time delegate, Connor Wilson, 28 May 2021
Better Together: How the alliance between Liaison Librarians and Academic staff can drive change in eBook provision, Lisa Hawksworth, 14 May 2021
Reflections of an Early Career Professional attending her first UKSG Conference, Nicola Wylie, 30 April 2021
Accessibility: More than just compliance, Dwyer Scullion, 2 April 2021
Beware of predatory journnals: How to guide your authors in publishing their work while protecting their career and your institution's reputation, Michael Spada, 19 March 2021
Five reasons why you shouldn't miss this year's UKSG Annual Confererence, Joanna Ball, 5 March 2021
Remote learnings, a year on; connecting, adapting and amplifying - a view from Institutional Marketing, Laura Graham-Clare, 19 February 2021
What is FUBU? The change that needs to happen close to home - Part 2, Sara Rouhi, 5 February 2021
We cannot and must not "go back", Sara Rouhi, 22 January 2021
Reflections on the new UKRI open access policy, Samuel A. Moore, Niamh Tumelty, 3 September 2021
2020
Editorial Part 3: What does the future of UKSG look like? Feedback from our Trustees, UKSG Board of Trustees, 11 December 2020
In defence of the membership, Lorraine Estelle, 27 November 2020
UKSG Trustees: in the spotlight - part II, UKSG Board of Trustees, 13 November 2020
How to survive (and thrive) during a pandemic, Michelle Blake, 30 October 2020
UKSG Trustees: in the spotlight, UKSG Board of Trustees, 15 October 2020
Building a Library Carpentry community in the UK, Jez Cope, Nilani Ganeshwaran and Phil Reed, 2 October 2020
“Stop, collaborate and listen” – Collaboration and communication across the scholarly community in a COVID-19 altered world, Simon Bell, 18 September 2020
A review of the year so far for UKSG, and what to look forward to, Bev Acreman, 21 August 2020
Moving exchange of experiences - online, Katherine Stephan and Judith Carr, 7 August 2020
The have nots.. Or confessions of a (former) serials librarian, Helle Lauridsen, 24 July 2020
A year of working Danishly*, Joanna Ball, 10 July 2020
Remote conferencing: finding community in isolation, Lesa Ng, 25 June 2020
A postcard from Malmö Public Library – open for business during Corona, Sofia Murray, 12 June 2020
MUP’s lockdown response: Unlocking content, Shelley Turner 29 May 2020
Publishing for the community Justin Clark, Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Alexander Mulhern and Gaynor Redvers-Mutton 15 May 2020
Responding to COVID19: supporting our library communities in the shift to the online world Lesley English, 1 May 2020
Living in libraryland lockdown! Leo Appleton, 17 April 2020
EARLL: creating a new professional network for early career librarians Hannah Boroudjou and Claire Delahunty, 3 April 2020
A new reality Helle Lauridsen, Lyngsoe Systems, 20 March 2020
Supporting an open research ecosystem Christopher Spalding and Tamir Borensztajn, Ebsco, 6 March 2020
Altmetrics: a decade in the making Josh Clark, Altmetric, 21 February 2020
FOLIO, openness and choice and the future of libraries Paul Moeller, University of Colorado Boulder, 7 February 2020
What is needed to drive the OA transition in 2020? Susie Winter, Springer Nature, 24 January 2020
UKSG: 2020 vision Andrew Barker, 10 January 2020
2019
Out in the cold at Christmas? Steve Sharp, 12 December 2019
COUNTER release 5 transition: a community call for compliance, Jo Lambert, 29 November 2019
The power of print, Leo Appleton, 15 November 2019
On indexing and the discoverability of tea bags and inclusive resources, Regina Everitt, 1st November 2019
Information literacy grants, Lijuan Xu, 18 October 2019
Influencing capital in an education institution, Elizabeth Charles, 4 October 2019
Relationship management: developments and challenges, Michelle Blake, 20 September 2019
Translation and the dissemintaion of knowledge, Ben Ablett, 6 September 2019
We know social science matters. Now how do we prove it? Ziyad Marar, 23 August 2019
Librarians and journalists of the world unite! Andy Tattersall, 9 August 2019
A key moment in my career! Amy Stubbing, 26 July 2019
Building bridges, building experience Katherine Stephan, 28 June 2019
Westminster to Washington: sharing the experience! Amy Stubbing, 14 June 2019
The transformation of academic research: what librarians, faculty and students are saying, Brie Betz, Proquest, 31 May 2019
UKSG 2019: a report from the sponsored early career professionals, edited by Lorraine Estelle, 17 May 2019
Why convenience is the new access, Sarah Kembler, 3 May 2019
UKSG 2019, Yann Amouroux et al, 18 April 2019
Don't waste a good (library) crisis, Dave Puplett, 5 April 2019
Come to Telford! Andrew Barker, 22 March 2019
Notable women of library and information science by Jill Emery, 8 March 2019
Bursting the bubble: why it's (not) about the PhD in research support by Claire Sewell, 22 February 2019
Liberate our library: social justice and the need for change by Marilyn Clarke, 8 February 2019
UKSG Committees - why stand? by Helle Lauridsen, 25 January 2019
UKSG: backward reflections, forward glances by Andrew Barker, 11 January 2019
2018
Open access: closing the loop by Sven Fund, 7 December 2018
Research and Innovation at UKSG: a reboot by Dominic Broadhurst, 23 November 2018
After open access - new scope for magazines? by Adam Hodgkin, 9 November 2018
Doing more with less: inspiration from the experts! by Charlie Rapple and Colleen Campbell, 26 October 2018
Build it and they will come by Helen Rimmer and Amy O’Donohoe, 12 October 2018
Why convenience is the new access by Hayley Gibson and Roddy MacLeod, 28 September 2018
Making moves: lessons from a library migration by David Morgan, 14 September 2018
Makerspaces, innovation and creative learning by Carlos Izsak, 31 August 2018
96.7 shades of white by Ka-Ming Pang, 3 August 2018
Keep reading and start writing! by Steve Sharp and Lorraine Estelle, 20 July 2018
Introducing Think. Check. Attend. by Mohamad Mostafa and Philip J Purnell, 6 July 2018
NASIG 2018: engaging and collaborating for the future by Steve Oberg, 22 June 2018
Let's talk by Paul Tavner, 8 June 2018
Is there a better way? Collating print usage statistics by Helen Monagle, 25 May 2018
Keeping everyone communicating by Leo Appleton, 11 May 2018
UKSG's new subcommittee by Yann Amouroux, 27 April 2018
UKSG 2018: a conference in tweets by Leo Appleton, 13 April 2018
Think. Check. Submit - a review by Bev Acreman, 30 March 2018
Glasgow in April by Andrew Barker, 16 March 2018
Climate change in the subscription landscape by Colleen Campbell, 2 March 2018
Why convenience is the new access by Ben Kaube, 16 February 2018
Death of a repository by Andrew Gray, 2 February 2018
UKSG in 2018 by Bev Acreman, 19 January 2018
Growth and maturity in the self-publishing industry by Beat Barblan and Andrew Kovacs, 5 January 2018
2017
A Brit abroad! by Dominic Broadhurst, 15 December 2017
New perspectives by Leo Appleton, 1 December 2017
Insights November 2017 by Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp, 17 November 2017
Library conferences: why bother? by Leo Appleton, 3 November 2017
Open access in the spotlight by Nettie Lagace and Christine Stohn, 20 October 2017
Discovery tools: looking into the black box by Catherine Richardson, 6 October 2017
Machine learning and academic publishing – where are we today? by Michael Upshall, 22 September 2017
Diary of a library collaboration, aged 17¾ by Kate Petherbridge, 8 September 2017
On supporting scholarly communications in scientific research institutes by Tim Wales, 25 August 2017
European collaboration at the University of Helsinki by Ruth MacMullen and Kirsty Wallis, 11 August 2017
Insights July 2017 by Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp, 28 July 2017
UKSG eNews reaches 400! by Steve Sharp, 14 July
Racing to the Crossroads: a NASIG conference review by Sarah Bull, 30 June
Interim management by Jo Webb, 16 June
The challenge of open access compliance by Eimear Evans, 2 June
Librarian messages to publishers by Bernie Folan and Claire Grace, 19 May
Jazz, fireworks and food for thought by various, 5 May
Get out of the library by Donna Lanclos, 21 April
UKSG@40 by Hazel Woodward, 31 March
Insights March 2017 by Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp, 17 March
Digital literacy expertise by stealth – knowing stuff and doing stuff by Iain Baird, Teesside University, 3 March
Why copyright literacy is the key to unlocking our greatest privilege by Chris Morrison, University of Kent, 17 February
Libraries – one part of a Toyota? by Adam Blackwood, eLearning Advisor, 3 February
On peril and privilege and why we all need copyright literacy by Jane Secker, LSE, 17 January
You said, we did: listening to our members by Sarah Bull, UKSG Executive Director, 6 January
2016
Reflections: Conference and Forum by various, 9 December
Comparing apples and pears: the challenges of measuring e-book use by Jo Lambert, Jisc, 25 November
“What is the value of a library with no content?” by Dave White, University of the Arts London, 11 November
Digital citizenship and the role of the library by Leo Appleton, University of the Arts London, 28 October
Scholarly communications, researchers' needs, and innovation by Charlie Rapple and Yann Amouroux, UKSG Committee, 14 October
A solution to the problem with IPs by Andrew Pitts, Publisher Solutions International, 30 September
A charter for e-books? by Nicholas Lewis, Library Director, University of East Anglia, 16 September
The printed book is a very persistent thing by Karen Carden, University of the Arts London, 2 September
e>p and then what? by Daniel Albertsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 19 August
From historical inquiry to e-learning: understanding the metaliteracies and digital capabilities required of researchers of tomorrow by Nazlin Bhimani, UCL Institute of Education, 5 August
Can transparency in publishing costs clear the way for open scholarly communications? by Shona Thoma, Maynooth University, 22 July
One year later: on being a librarian in Saudi Arabia by Stephen Buck, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 8 July
The changing face of current awareness: reflections from a London law librarian by Clare Brown, 24 June
Reading fellows by Wendy Morris, Kingston University, 10 June
Of conferences and carpets by Susan Hill, Surrey and Aberystwyth Universities, 27 May
How Readers Discover Content in Scholarly Publications by Tracy Gardner, Simon Inger Consulting, 13 May
Swings and roundabouts by various, 29 April
Data supporting research collaborations by Neil Smyth, University of Nottingham, 15 April
How to get the best out of UKSG 2016 by various, 1 April
Insights March 2016 by Lorraine Estelle and Steve Sharp (Insights editors), 18 March
E-books: the Utopia for HE students by Alex Ferguson, Liverpool Guild of Students, 4 March
Where are we now? Delivering content in academic libraries by Joanna Ball, University of Sussex, 19 February
E-info discovery and management for institutes in the South by Marc Goovaerts, Hasselt University, 5 February
The Think.Check.Submit campaign by Helen Dobson, University of Manchester, 22 January
2015 - a year in review by members of the UKSG Committee, 8 January