Summary

Mandating the deposit of scholarly journal articles within Open Access repositories is gathering pace.  Funding bodies and individual academic institutions around the world are increasingly coming forward with their rationale and policy statements.  What does this mean for the various players in the scholarly communication chain and how are they responding to this requirement?

This one-day seminar, organised by UKSG, brings together policy makers and practitioners to discuss not only the philosophical and governance issues but also the 'nuts and bolts' of what has to be done, and by whom, in order to make this whole process become a credible way of disseminating scholarly literature.

With experienced speakers drawn from different programmes and initiatives, including updates and reporting on some current research, this seminar promises to be essential for anyone with a general interest in Open Access repositories or who is likely to be affected by the growth of the Mandating phenomenon.

Fee

UKSG members:    £140.00 + £24.50 VAT (total £164.50)
Non-members:     £190.00 + £33.25 VAT (total £223.25)

The fee includes refreshments and lunch.

Venue

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (Council Room)
1 Carlton House Terrace
London
SW1Y 5DB
     
Tel.:  020 7451 7300 (Reception)

Location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.

Programme

10.00 Registration and coffee
 
10.30 Welcome and introduction by the Chair
Michael Jubb, Director, Research Information Network

10.40 Achieving an ‘enlightened’ publications policy at the University of Glasgow
Morag Greig, Advocacy Manager (Enlighten), University of Glasgow
 
11.10 Mandates: a view from the United States
Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian, Yale University, New Haven, CT, US

11.40 Break

12.00 Mandating open access: the view from the Wellcome Trust
Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Trust

12.30 Deposit in UK PubMed Central: processes and developments
Philip Vaughan, Programme Manager, UKPMC, The British Library
 
13.00 Lunch

13.45 Politics and policies for publishers depositing into PMC: decisions to be made
Dom Mitchell, Publication Manager, UK Operations, HighWire Press

14.15 PEER: a European project to monitor the effects of widespread open access archiving of journal articles
Peter Shepherd, Project Director, PEER and Director, COUNTER

14.45 Tea

15.05 Measuring usage of articles in repositories – COUNTER’s PIRUS Project
Richard Gedye, Chair, COUNTER and Research Director, Oxford University Press

15.35 Questions and discussion

15.45 Summing-up by the Chair and close of seminar

How to book

To book a place at this seminar please either book online or download and fill in this form and send it to Karen Sadler at UKSG:

• by post:  15a Stile Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8AG  UK
• by fax:  +44 (0)1865 742164
• by e-mail:  karen@uksg.org

Cancellations

By Tuesday 21 October 2008 - full refund
From Wednesday 22 October 2008 - no refund

NB:  UK Serials Group reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.