An Introduction to open access 2024 – online seminar

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.  

Attendee Information

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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 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

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.