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UKSG Forum: London
November 16, 2017 @ 09:00
Collaboration and adapting to change
Forum attendance is FREE for UKSG members!
Click here for photoes taken at the UKSG Forum 2017
Our thanks to Helle Lauridsen for the photos!
Now in its fifth year, the UKSG Forum is the essential ‘London-based pre-Christmas’ event in the scholarly communications calendar. Supporting UKSG’s mission ‘to connect the knowledge community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication’, the UKSG Forum offers short sessions on best practice and interesting projects. This highly anticipated meeting is free for UKSG members to attend, attracting nearly 400 delegates and offering a comprehensive exhibition, together with ample networking opportunities.
This year’s Forum is all about collaboration and adapting to change. How is the scholarly community responding to the unprecedented shifts in our political and educational landscapes? How will this impact on our ‘business-as-usual’ attitude? Is our perennial resilience now tested to its utmost limits? Is not collaborating even an option? Come along and hear how organisations are facing up to these challenges.
The UKSG Forum is, in three words, informal, interactive and informative.
See you in London!
UKSG thanks its generous event sponsors:
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Exhibition
Exhibition stand booking is now CLOSED. Please contact Alison Whitehorn for information.
Programme
09:00 Registration, refreshments and exhibition viewing
10.00 Welcome and introduction
Kate Price, UKSG Chair and University Librarian, Queen Mary University of London
10.15-10.45 Keynote: Big Questions
Publisher and library gurus will be answering delegates’ burning questions
Chair: Yann Amouroux, UKSG Forum Working Group Chair
Simon Inger, Principal Consultant, Renew Publishing Consultants
Ken Chad, Director, Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
10:45-11:30 Change
Chair: Simon Boisseau, UKSG Forum Working Group
WHELF Shared LMS: the benefits of collaboration 
Gareth Owen, Programme Manager, Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum
British Library and Royal College of Surgeons storage project
Richard Ebdon, Business Development Manager, British Library
Thalia Knight, Director of Library and Surgical Information Services, Royal College of Surgeons
What does Brexit mean for the UK universities?
John Ferguson, Director of Global Forecasting, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
(Summary of a presentation to be delivered at the UKSG One-Day Conference)
11:30-12:00 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
12:00-12:45 Data
Chair: Ross MacIntyre, UKSG Forum Working Group
Library analytics: usage data at individual learner level
Lee Baylis, Senior Analytics Innovator, Jisc
Navigating research: how can scholarly reference meet users’ changing needs?
Simon Pawley, Market Research Assistant, Oxford University Press
Ten things you can do with Machine Learning
Michael Upshall, Consultant, UNSILO
12:45-14.00 Lunch and exhibition viewing
14:00-14:45 Panel discussion: UKSG focus on Early Career Professionals
The panel will be giving their views on today’s library and publishing professions
Chair: Andrew Barker, Associate Director, Library Services, Liverpool John Moores University
Jessica Edwards, Marketing Executive, Gale, a Cengage Company
Grace Ranola, Associate Publisher, Journals, Oxford University Press
Sarah Roughley, Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Liverpool
Dominic Walker, Research Publications Manager, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
14:45-15:30 Innovation
Chair: Claire Grace, UKSG Forum Working Group
The Android Invasion: free (e)textbooks and tablets from project to embedded service
David Clover, Associate Director (Library and Learning Services), University of East London
The Student Library Reps project at Goldsmiths College – involving students in Acquisitions and more
Marion Harris, Acquisitions Supervisor, Goldsmiths, University of London
RA21: resource access for the 21st century
Julia Wallace, Project Director, RA21
15:30-15:45 Refreshments and exhibition viewing
15:45-16:30 Open
Chair: Yann Amouroux, UKSG Forum Working Group Chair
Landscape study on Open Access and monographs
Eelco Ferwerda, Director, OAPEN
The Game of Open Access: making mandates more memorable
Alison McNab, Academic Librarian (Research Support), University of Huddersfield
Open engagement – a step beyond open access
Toby Green, Chief Operating Officer, Public Affairs and Communications, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
16:30 Drinks reception
18:00 CLOSE
What they said about the 2016 Forum
“I thought the lightning talks worked extremely well – presentations were short, lively and to the point. Also plenty of exhibition and networking time.”
“Excellent event, well organised, well done!”
“Every year the networking side of things seems to get stronger.”
“This was my first UKSG event and I really enjoyed it. Very well organised and a great way to tap into what is happening in the information industry. UKSG certainly creates a positive impact.”
“Brilliant all round.”
Fee
UKSG members go free!
Check if your organisation is a UKSG member.
Non-members: £75.00 + £15.00 VAT [20%] (total £90.00)
Refreshments and lunch are provided and you will have access to the exhibition where a varied range of publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors will be showcasing their products and services throughout the day, all rounded off with a drinks reception.
How to book
Booking has now closed for this event. For further information please contact Karen Sadler.
Delegate List
Here is a delegate list updated at 17 November
New venue for 2017
Grange Tower Bridge Hotel (Floor -2)
45 Prescot Street
London
E1 8GP
Tel.: 020 7959 5000
NB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.