Where possible, we have obtained presentation slides from the plenary session speakers at the 34th UKSG Annual Conference. These are posted below, along with links to reviews of the sessions on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog. Slides and reports of the conference’s breakout sessions can be found here. We have also obtained permission from most speakers to publish the video recordings of their talks.
Plenary Session 1: Future communications
William Gibson and the future of libraries
John Naughton, The Open University and Cambridge University Library
The future of the book
David “Skip” Prichard, Ingram Content Group Inc.
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Plenary Session 2: New approaches to research
Digital research, analog publishing: one scientist’s view
Philip Bourne, University of California, San Diego
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
The gatekeeper is dead! Long live the gatekeeper! Or: What does filtering mean for scholarly communications in a web-based world?
Cameron Neylon, Science and Technology Facilities Council
- watch video
- view slides (link)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
The research worklow evolution: the impact of Web 2.0 and emerging social networking tools on research workflow
Bill Russell, Emerald Publishing Group Ltd
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)
Plenary Session 3: Rethinking ‘content’
Open, social and linked: a ménage à trois of content exploitation
Andy Powell, Eduserv
- watch video
- view slides (link)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Buying by the bucketful: a comparative study of how e-book bundles are used
Terry Bucknell, University of Liverpool
- watch video (with apologies for the frozen speaker image)
- view slides (link)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Opening up bibliographic data
Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation
- watch video
- view slides (link)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Plenary Session 4: Strategic directions in a constrained world
Brave New World: rebooting UK HE
Sir John O’Reilly, Cranfield University
- view slides (.pps)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Three years and counting – the economic crisis is still with us but the muddling through is over
Charles Lowry, Association of Research Libraries
- read some tweets from this session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Plenary Session 5: Improving access
The dynamics of improving access to research papers
Mark Ware, Mark Ware Consulting
- watch video
- view slides (PDF)
Barriers to an exclusively electronic journal environment
Laura Cox, Frontline GMS Ltd
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)
Access to scholarly content: gaps and barriers to access (key findings)
Ian Rowlands, CIBER Research Group, University College London
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)
Chaired debate between
Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd
Steven Hall, IOP Publishing
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Plenary Session 6: Anticipating and managing change
Collections 2021: the future of the collection is not a collection
Rick Anderson, University of Utah
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)
- read review of session on UKSG’s LiveSerials blog
Unlocking the four doors to sustainable change
Brad Meyer, Collaboration Ltd
- watch video
- view slides (.pps)