Time

Programme

Speakers

08.00

Registrations opens alongside refreshments and exhibition viewing.

10.00

Opening of the Conference

followed by Presentation of Awards

10.30

Plenary 1

More details to follow

12.00

Lunch and Exhibition Viewing

13.30

Breakout Session – Group A

13.30

Workshop 1

14.30

Breakout Session – Group B

15.30

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

16.00

Breakout session – Group C

17.00

Lightning Session 1

17.30

Exhibition viewing and reception

TBC

Supper and quiz or free evening

Time

Programme

Speakers

08.00

Registration

08.30

Lightning Session 2

09.00

Plenary Session 2

10.30

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11.00

Breakout Session – Group A

11.00

Workshop 2

12.00

Lightning Session 3

12.30

Lunch & exhibition viewing

14.00

Plenary Session 3

15.00

Breakout Session – Group B

15.00

Workshop 3

16.00

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

16.30

Breakout Session – Group D

TBC

Gala Evening

Time

Programme

Speakers

08.00

Registration and refreshments

09.00

Plenary 4

10.00

Breakout Session – Group C

11.00

Refreshments and exhibition viewing

11.30

Breakout Session – Group D

12.30

Plenary 5

13.15

Summary and Close

Time

Programme

Speakers

COUNTER-intuitive: up close and personal with usage metrics

In this highly interactive, practical session, we’ll introduce the COUNTER Code of Practice for usage for usage reporting and guide you through the ins and outs of obtaining and working with your reports. You’ll come away understanding the value of normalised metrics for comparing across publishers and over time, which metrics to use and when, and of course best practice for harvesting your data using automated tools.

Supporting postgraduate research students in scholarly communications and open research

PGRs are some of the most excited and driven researchers, eager to engage with open access and open research. However, they are also incredibly influenced by the environment in which they find themselves, particularly by their research supervisor’s own behaviours and opinions around open research. Their status as students often limits their access to tools and support available to employed researchers. Equally, their status as researchers can lead to the assumption that they already understand the research and publishing landscape.

What can libraries do to support PGRs in becoming ethical and open researchers? Are the one-shot training courses, often voluntary, enough? This talk will discuss barriers and strategies around support for PGRs as they embark on their research careers.

Doing DORA: A small-scale project to upscale research culture and research integrity

Inspired by colleagues’ work to embed the principles of DORA but frustrated by the snail-like pace at our own institution, we embarked on a plan of small workshops to Do DORAif/where we could.  What developed over the next 12 months was in the spirit of our original plan but far beyond what we had envisaged.  This breakout will discuss the ways in which circumstance actually embedded, promoted and advocated for DORA with a shoestring budget and time where available.  We will discuss practical promotion, guerrilla good-practice, unexpected outcomes and embracing flexible opportunities when it comes to Doing DORA. 

Not just JUSP. Beyond the silos, making datasets sing to each other

With frozen budgets and more financial pressure than ever before we need to show value for money on every purchase. Evidence-based decision making for resource acquisition has always been high strategic priority for the library this paper seeks to illustrate how linking disparate datasets can illustrate and enhance value for money purchasing. We will present four mini-case studies using datasets from JUSP, Reading lists, Alma and OpenAthens. We will explore some data modelling and various ways to visualise the stories emerging from the data and how these feed library conversations both internally and with the wider university.

Growing and diversifying our future profession: How HE libraries develop and evaluate their Students as Partner roles

Lesley English

Manchester Metropolitan University

Tom Morley

Lancaster University

See Biography

Tom is currently undertaking a secondment as the Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Within this role he leads and coordinates programmes of activity to develop an Open Research Culture as well as exploring options to facilitate open monograph publishing. In his substantive post he works across the areas of Open Access, Research Intelligence and Research Data Management to coordinate and deliver a range of projects, services and initiatives as an Open Research Officer. Tom is also co-editor of the UKSG e-News.

The first year of Controlled Digital Lending at LSE

This session will briefly explain the general principles of CDL, and address it in the context of UK legislation. We will review the first year of the CDL programme at LSE – discussing the initial approach, consultation with the leadership and institutional legal teams, the selection of titles for the collection, risk management, and how it works in practice with the digital representations and their presence on different library platforms.

Kevin O’Donovan

London School of Economics and Political Science

Wendy Lynwood

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Open Educational Resources and sources: Initiatives from Government of India and Higher Educational Institutions

He will present availability Digital Open Access Resources or e-learning platform initiated by the Government India and other educational institutes in India used by the students, faculty and researchers. Digital resources and e-learning have become significantly important in education systems across the world. These open educational Resources includes course materials, modules, textbooks, videos, software, and other tools, materials or techniques, used to support and provide access to knowledge and educational resources. The Ministry of Education, Govt. of India undertakes a large number of projects for providing on-line content and resources for all-round development of students. Some of these are NPTEL, Virtual labs, Talk to Teacher, Spoken Tutorial, e-PG Pathshala, SWAYAM, MOOCS Project, Sakshet, etc. There are also NDLI, National Science digital Library, Shodhganga, E-Pathshala, Gian, E-PG Pathshala, Moocs, SWAYAM, SWAYAMpraba, Virual Labs etc. It will also explain what the benefit is and who can be beneficial of these e-learning portals. It will also discuss thee valuable Government information Sources used for research and educational purposes like, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation including National Statistical Office, Central Statistical Office, National Sample Survey, the Registrar General of India, the Reserve Bank of India, NITI Aayog, The Labour Bureau, Census of India, and resources like the Indian Statistical Abstract, the Report of Currency and Finance, and the Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts of the Union and States.

Debal Chandra Kar

Galgotias University

Using data to analyse Read and Publish deals and a look to how we adapt our processes in a post TA future/world

In light of the Jisc Review of TA agreements, financial pressures faced by HE sector (UK) and uncertainty of block grant support, the sector is as a turning point. Without knowing what comes next we must continue working to analyse the deals to determine what we want and do not want from any future iterations. This session will discuss how we analyse these deals including the use of Unsub and EZProxy. We have begun to adapt our processes and will provide an overview of how we have established our data requirements and created a framework for assessing deals.

Helen Monagle

University of Manchester

Vicki Ridge

The University of Manchester

Advancing Open Science in Africa: Lessons from the AfLIA Open Data Management Foundational Course for African Librarians

Open Science is gaining momentum in Africa as a movement to make scientific research more accessible, transparent and inclusive. However, the practice of open science within the region is at different stages of development requiring Librarians to play an active role in the advocacy for open science and open data management best practices. This paper reviews the state of Open Science in Africa and examine lessons learnt from the AfLIA Open Data Management Foundational Course for African Librarians.

Mac-Anthony Cobblah

University of Cape Coast

Maria Cotera

Business Development Manager Figshare (Digital Science)

Adopting strategic approaches to increase scholarly publishing and digital literacy in African academic and research institutions

This paper emphasises the need for strategic approaches to boost scholarly publishing and literacy in African academic institutions. Despite the potential of scholarly publishing to enhance scholarly communication, African content remains underrepresented due to factors like low digital literacy, inadequate training, limited internet access, and high subscription costs. The paper proposes several strategies, including developing digital infrastructure, fostering global collaborations, enhancing training programmes, and advocating for policy changes. By implementing these strategies, African scholars can improve digital content creation and visibility, ultimately benefiting teaching, research, and the global digital economy

The Library CEO: Managing Politics, Technology and Talent as the New Paradigm

Managing an academic research library in the 21st century has no blueprint. Since the introduction of electronic resources, fundamental changes to the work of the library have been underway. Leading a modern library that is subject to perpetual shifts in its priorities, mandate, and budget, requires a set of skills and competencies not taught in library or information science programs. A unique assortment of mentorship, executive coaching, business and/or legal training, and hard won experiences are required to be successful in this new environment. Contrary to popular belief, library directors have more in common with Chief Executive Officers than they realize. But far too often the transition to library leadership is sabotaged when the expectation to manage a collection is confronted with the reality of managing an organization. This conversation among library leaders will introduce the concept of the Library CEO, offering a practical framework for both current and aspiring leaders to become proactive in managing a high performance workplace.

Can Gold OA survive a shift to Green?

It’s been over 20 years since the Budapest Declaration on Open Access and while the OA movement has made significant headway, the future end-state is becoming increasingly less clear. In the wake of Plan S, a future fully Gold Open Access state seemed, for the first time, a possibility and then – to the concern of many stakeholders – a potential inevitability. Global market conditions in the interim, however, have made it increasingly difficult for publishers and libraries to negotiate OA agreements supporting a full transition to Gold OA. Instead, recent policy mandates have focused on immediate OA without the provision of financial support for Gold OA, effectively preferentially promoting Green OA. Concurrently, we’re seeing broader interest/adoption of the Rights Retention Strategy and a move away from paying APCs – and for the first time, we’re seeing a decline in the growth of Gold OA relative to pay-walled content. We’re also starting to see agreements suggesting financial support for zero embargo Green OA. This session seeks to examine the complex interplay and potential consequences of a shift in global policy mandates from Gold to Green and what it could mean for stakeholders across the industry, including researchers. Speakers will examine existential questions such as ‘What do we really want from OA?’, ‘What does a shift to green OA mean for subscriptions, TAs and the transition of the industry to fully OA?’, ‘How can Green OA routes be developed to better support researchers’ etc.

End-to-end accessibility: joining the dots
between publisher practice and user experience