Speakers

Adam is the Chair of SHERIF overseeing the direction of activity and striving to make connections across the sector, lobbying for service enhancements from eResource suppliers. Adam is proud to work for the University of Derby as the Head of Academic Services, leading the strategic vision of the Acdemic Enhancement and Research Publication and Practice teams in the Library. Adam has enjoyed many other roles during his career, including taking responsibility for the Library’s collection development and management as part of his leadership of the Content and Digital Services team.

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Holly currently works as Publication Practice Librarian at the University of Derby, where she has been in post since 2019. In this role, she is able to advance her passion for research and providing access to information by being involved with and helping to support and develop the culture of Open Research at the University of Derby and beyond.

Holly believes that information is a fundamental human right, and the main way in which she supports this is by raising awareness of Open Access and the Open Research landscape. Holly is namely interested in raising the profile of librarians & the work that they do in advancing open knowledge and is also very much invested in contributing to the conversation around the future of the scholarly monograph and how a transition to Open Access can be achieved. Holly is also actively engaged in the conversation surrounding author rights retention & supporting alternative routes to achieve Open publication beyond the Gold model. She sits on the URKI Open Access Stakeholder Forum as a representative for Sherif & SCONUL.

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Kath Halfpenny is Subscriptions Manager at the University of Liverpool and Chair of the SHERIF-EBSCO Enhancement Group. Kath has worked in the academic library sector for over thirty years, working predominantly in content management roles. She has been in her current role at the University of Liverpool since 2017, and has responsibility for the acquisition and management of the University’s online, print and e-resource subscription collections.

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Wendy Mears has been working at the Open University Library in a student facing role for longer than she can remember, teaching students, supporting their use of Library content, and helping to shape digital and information literacy skills development. She enjoys chairing the product enhancement group, because of the conversations and networking opportunities with suppliers and colleagues across the sector.

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Delyth Morris has worked for Cardiff University since 2011 and in the role of Subject Librarian for Medicine since 2015. She has been a member of the SHERIF Ovid Enhancement Group since 2015 and chaired the group since 2017.

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Elizabeth McHugh is the Electronic Resources Manager for the University of the Highlands and Islands, a post she has held since 2005.  Prior to that she worked in Further Education libraries.
Elizabeth is the current Chair of the SHEDL (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library) Steering Group which oversees the procurement work done by the SHEDL Working Groups.  She has been a previous chair of sherif and took over the role of the sherif Scopus Enhancement Group approximately 7 years ago. She has extensive experience of working with JISC, APUC and eResources suppliers at a Scottish and UK level.  

Learning outcomes

1. Understand the role SHERIF plays in supporting the information service profession sector
2. Learn about developments and improvements that have been achieved through SHERIF’s Enhancement Groups
3. Find out how you can get involved support the work SHERIF does

Subject level and previous knowledge required

Introductory and non-intensive, no previous knowledge or experience required.

Session is aimed at colleagues who work in the information service profession in an academic setting and who are work with eResources and digital content provision.

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