An Introduction to Resource Discovery 2023 – online seminar

Resource Discovery is a new seminar which gives an overview of what is discovery from the point of view of librarians, content providers and the technology services. It gives attendees insight into the discovery services landscape, metadata and processes behind the scenes. This seminar will take place over two days on Wednesday 8th November and Thursday 9th November.

UKSG Forum 2023 – “Everything everywhere all at once”: keeping up with our users information needs in the age of open scholarship and TikTok

Join us for the 2023 UKSG Forum! The UKSG Forum is a dynamic exhibition and networking event designed to bring together the knowledge community. The UKSG Forum was conceived in response to requests from members. Returning by demand after a break it’s a major 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 47th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Glasgow

The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world – librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines high-quality plenary presentations, lightning talks and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition.

An Introduction to E-Resources Online Seminar 2024

This two-part online event has been adapted from UKSG’s successful and long-running one-day seminar and aims to present a practical introductory overview of all aspects of e-resources management, encompassing e-journals, e-books and bibliographic and full-text databases. Taking place as two morning sessions on Tuesday 18th and Thursday 20th June.

Bridging the divide between the media and research: building trust in better communication webinar

Media interest in research has never been greater due to the global impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Climate Change, among other topics. How research is communicated varies from an international scale down to local level, as also reflected in the quality of coverage from in-depth news features to poorly referenced, click-bait churnalism. Join us for this online seminar.

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.

FREE UKSG webinar: Getting out from the back of the sofa: Or, how can we achieve sustainable funding for Open Access books?

This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session. Join us for this webinar that will take place on Thursday 24th October from 11:00am to 12:00 GMT.

UKSG Usage data for decision making online seminar 2024

This seminar is aimed at those responsible for collecting, analysing and making recommendations based on usage data, whether in a library setting or within a publishing organisation. This online seminar will take place over two days 6th (13:00 start) & 7th November (9:30 start), for more details please visit the programme section below.

UKSG Understanding data visualisation online seminar 2024

This seminar is aimed at those responsible for collecting, analysing and making recommendations based on usage data, whether in a library setting or within a publishing organisation. This online seminar will take place over two days 6th (13:00 start) & 7th November (9:30 start), for more details please visit the programme section below.

FREE UKSG Further Education Webinar Series: The next step: How FE and HE libraries can work together to improve the transition of students from one to the other

This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar – Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session. Join us for this webinar that will take place on Thursday 24th October from 11:00am to 12:00 GMT.