International Open Access Week is an opportunity for the research community to explore the benefits and issues that Open Access brings. UKSG is pleased to present a webinar to mark this annual global event. (#oaweek2016)Join Aaron Tay for a fascinating perspective on the role of institutional repositories. In this webinar, he will summarise all the arguments and attempt to give a librarian’s point of view about the future of IRs….

In this webinar, Donna Lanclos will discuss her anthropological research concerning academic practice, its fundamental messiness, and the implications of that for institutions of HE, libraries, and vendors designing and selling systems.Information and registration….

The innovation game: breaking the rulesFree to UKSG membersNow in its fourth year, the UKSG Forum is the essential ‘London-based pre-Christmas’ event in the scholarly communications calendar….

This event is kindly sponsored by:RESOURCING A RICH AND VARIED CURRICULUM:…

How best can libraries, content providers and discovery service providers work together to  optimize the discovery service experience? This free webinar is open to all and will give voice to content providers and librarians who will share their perspectives on library discovery systems and will then discuss how the NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) can help navigate the challenges….

This webinar will provide an introduction to managing, purchasing and promoting eBooks within an academic context. It will also provide an overview of the key elements of eBook accessibility with reference to the recent HE eBook accessibility audit.Further information and registration….

Save the date for the next free webinar on ‘The Law on TDM in Europe: an introduction’ with Giulia Dore, University of Glasgow and Nancy Pontika, CORE.The aim of the webinar is to introduce the audience, in particular non-lawyers, to the legal framework of text and data mining, focusing on the main aspects of the law at the European level….

This webinar is based on experiences of working over the past two years with a number of further education (FE) colleges to help them increase engagement with digital resources and library services. It draws on the recommendations of a number of librarians/learning resources managers on how they have increased engagement with, and use of, their resources. The emphasis will be on non-technical approaches to enhance student experience, learning and teaching….

This one-day seminar 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….

Join Lorraine Estelle, Project Director, COUNTER for a look at the new master reports which are at the heart of the new Code of Practice….