UKSG has recently launched two new initiatives that might be of interest: an innovation award and a white paper series.
Innovation award
UKSG is introducing an innovation award targeted at new professionals in the scholarly communications sector. Funding will be provided for individuals to develop ideas and concepts of benefit to the sector. Partner organisations include the New Library Professional Network (NLPN) and Society of Young Publishers. This activity will have three main aims:
- to stimulate innovation and creativity in the scholarly communications sector
- to offer a development and career opportunity for new professionals
- to demonstrate the tangible UKSG support wishes to offer new career professionals
White paper series
UKSG intends to fund and launch a new white paper series in 2019. The purpose will be to promote discussion within the field of open scholarship and scholarly communication. White papers will be commissioned which take a thoughtful and provocative approach to the lifecycle of open scholarship, and to the open dissemination of scholarly outputs for knowledge gain, public awareness, and impact.
Successful proposals will be aimed beyond UKSG at a wide audience and intended for dissemination across the scholarly and publishing community.
The closing date for submissions is 14 June 2019.