18 October 2024
FREE webinar: Getting out from the back of the sofa: Or, how can we achieve sustainable funding for open access books?
October 24, 11am BST
Is the biggest blocker to open access actually the economics of it all? Book Processing Charges don’t scale but they’re still the dominate method of funding OA monographs, despite the recent emergence of several alternatives to BPCs: collective funding models like Open the Future, the Open Book Collective, Direct 2 Open, Path to Open etc.
Through presentations and audience Q&A we’ll pose some provocative questions to explore this theme:
- How can these new models achieve sustainability and get out from the back of the sofa’ of end-of-year leftover funds?
- How can libraries continue to make a strategic case for investing in these models when budgets are being cut?
- How can the sector work together to promote and maximise these alternative models in the world of increasingly tight budgets?
With demand increasing for monographs to be open this is a timely and urgent discussion with library and publishing OA experts.
Read more and register here: https://bit.ly/3N7PxjZ
Seminar: Usage data for decision making
6 and 7 November, online
Those with a responsibility for overseeing the management of library collections have more access than ever to statistical data to assist with evaluation and to justify return on investment, and enhancement of the user experience. Understanding the library’s use of this data is also vital for publishers. Advances in standardisation led by the COUNTER initiative have made statistics more accessible and reliable as a basis for decision making.
Delegates will have the opportunity to reflect on the role of statistics in the broader context of further and higher education, and the culture of assessment that is becoming increasingly prominent within the sector. Delegates will be encouraged to actively participate throughout the day.
Read more and register here: https://bit.ly/3VpP3tf
Seminar: Understanding data visualisation
13 and 14 November, online
Libraries produce and have access to large amounts of statistical data which when utilised effectively can provide valuable insights into the ways resources and services are being used and help to demonstrate impact and value for money. However, collecting, cleaning, analysing, and presenting data can be time-consuming and increasingly may require specialist skills and tools. This seminar will help delegates to discover the opportunities for utilising data in their institutions, introduce some of the data analysis and visualisation tools available, and offer case studies highlighting how libraries are already using different types of data to support service delivery and development and demonstrate impact. Data sources explored will include but are not limited to resource and service usage and discovery data, research and open access data, budgetary data, print book circulation and library footfall data.
Read more and register here: https://bit.ly/3X9Z7sv
UKSG November Conference 2024 – “Cybersecurity and Censorship”
November 20 and 21st, online
The theme of this year’s conference is “Cybersecurity and Censorship”. Over two half-days, we aim to start exploring the multifaceted issues surrounding the protection of students, faculty and scholarly content from cyber threats while safeguarding against censorship in scholarly discourse.
The November Conference is an entirely digital event, open to speakers and attendees globally. Split over two half days this event brings together voices from across our sector through a programme of presentations, lightning talks, and facilitated panel sessions, with the audience encouraged to participate in Q&A throughout the conference.
Read more and register here: https://bit.ly/3xJ55Gp
UKSG Forum (free for members!)
December 5, Leonardo Hotel, Birmingham
The theme this year is ‘Our profession in 2030: publishing, sharing and curating content now and in the future’.
What will our profession look like in 2030 and what are the practical steps we can take to prepare ourselves and shape our landscape?
Read more and register here: https://bit.ly/44liwIX
The UKSG 48th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Brighton
March 31-2 April 2024, Brighton, UK
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, workshops, posters and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and trade exhibition.
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