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April 2021
UKSG 44th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Online
The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021 will be for the first time be held online. The event is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts a large number of 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 virtual social events and a major online trade exhibition.
Find out more »Introduction to open access books: An author’s experience
This virtual event will give an introduction to open access (OA) books before our guest speaker, Prof. Fernando M. Reimers, will share his experiences of publishing several OA books. Afterwards, we will open up participation for an audience Q&A session where you can ask Prof. Reimers and OA expert Peter Suber all about OA books. Start time:: 10am EST, 3pm BST, 4pm CEST End time:: 11am EST, 4pm BST, 5pm CEST Guest speakers: Prof. Fernando M. Reimers - Ford Foundation…
Find out more »Open Humanities Data Forum
What counts as data in the Humanities? What are the advantages of data sharing? How can the creators of data receive credit through academic publications? Over the past few years the interest in data publication best practices for Humanities research has increased significantly, also thanks to the growth of data journals dedicated to Humanities research like the Journal of Open Humanities Data. Within the Humanities, linguistics has a long tradition in data creation, curation, and management. The Linguistics Data Interest…
Find out more »UCL Open Science Conference 2021
As part of the Focus on Open Science programme, jointly organised by SKS, UCL and LIBER, the team in the UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship recently announced their Spring conference, taking place on the afternoons of the 26th and 27th April 2021 and we are pleased to announce tickets are available now!
Find out more »May 2021
Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (CALC) 2021
This is the second year of the UK's first conference focused on critical practice in libraries. While the 2021 e-conference will contain presentations covering multiple aspects of critical practice (decolonisation, critical pedagogy, marginalised perspectives etc.) a substantial strand of talks and our keynote explore open publishing including: Publishing Open Access: A Trade Union Perspective How does data enable political and social activism? Giving shape to a critical collection development policy; responding to #ebooksos “Epistemic Alienation in African Scholarly Communications: Libraries…
Find out more »Open Scholarship Week 2021
NUI Galway<https://www.nuigalway.ie/osw/> in partnership with the Open Scholarship Community Galway<http://osc-galway.ie/> hosts the third Open Scholarship Week<https://www.nuigalway.ie/osw/> (#OSW2021) from 10-14 May with the aim of showcasing the importance of research and education that is accessible to everyone. Registrations are now open and everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/registerOSW2021 Please take also note of the Open Scholarship Prize Competition<http://osc-galway.ie/competition/> that is open to Masters, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral researchers. Deadline for applications is 16 April.
Find out more »Galway Open Scholarship Week
On the 10 - 14 May, during Open Scholarship Week (OSW2021) staff, students, members of the public and a variety of other stakeholders will come together to talk about changing the ways scholarly information is openly communicated, shared and used. OSW2021 will offer a diverse range of talks and workshops representing many different perspectives and disciplines on Open practices in research and education. The detailed programme will be available in late March and registration will open 1 April 2021
Find out more »Growing Successful Open Access Journals
The course will be a practical, hands-on exploration of launching, converting, running and developing Open Access journals. Delegates will participate in group discussion, will work through case studies and scenarios to prepare them for meeting the challenges of running OA journals. Through the lens of a typical day for running an OA journal or journal programme we will explore the issues encountered including strategy, economics, finances, pricing ethics, operations, sales and marketing.
Find out more »June 2021
LIBER’s Annual Conference 2021
Libraries and Open Knowledge: from vision to implementation Held in late June or early July, the conference brings library directors and their staff together for three days of networking and collaboration. Delegates mainly come from Europe but people from around the world are welcome, and we regularly welcome guests from countries including Australia, Canada and the United States. The goal of the conference is to identify the most pressing needs for research libraries, and to share information and ideas for…
Find out more »July 2021
Jisc and CNI leaders conference
The conference will explore the pivotal role the library plays in supporting the university’s research enterprise to adapt to new technologies and workflows and realising the potential any disruption it will offer. The last 12 months or so has reshaped the research landscape: forcing collaborations to take place virtually, limiting access to fieldwork and labs and disrupting access to libraries, special collections and other research resources essential to many disciplines. Themes include: • Data science and the role of libraries…
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