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April 2018
Beyond APCs: alternative open access publishing business models
- Overview of the work done in the 2 calls for alternative funding mechanisms for open access publishing initiatives - business models - different types, what works, what doesn't , what is scalable, what are interesting examples ? - outreach and dissemination: how to achieve enough critical mass to make a publishing initiative sustainable? Invited speakers include: Stephanie Dawson (ScienceOpen), Janneke Adema (Radical Open Access Collective), Jeroen Sondervan (University of Utrecht), Jadranka Stojanovski (Hrcak), Alexandra Jobmann (University of Bielefeld), Max…
Find out more »UKSG 41st Annual Conference and Exhibition
The UKSG annual conference is a major three-day event in the scholarly communications calendar. It covers a wide range of topics relevant to publishers, content providers, librarians and intermediaries. It attracts around 900 delegates each year from around the world and is a great opportunity to keep up to date with trends, get practical information and network. The Annual Conference and Exhibition takes place in the UK each Spring and is open to all. UKSG members benefit from a significant…
Find out more »Explore open access books: an Academic Book Week event for authors and researchers, hosted by Springer Nature
Join us at the Springer Nature Academic Book Week event, exploring how open access can help you make the most out of your research. The event is open to all researchers and authors of scholarly works. The half day event will cover: Why should academics publish an open access book? How can authors track the impact of their book? What is the future of open access book funding? Author case studies showcasing OA book authors’ experiences A draft programme is now online.…
Find out more »May 2018
Society for Scholarly Publishing 40th Annual Meeting
As the Society for Scholarly Publishing celebrates its 40th anniversary, the theme for the conference highlights the many crossroads within scholarly publishing, including past and future practices, changing revenue models, funding challenges, regulation changes, technological innovations, and reaching new markets while maintaining established ones. These crossroads introduce new challenges as well as new opportunities for scholarly publishing and for the communities it serves and push us to keep up with the changing needs of researchers and academics who both generate and…
Find out more »OPERAS Conference
OPERAS will hold its first conference on the topic of “Open Scholarly Communication in Europe. Addressing the Coordination Challenge” from 31 May – 1 June 2018 in Athens. The conference is organized by the National Documentation Centre (EKT/NHRF). The scholarly communication landscape in Europe experiences rapid changes with the development of Open Science. These changes are impacting stakeholders across several countries differently. Among many challenges the academic community is facing, a prominent one is how to efficiently coordinate research activities from…
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