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April 2019
OASPA Webinar: Implementing a consortial funding model for open access publishing
The OASPA Open Scholarship Webinar Series is delighted to welcome three pioneers of the Consortial Funding Model of Publishing: Oya Y. Rieger (arXiv Program Director), John Willinsky (Director of the Public Knowledge Project) and Martin Paul Eve (Co-founder of the Open Library of Humanities). Come and find out how to set one up with your publishing (or scholarly communication) initiative. “The current system of scholarly economics is irrational… that purchasers can go elsewhere if better competition is available. But what…
Find out more »UKSG Annual Conference 2019
The conference attracts over 900 delegates from around the world including librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. It takes place in the UK each spring and is open to all. UKSG members benefit from a significant discount on fees. The conference covers a wide range of topics and combines high-quality plenary presentations, lightning talks and breakout sessions with entertaining social events and a major trade exhibition. It is a fantastic opportunity to keep up to date with trends, access…
Find out more »May 2019
Creative Commons Summit 2019
Join CC for three days of dynamic programming at Museu do Oriente, with a special keynote evening event held at the historic Cineteatro Capitolio. CC has grown the CC Global Summit every year as hundreds of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more have joined us for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building. Whether you’re new to the community or a long-time contributor, the CC Global Summit is a can’t-miss event for anyone interested…
Find out more »Fact or Fiction? OASPA Lifts the Lid on Open Access Publishing (SSP pre-meeting seminar)
OASPA is delighted to announce that it will host a seminar preceding the SSP annual conference in San Diego in May. The pre-meeting seminar will take place on the morning of Wednesday, May 29th at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. The session can be booked independently of the full SSP conference. The interactive seminar, chaired by Pete Binfield (PeerJ) and co-facilitated by OASPA members Stephanie Orphan (Portico), Bekah Darksmith (PLOS) and Caroline Sutton (Taylor & Francis) aims to deepen understanding of how open access publishing is…
Find out more »June 2019
ELPUB 2019
In 2019, the Electronic Publishing conference will expand your horizons and perceptions! Taking as an inspirational starting point the term coined by Chilean publishers in the 1990s, the forum will revisit the concept and will explore what it means today. Being organised five years after the adoption of the International Declaration of Independent Publishers to Promote and Strengthen Bibliodiversity Together, supported in 2014 by 400 publishers from 45 countries, the conference aims to bring together the enquiring academic, professional and…
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