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October 2020
2nd Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum (BSPF2)
Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing launched in September 2018. It was put forward by an international consortium of research funders called cOAlition S. Plan S requires that from 2021 scientific publications from research supported by participating funders must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms. The principles and implementation guidelines have been clearly stated and many funding agencies and organizations have endorsed the principles. While a global transition to Open Access is within reach,…
Find out more »November 2020
UKSG November Conference
Join us for the 2020 UKSG November Conference - From Transition to Transformation: providing scholarly content and services in tumultuous times. This years event will take place online over two consecutive half days. Wednesday 11th November will place over a morning (9am GMT to approx. 1pm), while Thursday 12th November will be over an afternoon (1.30pm GMT to 5pm). All members of the UKSG community have had to adapt rapidly to a seismic change which has implications for what services…
Find out more »EAHIL 2020 Online (European Association for Health Information and Libraries)
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and with the safety of our community as a top priority the Local Organising Committee for the 17th EAHIL Conference in Lodz, Poland, have decided to deliver the Conference as an online event. The virtual EAHIL 2020 Conference will take place on 16-18 November 2020 and will replace the Conference that was going to be held by the Information and Library Center of the Medical University of Lodz in Vienna House Andel’s Lodz…
Find out more »15th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing
The Munin Conference is an annual conference on scholarly publishing and communication, primarily revolving around open access, open data and open science. This year’s conference (2020) will be the fifteenth Munin Conference and will take place online 18–19 November.
Find out more »January 2021
Libraries and Open Educational Resources: The Present and the Future
The importance of Open Education Resources, (OERS) has being growing in recent years, greatly accelerated by the impact of COVID. The rapid shift to online education from March 2020 onwards has drawn attention to the many gaps in the availability of quality online resources to support teaching. Through this webinar we explore the evolving landscape around the potential uses of OERS in supporting learning and strategies for promoting them successfully. Course Objectives: To raise awareness of the development of Open…
Find out more »PIDapalooza
PIDapalooza is going online in 2021! We wish we could all be together in person for the fifth (!) festival of persistent identifiers, but we’re excited to bring the world’s largest—and longest—virtual PID party directly to your desk, your couch, your balcony—really, anywhere there’s a strong WiFi signal. PIDapalooza 2021 will be a 24-hour nonstop PID party happening around the world. PIDapalooza has never been a regular conference and this one will be no different! The party starts on January…
Find out more »February 2021
Open Science Conference 2021
Barcamp Open Science, 16 February 2021, Wikimedia, Berlin, #oscibar Open Science Conference, 17-18 February 2021, Berlin, #osc2021
Find out more »March 2021
CILIP’s Copyright Conference
This year’s online Copyright Conference, taking place on 10 May, is an ideal and unique opportunity for all librarians, archivists and information professionals to update their knowledge and professional practice in this crucial area. Additionally, it will appeal to those who want to update their general copyright, licensing and publishing knowledge. Delegates will have access to a recording of the event that you can refer to at a later date. By attending this event you can expect to be: · …
Find out more »April 2021
Workshop: Innovative business models for open access book publishing in Europe
OASPA is supporting the work of the OPERAS-P project which is looking into innovative, non-bpc business models to create a sustainable infrastructure for open access book publishing in Europe. Following the publication of a library landscape study, investigating the opportunities for developing collaborative library funding models, and a series of publisher-specific case study interviews, we would now like to invite publishers to participate in a series of workshops highlighting the diversity of different business models being adopted within Europe. Together with OPERAS, we will be…
Find out more »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.
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