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October 2019
Open Access Conference 2019: Open For Whom?: Research Equity for Campus and Community
The widening gap between research output in the Global North and South is arguably an extension of historical structural power when colonial capitals were centers of knowledge production and poorer colonized countries were providers of data. In recent times, the escalating costs of subscription-based scholarly communication and copyright barriers have deepened the crisis because scholars in the Global South often can’t afford access to expensive journals that publish the most cutting edge research by the best scholars in the Global…
Find out more »10 Conferencia Internacional de Revistas Científicas (CRECS)
10th edition of a conference that began in 2011 in Barcelona, and has been held in Valencia, Sevilla, Madrid, Murcia, Cuenca, Barranquilla (Colombia) and Logroño... Addressed to librarians and editors of scholarly journals. Topics covered: Financing models, journal managing, open access, open data, open science, peer review, quality indicators, evaluation, metrics...
Find out more »November 2019
Shifting Power Centres in Scholarly Communications: Implications and future roles for libraries and publishers (ALPSP UKSG Joint Event)
The pace of change in our sector has accelerated - and that change has also become more wide-reaching. Where does all of this change leave researchers - are they already realising new benefits, or are they suffering from having one foot in the old world and one in the new? What will happen next, and how should scholarly publishers and librarians prepare? This year’s One-Day Conference is a partnership between UKSG and ALPSP, two organizations well placed to understand and address…
Find out more »PKP 2019, the Seventh International Scholarly Publishing Conference
The PKP 2019 International Scholarly Publishing Conference is presented by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) in partnership with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Since 2007, PKP's bi-annual conference has brought together participants from around the world to discuss local publishing activities and the latest in open access research. They also provide an opportunity to learn and share innovative work related to open source publishing technologies, including our flagship software, Open Journal Systems (OJS). In 2018, PKP turned 20. PKP 2019 will explore…
Find out more »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 (2019) will be the fourteenth Munin Conference and will take place on 27–28 November at the Tromsø campus of UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Find out more »I Never Metadata I Didn’t Like
In this program, as the title suggests, everyone is a metadata fan! We will hear from publishers who describe their journey to enrich metadata and their lessons learned along the way. We’ll also hear from consumers of metadata who will bang the drum for an emphasis on abstracts or acceptance dates (or you name it), and from infrastructure organisations who attempt to collaborate to make it easier for everyone to do better.
Find out more »January 2020
APE 2020 Academic Publishing in Europe Nr. 15
We are in an age of change. Scholarly publishing needs embrace and be energised by what is possible and to acknowledge and listen to new demands by all our stakeholders. Collaboration is key – only then can we drive change, developing better ways to support a high quality, efficient system for communicating the outcomes of research. In this year’s conference we bring different perspectives together to think about how we tackle key issues and make progress.** Speakers will examine what…
Find out more »February 2020
UKSG Introduction to open access publications lifecycle and compliance
This is a one-day event exploring the increasing role for librarians and publishers in supporting prepublication workflows for journal articles and other research outputs. The rise of open access and associated compliance requirements has created an increasing role for librarians in supporting pre-publication workflows for journal articles and other research outputs. It has also led research institutions to develop a widening range of services and systems to support publication and manage compliance. This course will give a basic introduction to…
Find out more »Researcher to Reader Conference 2020
The Researcher to Reader Conference is a collaborative gathering which aims to be the premier forum for discussion of the international scholarly content supply chain – bringing knowledge from the Researcherto the Reader. The Conference takes place in London in February each year.
Find out more »March 2020
Open Access, Open Monographs, Open Data, Open Peer Review: Overview of a Disruptive Technology
The UK electronic information Group (UKeiG) is pleased to announce a one-day workshop on "Open Access, Open Monographs, Open Data, Open Peer Review: Overview of a Disruptive Technology" at CILIP's headquarters in the heart of London on Friday, 6th March 2020. The concept of Open Access to research outputs has been common currency for many years. The rapid growth of the Internet has made different publication models easily available. More recent thinking has expanded the concept of openness even further, to Open Science, which aims to transform science by making research more open,…
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