Category: Events

This category collects brief blog posts announcing events in which I will participate or attend, or that I otherwise wish to promote.

ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014 – OPEN ACCESS: The future of academic publication?

~ Ernesto Priego

Looking forward to participating in the ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014 in Cambridge on Open Access: “The future of academic publication?” (17 June 2014).

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AGM 2014 wordle picJoin us in Cambridge for the ACLAIIR AGM & Seminar 2014, the topic of which is Open Access. We are pleased to welcome speakers from a variety of areas to give their perspectives on OA and its impact on the world of research, teaching and publishing.

Speakers: Ellen Collins (OAPEN UK); Daniel Pearce (CUP); Dr. Rupert Gatti (Open Book Publishers); Dr. Martin Eve (University of Lincoln); Dr. Ernesto Priego (City University, London); Dr. Jenny Bunn (University College, London)

Open Access is curently a hot topic across the globe due to its wide-ranging effects. Many policies and practices are in a state of rapid change, so we hope you will join us to keep up to date with this important subject and contribute to the debate.

The full programme including speaker profiles and registration form are available on our Events page. Please register by Monday 9 June to secure your place!

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Digital Humanities: Narrowing the Focus #teachDH

~ Ernesto Priego ~ 1 Comment

Photos from the ideas jotted down by participants of the Higher Education Academy's Digital Humanities Summit, 7-8 May 2014, Lewes, UK, during the "Narrowing the Focus" session on 8 May 2014.

A #HASTAC2014 Conference Tweets Archive

~ Ernesto Priego

Like last year, I attempted to archive the tweets tagged with the HASTAC annual conference's official hashtag (this year #HASTAC2014). I have shared the resulting dataset on figshare.

The impacts of “Impact” [video, slides, charts, dataset] #uksglive

~ Ernesto Priego ~ 2 Comments

Where a share video and slides from my plenary talk at the UKSG conference in Harrogate, UK, as well as some data from the #uksglive conference backhannel.

#LibPub Session 10: Libraries, Publishing: The Future?

~ Ernesto Priego

For the past ten weeks we've been unveiling pieces of the complex, large jigsaw puzzle of the libraries and publishing landscape. Our guest today: Alastair Horne.

#LibPub Session 9: Researcher-led Open Access Publishing & Reference Management

~ Ernesto Priego

In our 9th session for #LibPub at #citylis we will discuss researcher-led open access publishing, and tools for online reference management. Featuring a guest lecture by Brian Hole from Ubiquity Press.

#LibPub Session 8: Developing Digitally: Researchers, Social Media & Libraries as Publishers

~ Ernesto Priego

Today at my City University London #citylis module we will again offer two professional points of view on the relationships between libraries and publishers. Guest talks from Diane Bell (City Library) and Nick Canty (UCL).

Today: #LibPub Session 7: Learned Societies and Libraries as Publishers

~ Ernesto Priego

Today in our #LibPub module at City University London we'll have the opportunity to zoom in at two key issues in contemporary scholarly publishing. Guest talks by Suzanne Kavanagh and Neil Stewart.

#scholarAfrica Workshop: How to Catch Up

~ Ernesto Priego

I offer some links to resources to catch up with what happened in the Discoverability of African Scholarship Online workshop that took place 10-11 March 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya, and was organised by the OpenUCT Initiative and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.