Ebola: Access and Licenses of 497 Papers Crowdsourced in 7 Days

Yesterday I shared a spreadsheet containing references to 497 papers on Ebola including the access and license type of each paper. These were crowdsourced by a group of us over a period of a week.

Today! ACLAIIR Seminar: Open Access: the future of academic publication?

Today I participate in the Advisory Council on Latin American & Iberian Information Resources seminar on open access at the Cambridge University Library. I share some info.

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

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

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 9: Researcher-led Open Access Publishing & Reference Management

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

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

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.

#LibPub Sessions 4 & 5: Scholarly Publishing and Reference Books -and comics!

Where I catch up on #LibPub session 4, write about our research trip to comics shops and advertise session 5 on reference books, with guest lecture by Dr Katharine Schopflin.