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Subscribe to Open (S2O) is emerging as an effective way to provide inclusive Open Access using existing infrastructure and library budgets. The benefits of moving to S2O are immediate and wide-ranging, and it is a highly equitable model. In this panel, two publishers who have adopted S2O – Vivian Berghahn from Berghahn Books and Rod Cookson from IWA Publishing – discuss their experience, the challenges encountered and the role of librarians in S2O transitions. They are joined by Suzanne Atkins, Open Access and Research Publications Advisor at the University of Birmingham, who will give a library perspective on S2O initiatives.

UKSG Annual Conference 2022

Subscribe to Open – benefits delivered and lessons learned’

The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021 will be held online for the first time. 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.



UKSG Annual Conference 2021

 UKSG Annual Conference 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. 

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The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts 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 entertaining social events and trade exhibition. This year we are delivering Telford both in-person and digitally.

The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries.

Joanna Ball Chair of UKSG will officially open the 2022 conference. This will be followed by: * Greetings from NASIG, Presentation of the John Merriman Joint UKSG/NASIG Award presented by Alex Robinson from Taylor and Francis, presentation to the sponsored students and early career professionals.

Opening of the Conference

From launching Open CourseWare twenty years ago to passing one of the first faculty open access policies in the US in 2009, MIT has a long history of supporting and advancing openness in education and scholarship. In recent years, open advocates at MIT have increasingly incorporated a focus on equity in our efforts, based on a belief that equitable opportunity to contribute to scholarship is as important to the integrity and usefulness of scholarship as is open and equitable access to read and use scholarly products. In this talk, Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at MIT, will talk about progress and potential for understanding, advancing, and sustaining open and equitable scholarship at MIT and through collective action with other institutions.

Advancing equity and openness in scholarship: A view from MIT

Open science is a strategic priority for UKRI, the UK’s largest public research funder.  Working in partnership across the research environment is essential to progress open science and to bring about more accessible, transparent and re-useable research.   In this talk Rachel Bruce will describe the UKRI open research strategy and reflect on partnership with a range of stakeholders, including libraries and publishers

From open access to open science for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

The scholarly record has always comprised *more* than books and journals - pamphlets, reports, working papers etc, i.e. the much-ignored and often-misunderstood ‘grey literature’. Curiously, digital makes it harder for the "more" to be included in today's scholarly record and much is now missing. What makes this urgent is that Web 2.0 has unleashed a huge increase in born-digital grey stuff (all of the above but now also tweets, blog posts etc). In this lightning talk you’ll learn about the extent of the problem and a project that’s trying to address it.

Wait! What? There's lots of vital stuff missing from the scholarly record!

At University of Birmingham, the Library Services Research Skills Team have been part of a successful ‘Influential Researcher’ programme, supporting academic researchers with gaining a sense of agency over the range of metrics, personal identifiers (PIDs) and online publication profiles that are intrinsic to research culture. This lightning talk explores the background of the ‘Influential Researcher’ programme, its development through the lens of responsible metrics, and highlights how running ‘Online Publication Profile’ workshops (where attendees are sent a personalised action plan prior to the session) give time-poor researchers a practical set of steps for curating their online identities.

Influential Researcher: tackling researcher engagement with metrics through personalised action plans

Enabled by the web-dominated digital era, many publishers are supporting enhanced forms of scholarly publication that include features such as embedded multimedia, interactive maps, annotations, non-linear navigation, and more. Decisions made about how to implement these features can have implications for the long-term sustainability and preservability of the publications. In a project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and led by NYU Libraries, our teams evaluated a variety of enhanced publications for preservability and developed a set of guidelines to be used by publishers, authors, and platform developers to improve the likelihood that these publications can be preserved.

Scholarship that’s built to last: strategies for publishers, platform creators, and authors

The role of universities in supporting regional regeneration and growth is increasingly well recognised. But how do universities navigate this complex landscape, and how does this activity align with their broader missions around teaching and research? Once known as the 'third mission' or 'third leg of the stool', I argue that Knowledge Exchange is now a critical and integral part of how universities deliver their mission and strategies. As both government policy and KE practice evolves, how can all parts of the university work together to deliver for their regions, and how might this benefit the university?

The role of Universities in delivering inclusive regional growth through Knowledge Exchange

At one extreme a university may operate irrespective of the geographical location it inhabits whilst at the other, it may be the very life blood of its community. The Government's current focus on the role of 'place', regional growth and the levelling up agenda, poses an interesting dilemma for some, but opportunity for others, to reconsider their function as an anchor institution within their community. We will explore this using examples from Lancaster University's civic journey.

Universities put in their place


We continue to operate in an environment characterised by significant volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. A fractured global geopolitical settlement, profound environmental and climate pressures, the rapid driving forces of digital transformation, and significant social, economic and health inequalities. These pervasive challenges have been amplified through the seismic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. These are not partisan issues – they affect us all. Josh will explore the positive role that libraries can play in responding to the challenges as compassionate leaders striving towards social justice.

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