UKSG Conference 2016 Breakout Session - Meet the new professionals, Siobhan Cottam, Anna Theis, Dom Fripp

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UKSG has invited three up-and-coming library professionals to provide their unique perspectives on working in the information sector today. Why did they initially become interested in their career? What do they find most exciting and most challenging about their work right now? Each of our new professionals will be asked to give a five-minute presentation about their career path, motivations and enthusiasms, and then it will be over to the audience to find out more!

Meet the New Professionals
Siobhan Cottam
Anna Theis
Dom Fripp

Siobhan Cottam
Career Progression
2008-2011 Acquisitions Library Assistant, University
of Nottingham
2011-2012 MA Library and Information
Management, Manchester Metropolitan
University
2012-2013 School Librarian, George Spencer
Academy
2014-present Learning and Teaching Services
Assistant,
University of Leicester

New Library Professionals Network
CPD events
Presenting
opportunities
Networking!

Anna Theis
Customer Services Supervisor
Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

Career path so far…
• Manchester Metropolitan
University Library: Work
experience
• Manchester Metropolitan
University Library: Graduate
Trainee
• University of Manchester
Library: Alan Gilbert
Learning Commons
• University of Manchester
Library: Academic
Engagement

Gender and leadership in UK academic
libraries: Have we achieved equality?
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The number of women to men at director level in UK academic
libraries:
Women
Men
SCONUL. (2015) ‘Members and representatives.’ [Online] [Accessed on 6th December 2015]
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/members-and-representatives

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Senior curation metadata developer, Jisc

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Jenni Adams, University of Sheffield, Ric Campbell, University of Sheffield Academic researchers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to make data and software FAIR in order to support the sharing and reuse of non-publication outputs. Currently there is still a lack of concise and practical guidance on how to achieve this in the context of specific data types and disciplines. This presentation details recent and ongoing work at the University of Sheffield to bridge this gap. It will explore the development of a FAIR resource with specialist guidance for a range of data types and will examine the planned development of this project during the period 2023-25

UKSG 2024 - Open infrastructure and standards: small bodies, big impact

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TASHA MELLINS-COHEN COUNTER & Mellins-Cohen Consulting, JOANNA BALL DOAJ, YVONNE CAMPFENS OA Switchboard, ADAM DER, Max Planck Digital Library Community-led organizations like DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), COUNTER (the standard for usage metrics) and OA Switchboard (information exchange for OA publications) are committed to providing reliable, not-for-profit services and standards essential for a well-functioning global research ecosystem. These organizations operate behind the scenes, with low budgets and limited staffing – no salespeople, marketing teams, travel budgets, or in-house technology support. They collaborate with one another and with bigger infrastructure bodies like Crossref and ORCID, creating the foundations on which much scholarly infrastructure relies. These organizations deliver value through open infrastructure, data and standards, and naturally services and tools have been built by commercial and not-for-profit groups that capitalize on their open, interoperable data and services – many of which you are likely to recognize and may use on a regular basis. Hear from the Directors of COUNTER, DOAJ and OA Switchboard, as well as a library leader, on the role of these organizations, the challenges they face and why support from the community is essential to their sustainability.

UKSG 2024 - Reckoning or Retreat? A Longitudinal Look at DEIA in Scholarly Co...

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CAMILLE LEMIEUX Springer Nature What is the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the scholarly publishing community? It's time to take a thorough look at the 2023 global Workplace Equity (WE) Survey results. The C4DISC coalition conducted the WE Survey to capture perceptions, experiences, and demographics of colleagues working at publishers, associations, libraries, and many more types of organizations in the global community. Four key themes emerged from the 2023 results, which will be compared to the findings from the first WE Survey conducted in 2018. Recommendations for actions organisations can consider within their contexts will be proposed and discussed.

UKSG 2024 - You don't know what you've got till it's gone: Future directions ...

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Rob Johnson, Research Consulting Angela Cochran, American Society of Clinical Oncology Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Biochemical Society Since 2015, the number of self-published learned societies in the UK has decreased by over a third, with the remaining societies experiencing real-term revenue declines. All around the world, society publishers are struggling with increased competition from commercial publishers and the rise of open access business models that reward quantity over quality. We will delve into the distinctive position of societies in research, examine the challenges confronting UK and US learned society publishers, and explore actionable steps for libraries and policymakers to support the continued relevance of learned society publishers in the evolving scholarly landscape.

UKSG 2024 - Vision, mission, passion: how UK University Presses collaborate t...

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Simon Bell, Clare Hooper, Katharine Horton, Ian Morgan Over the last few years we have witnessed a seismic shift in the scholarly ecosystem. Three years since outset of the COVID pandemic and the establishment UN Publishers Compact, this is discussion-led presentation will look at how four UK Universities Presses have adopted a consultative and collaborative approach on projects to support their institutional missions, engage with the wider scholarly community while building on a commitment to make a meaningful difference to society. This panel discussion will combine the perspectives of four UK based university presses, all with distinct identities and varied publishing programs drawn from humanities, arts and social sciences, yet with a shared recognition and value of the importance to collaborate and co-operate on a shared vision to support accessibility and inclusivity within the wider scholarly community and maintain a rich bibliodiversity.

UKSG - 2024 - Fostering an Open Research culture: ARU's Graduate Trainee Seco...

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While research support teams are generally small and specialist in nature, an increased demand of its service has been observed across the sector. This is particularly true for teaching-intensive institutions. As a pilot to expand research support across ARU library, the library graduate trainee was seconded to the research services team for a month. This dialogue between the former trainee and manager will discuss what the experience and outcomes of the secondment were from different perspectives. The conversation will also explore the exposure Library and Information Studies students have to research services throughout their degree.

UKSG 2024 - Creating credibility through community: Encouraging high quality ...

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TIM FELLOWS & EMILY WILD, Jisc Octopus.ac is a UKRI funded research publishing model, designed to promote best practice. Intended to sit alongside journals, Octopus provides a space for researcher collaboration, recording work in detail, and receiving feedback from others, allowing journals to focus on narrative. The platform removes existing barriers to publishing. It’s an entirely free, open space for researchers, without editorial and pre-publication peer review processes. The only requirement for authors is a valid ORCiD ID. Without barriers, Octopus must provide feedback mechanisms to ensure the community can self-moderate. During this session, we’ll explore Octopus’ aims to foster a collaborative environment and incentivise quality.

UKSG 2024 - Author Identity Metadata: Why a Small Publisher Can Address a Maj...

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David Parker, Publisher and Founder, Lived Places Publishing Dr. Kadian Pow, Lecturer in Sociology and Black Studies & LPP Author, Birmingham City University Natasha Edmonds, Director, Publisher and Industry Strategy, Clarivate Library patrons want to search for and locate authors by particular identity markers, such as gender identification, country of origin, sexual orientation, nature of disability, and the many intersectional points that allow an author to express a point-of-view. Artificial Intelligence, skilled web researchers, and data scientists in general struggle to achieve accuracy on single identity markers, such as gender. And what right does anybody have to affix identity metadata to an author other than the author theirselves? And what of the risks in disseminating author identity metadata in electronic distribution platforms and in library catalog systems? Can a "fully informed" author even imagine all the possible misuses of their identity metadata?

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