This workshop will explore the skill sets for scholarly
communication including questions about future
requirements, the language we are using in this space and,
beyond skills, what type of people are suited to different
aspects of librarianship. Scholarly communication requires
people who are able to be flexible in their approach, rather
than ‘rule followers’, which may mean a fundamental shift
in the library workforce into the future. Working collectively,
the session will consider the implications for upskilling our
‘legacy’ workforce.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
What value do your products or services deliver? The ability
to understand and clearly articulate Value Propositions (VPs)
is important to libraries, publishers and intermediaries. Don’t
mistake VPs for some catchy strap line or slogan. Value is
not just about the monetary value either. Think instead of a
compelling answer to: “Why should I use your services or
buy your product?”. Using examples from his work with a
variety of organisations, Ken will show how you can create
meaningful VPs.
This webinar will provide an introduction to managing, purchasing and promoting eBooks within an academic context. It will also provide an overview of the key elements of eBook accessibility with reference to the recent HE eBook accessibility audit. With opportunities for questions and to feedback.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
The session will present the key findings of a joint
Loughborough University and Taylor & Francis project
looking at postgraduate user experience in the digital
library. Using the findings from ten research students’
diaries collected over an eight-month period, we will focus
on the findings as they relate to the academic journal and
article including: evaluating different publishers’ platforms
and their UX; identifying the approaches and skills needed
in identifying papers relevant for their research; and
approaches to storing papers.
Since October 2015 Stockholm University Library has managed
their journal subscriptions without using a subscription agent.
Instead they renew directly with each publisher. During this
breakout session they will share their experience of doing it
themselves. What are the pros and cons of not using an agent?
Are there cost savings to be had? What about the working hours
spent? And what’s the difference between the first and the second time renewing without an agent?
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
What value do your products or services deliver? The ability
to understand and clearly articulate Value Propositions (VPs)
is important to libraries, publishers and intermediaries. Don’t
mistake VPs for some catchy strap line or slogan. Value is
not just about the monetary value either. Think instead of a
compelling answer to: “Why should I use your services or
buy your product?”. Using examples from his work with a
variety of organisations, Ken will show how you can create
meaningful VPs.
This webinar will provide an introduction to managing, purchasing and promoting eBooks within an academic context. It will also provide an overview of the key elements of eBook accessibility with reference to the recent HE eBook accessibility audit. With opportunities for questions and to feedback.
Providing accessible content can be a costly and timeconsuming
activity for individual libraries who have a legal and
ethical duty to support their students who have disabilities. As
access to online content has grown and funding for support
diminished, libraries are increasingly looking to the benefits
of using their collective effort to assess accessibility of thirdparty
content and then work with publishers and other suppliers
to find solutions. The session will set the scene and provide
some case studies from UK universities that show how we
are supporting students with disabilities in their use of library
content. Libraries have been working individually and collectively
to raise the topic of accessibility with publishers and vendors,
many of whom have engaged with their
customers. In some cases quite simple changes to
publisher platforms can produce effective changes. In others
a much greater investment is needed. The speakers will use
their own experience to outline this topic which we hope will be
relevant to librarians, publishers, system vendors and others.
The session will present the key findings of a joint
Loughborough University and Taylor & Francis project
looking at postgraduate user experience in the digital
library. Using the findings from ten research students’
diaries collected over an eight-month period, we will focus
on the findings as they relate to the academic journal and
article including: evaluating different publishers’ platforms
and their UX; identifying the approaches and skills needed
in identifying papers relevant for their research; and
approaches to storing papers.
Since October 2015 Stockholm University Library has managed
their journal subscriptions without using a subscription agent.
Instead they renew directly with each publisher. During this
breakout session they will share their experience of doing it
themselves. What are the pros and cons of not using an agent?
Are there cost savings to be had? What about the working hours
spent? And what’s the difference between the first and the second time renewing without an agent?
Janette Burke, Monash University, explores the shift to e, and it doesn't just stand for electronic but engaging, exciting, embracing change, enabling learning.
Academic and student experience with reading listsTalis
Analytics are a good foundation, however nothing beats real feedback from your users. Whether it's good or bad, it all helps improve your service and increase your user engagement.
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) implemented a new
commercial Resource Discovery Service at the same time as it
changed to the Koha Open Source Library Management System. In doing so it moved away from using Google Scholar, as its main platform, at a time when many universities are deciding to only use Google Scholar. Hear about the debate between commercial and non-commercial services and why UH made the decisions it did. After 18 months was it the right decision? What has been the impact on library services and library users?
Keynote delivered at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' by Helen Shenton Librarian & Archivist Trinity College Dublin.
February 27 2015
Monica Crump's presentation 'Stepping outside the walls of the library' from #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation'. Delivered on Feb 27th 2015
'Community collaboration through conversation' presentation delivered by Mary Dunne at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' Feb 27 2015
Challenges and opportunities in providing course content within changing instructor and student behaviors
NISO/BISG 9th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Access or Ownership: Evolving Business Models and Your Institution
Franny Lee, SIPX
We Can and We Should: libraries' role in open educationSarah Cohen
We can and we should: the libraries' role in open education
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: A Burgeoning Service Model in the ...IFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: a Burgeoning Service Model in the Open Access Sphere, presented by Jody Bailey, Head of Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University Libraries, and Ted Polley, Social Sciences & Digital Publishing, IUPUI University Library.
Measuring the Impact of Information Literacy Instruction: A Starting Point fo...UCD Library
Presentation made by Lorna Dodd, User Services Manager, University College Dublin Library, at ANLTC Seminar "Library Impact and Assessment", held on Tuesday, 7th May 2013 at Trinity College Dublin Library.
This session will focus on the development of digital leadership
skills for librarians in the area of collection management.
Within this context digital leadership refers to leadership as a
responsibility as opposed to a role. It will demonstrate a digital
leadership model that can be reused in different work contexts
and the use of online training to develop core competencies.
The Future is a Moving Goal Post: Change Management in Academic LibrariesIFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Change Management in Academic Libraries, presented by Gulcin Cribb, University Librarian, Singapore Management University.
Janette Burke, Monash University, explores the shift to e, and it doesn't just stand for electronic but engaging, exciting, embracing change, enabling learning.
Academic and student experience with reading listsTalis
Analytics are a good foundation, however nothing beats real feedback from your users. Whether it's good or bad, it all helps improve your service and increase your user engagement.
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) implemented a new
commercial Resource Discovery Service at the same time as it
changed to the Koha Open Source Library Management System. In doing so it moved away from using Google Scholar, as its main platform, at a time when many universities are deciding to only use Google Scholar. Hear about the debate between commercial and non-commercial services and why UH made the decisions it did. After 18 months was it the right decision? What has been the impact on library services and library users?
Keynote delivered at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' by Helen Shenton Librarian & Archivist Trinity College Dublin.
February 27 2015
Monica Crump's presentation 'Stepping outside the walls of the library' from #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation'. Delivered on Feb 27th 2015
'Community collaboration through conversation' presentation delivered by Mary Dunne at #asl2015 'The inside out library: collaboration, inspiration, transformation' Feb 27 2015
Challenges and opportunities in providing course content within changing instructor and student behaviors
NISO/BISG 9th Annual Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Access or Ownership: Evolving Business Models and Your Institution
Franny Lee, SIPX
We Can and We Should: libraries' role in open educationSarah Cohen
We can and we should: the libraries' role in open education
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: A Burgeoning Service Model in the ...IFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing: a Burgeoning Service Model in the Open Access Sphere, presented by Jody Bailey, Head of Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University Libraries, and Ted Polley, Social Sciences & Digital Publishing, IUPUI University Library.
Measuring the Impact of Information Literacy Instruction: A Starting Point fo...UCD Library
Presentation made by Lorna Dodd, User Services Manager, University College Dublin Library, at ANLTC Seminar "Library Impact and Assessment", held on Tuesday, 7th May 2013 at Trinity College Dublin Library.
This session will focus on the development of digital leadership
skills for librarians in the area of collection management.
Within this context digital leadership refers to leadership as a
responsibility as opposed to a role. It will demonstrate a digital
leadership model that can be reused in different work contexts
and the use of online training to develop core competencies.
The Future is a Moving Goal Post: Change Management in Academic LibrariesIFLAAcademicandResea
IFLA ARL Webinar Series | Held online on August 1, 2019
This presentation focuses on Change Management in Academic Libraries, presented by Gulcin Cribb, University Librarian, Singapore Management University.
Avoiding Extinction: Re-Skilling the 21st Century Academic LibrarianClaire Sewell
Presentation given at Dawson Day 2018 looking at the background of those working in scholarly communication and how academic librarians can ensure that they and their skills remain relevant in the future.
Hard won: the challenges of obtaining scholarly communication knowledge & skillsDanny Kingsley
This is a talk presented to ALIA HLA Lunchtime Series 2021: 'All things Open' - updates on the current state of Open Scholarship in Australia: Event 1
ABSTRACT: "This talk will consider the challenges associated with identifying and acquiring the skills needed in scholarly communication. It will describe some of the findings from a recent Australasian survey https://cpas.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects/scholarly-communication-knowledge-and-skills-australasian-research considering the educational and training backgrounds of people working in scholarly communication support, and their confidence in a range of specific competencies. The talk will also discuss the need to identify and articulate a curriculum for scholarly communication for the research community and how this will both inform the skill sets needed within academic and other research libraries and assist future workforce planning."
TLA 2016 Conference--Transform your library space from a repository of resources to a dynamic and adaptable learning space that meets the diverse needs of students.
New Roles for Librarians: The Blended ProfessionalElaine Martin
Lamar Soutter Library Director Elaine Martin reviews the training initiatives, e-science developments, and questions that are being asked as librarians move from bounded to blended professional roles.
Partridge, H. (2008) Library education: The future is now. Queenlsand Public Library Association Annual Conference. State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, 19-21 October 2008.
Marie O' Neill explores the expansion of DBS Library's research support services. She discusses key developments during this process including the production of a research development plan, the establishment of a research librarian post, the setting up of an institutional repository and the recent acquisition of Ebsco's Plumx software. The presentation also discusses the impetus, challenges and benefits of this expansion.
Open access, universities as publishers - Jisc Digital Festival 2015Jisc
This session focussed on areas where universities are (re)discovering roles, especially in the area of book publishing. Participants will be provided with evidence to help them consider this role for universities as publishers and its implications for them.
Decolonising the academic library: opening the library doorsdecolonisingdmu
Kaye Towlson, De Montfort University
In a recent workforce mapping exercise sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Information professionals (CiLiP) less than 5% of the survey sample (4336) identified with a “non-white” ethnicity. The overwhelming whiteness of the library sector is well established. Decolonising DMU offered opportunities to address this issue. Experience of this has been positive for post incumbents and library staff.
At DMU our library staff profile reveals 17% identify as a person of colour. This figure fails to reflect the local demographic profile (57% Leicester City population is of a minoritised ethnicity) or the DMU student cohort, approximately 50% students of colour:50%white students.
Research shows a sense of belonging and connectedness with the institution will encourage help seeking and a diverse staff profile to be beneficial (NUS 2011). Although usage statistics reveal the LLS typical user to be a female of colour and more students of colour engage with learning support services, there is a social justice imperative to enable diversity and cultural representation within the library and information service workforce. Mindful of barriers to entering this sector the delivery of a Library Traineeship funded through Decolonising DMU and the uptake of institutional paid internships is offered as a slow burn path to decolonising libraries.
This session charts the development and delivery of a Library Trainee role within De Montfort university Library and Learning Services 2021 –2023. Opportunities afforded to and by the Library Trainee role will be noted and ways of maximising work opportunities through institutional paid internships will be discussed. The positive impact these roles have on the experience of staff within the institution and the role holders, the learning that flows from this approach are offered as a positive, although incremental way forward to making the academic library workforce more diverse.
This presentation was delivered at Reimagining Higher Education: journeys of decolonising at De Montfort University, Leicester, on Wednesday 8th November 2023.
This session will demystify (generative) AI by exploring its workings as an advanced statistical modelling tool (suitable for any level of technical knowledge). Not only will this session explain the technological underpinnings of AI, it will also address concerns and (long-term) requirements around ethical and practical usage of AI. This includes data preparation and cleaning, data ownership, and the value of data-generated - but not owned - by libraries. It will also discuss the potentials for (hypothetical) use cases of AI in collections environments and making collections data AI-ready; providing examples of AI capabilities and applications beyond chatbots.
CATH DISHMAN, CENYU SHEN,
KATHERINE STEPHAN
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
Christina Dinh Nguyen, University of Toronto Mississauga Library
In the world of digital literacies, liaison and instructional librarians are increasingly coming to terms with a new term: algorithmic literacy. No matter the liaison or instruction subjects – computer science, sociology, language and literature, chemistry, physics, economics, or other – students are grappling with assignments that demand a critical understanding, or even use, of algorithms. Over the course of this session, we’ll discuss the term ‘algorithmic literacies,’ explore how it fits into other digital literacies, and see why it as a curriculum might belong at your library. We’ll also look at some examples of practical pedagogical methods you can implement right away, depending on what types of AL lessons you want to teach, and who your patrons are. Lastly, we’ll discuss how librarians should view themselves as co-learners when working with AL skills. This session seeks to bring together participants from across the different libraries, with diverse missions/vision/mandates, to explore ways we can all benefit from teaching AL. If time permits, we may discuss how text and data librarians (functional specialists) can support the development of this curriculum.
David Pride, The Open University
In this paper, we present CORE-GPT, a novel question- answering platform that combines GPT-based language models and more than 32 million full-text open access scientific articles from CORE. We first demonstrate that GPT3.5 and GPT4 cannot be relied upon to provide references or citations for generated text. We then introduce CORE-GPT which delivers evidence-based answers to questions, along with citations and links to the cited papers, greatly increasing the trustworthiness of the answers and reducing the risk of hallucinations.
Cath Dishman, Cenyu Shen, Katherine Stephan
Although scholarly communications has become more open, problems with predatory and problematic publishers remain. There are commercial providers of lists, start-up/renegade Internet lists of good/bad and the researchers, publishers and assessors that try to understand and process what being on/off a list means to themselves, their careers and their institutions. Still, these problems persist and leaves many asking: where is the list?
This plenary panel will discuss the problems of “predatory” publishing and what, if anything, publishers, our community and researchers can do to try and help minimise their abundancy/impact.
eth Montague-Hellen, Francis Crick Institute, Katie Fraser, University of Nottingham
Open Access is a foundational topic in Scholarly Communications. However, when information professionals and publishers talk about its future, it is nearly always Gold open access we discuss. Green was seen as the big solution for providing access to those who couldn’t afford it. However, publishers have protested that Green destroys their business models. How true is this, and are we even all talking the same language when we talk about Green?
Chris Banks, Imperial College London, Caren Milloy, Jisc,
Transitional agreements were developed in response to funder policy and institutional demand to constrain costs and facilitate funder compliance. They have since become the dominant model by which UK research outputs are made open access. In January 2023, Jisc instigated a critical review of TAs and the OA landscape to provide an evidence base to inform a conversation on the desired future state of research dissemination. This session will discuss the key findings of the review and its impact on a sector-wide consultation and concrete actions in the UK and beyond.
Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver, Jason Price, SCELC Library Consortium
As transformative agreements emerge as a new standard, it is critical for libraries, consortia, publishers, and vendors to have consistent and comprehensive data – yet data around publication profiles, authorship, and readership has been shown to be highly variable in availability and accuracy. Building on prior research around frameworks for assessing the combined value of open publishing and comprehensive read access that these deals provide, we will address multi-dimensional perspectives to the challenges that the industry faces with the dissemination, collection, and analysis of data about authorship, readership, and value.
Hylke Koers, STM Solutions
Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) launched in 2020 with the objective of streamlining discovery and access of scholarly content in the many tools that researchers use today, such as Dimensions, Semantic Scholar, Mendeley, and many others. It works equally well for open access content as it does for subscription-based content, providing researchers with recognizable buttons and indicators to get them to the most up-to-date version of content with minimal effort. Currently, around 30,000 OA articles are accessed every day via GetFTR links.
Gareth Cole, Loughborough University, Adrian Clark, Figshare
Researchers face more pressure to share their research data than ever before. Owing to a rise in funder policies and momentum towards more openness across the research landscape. Although policies for data sharing are in place, engagement work is undertaken by librarians in order to ensure repository uptake and compliance.
We will discuss a particular strategy implemented at Loughborough University that involved the application of conceptual messaging frameworks to engagement activities in order to promote and encourage use of our Figshare-powered repository. We will showcase the rationale behind the adoption of messaging frameworks for library outreach and some practical examples.
Mark Lester, Cardiff Metropolitan University
This talk will outline how a completely accidental occurrence led to brand new avenues for open research advocacy and reasons for being. This advocacy has occurred within student communities such as trainee teachers, student psychologists and (especially) those soon losing access to subscription-based library content. Alongside these new forms of advocacy, these ethical example of AI use cases has begun to form a cornerstone of directly connecting the work of the library to new technology.
Simon Bell, Bristol University Press
The UN SDG Publishers Compact, launched in 2020, was set up to inspire action among publishers to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, asking signatories to develop sustainable practices, act as champions and publish books and journals that will “inform, develop and inspire action in that direction”.
This Lightning Talk will discuss how our new Bristol University Press Digital has been developed as part of our mission to contribute a meaningful and impactful response to this call to action as well as the global social challenges we face.
Using thematic tagging to create uniquely curated themed eBook collections around the Global Social Challenges, Bristol University Press Digital responds directly to the need to provide the scholarly community access to a comprehensive range SDG focussed content while minimising time and resource at the institution end in collating content and maintaining collection relevance to rapidly evolving themes
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
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Office of Scholarly Communication
Shifting sands:
Changing academic library skill sets
UKSG 2017
Dr Danny Kingsley - University of Cambridge
@dannykay68
Harrogate - 10th & 11th April 2017
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This workshop will explore the skill sets for scholarly
communication including questions about future
requirements, the language we are using in this space and,
beyond skills, what type of people are suited to different
aspects of librarianship. Scholarly communication requires
people who are able to be flexible in their approach, rather
than ‘rule followers’, which may mean a fundamental shift in
the library workforce into the future. Working collectively, the
session will consider the implications for upskilling our ‘legacy’
workforce.
Workshop description
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How many people:
• Work in a library?
• Are responsible for hiring staff?
• Work in Scholarly Communication?
Who are we?PhotobyKevinJarrettviaFlickr,CCBY2.0
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The nature of academic libraries is changing dramatically. What is the
role of the library in a wholly open access world?
What does this mean for our staffing?
Skill sets for librarians
https://www.macquarie.nsw.edu.au/courses/hospitality
-programs/skill-sets-and-part-qualifications
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•Qualified library & information professionals in
Further Education - Case for Support - 17 May 2016
• https://www.cilip.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/qualified_libr
ary_information_professionals_fe_colleges.pdf
•Qualified librarians are
– An accredited library and information qualification
– Chartered Membership of CILIP (MCLIP) to demonstrate ongoing
engagement with the profession
– A relevant teaching or training qualification is occasionally required
– An IT or e-learning qualification is occasionally required.
CILIP – ‘qualified’ librarians
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What do library schools offer in the way of Scholarly Communication?
Accredited library & information qualification?Businessschoollectureroom.Shouldyoupursueanadvanced
degree?Photoby:PromoMadrid/AlfredoUrdaci/CCBY-SA
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• City University London
–mentioned “research data management, repository management and digital
asset management”
• Dublin Business School
–Future … library programmes will incorporate modules such as the Research
Librarian & the Librarian as Publisher to reflect new roles & activities in the
sector.
• Aberystwyth University
– introduced new degree schemes in Digital Curation, Digital Information
Services, and a brand new postgraduate certificate in Digital Preservation.
• University of Ulster, University of the West of England, Robert Gordon
University
– No mention of anything related to scholarly communication
• University College Dublin
–Our newest programmes, which commenced in 2015, include an MSc, Graduate
Diploma and Graduate Certificate (CPD) in Digital Curation, the first such
programme in Ireland.
• Developing the professionals of the future Views from experts in ‘library schools’ -
https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2_18.pdf
SCONUL report - 10 Nov 2016
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•2012 analysis of job announcements – identified
‘Scholarly communications librarians’ as a new role
for health sciences
–https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC37946
82/
•2015 paper on scholarly communication coaching:
“To successfully address the current needs of a
forward-thinking faculty, the academic library needs
to place scholarly communication competencies in
the toolkit of every librarian who has a role
interacting with subject faculty.”
–http://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11
00&context=lib_fac
Increased need
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• High skills gap in nine key areas
– Ability to advise on preserving research outputs
– Knowledge to advise on data management and curation, including ingest,
discovery, access, dissemination, preservation, and portability
– Knowledge to support researchers in complying with the various mandates
of funders, including open access requirements
– Knowledge to advise on potential data manipulation tools used in the
discipline/ subject
– Knowledge to advise on data mining
– Knowledge to advocate, and advise on, the use of metadata
– Ability to advise on the preservation of project records e.g. correspondence
– Knowledge of sources of research funding to assist researchers to identify
potential funders
– Skills to develop metadata schema, and advise on discipline/subject
standards and practices, for individual research projects
Reskilling for Research – RLUK report 2012
http://www.rluk.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RLUK-Re-skilling.pdf
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CSmall research project
•Survey sent out September 2016
–Over 500 responses
–Employing a researcher to analyse findings
•Are academic librarians getting the training they need?
–https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=995
–Our hypothesis is simple: there is a systematic lack of education
on scholarly communication issues available to those entering
the library profession. This is creating a time bomb skills gap
in the academic library profession and unless action is taken
we may well end up with a workforce not suited to work in the
21st century research library.
•Changing roles and changing needs for academic librarians
–https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1189
–Literature review of research on the issue of training for
librarians.
–Many people working in scholarly communication come from
outside the Library sector.
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We are going to analyse some recent job advertisements for library staff
in scholarly communication areas
Time to do some work
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• At LEAST one person in your group must have
an internet enabled device
• You will be considering the job descriptions
you have been allocated:
• https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0K7mk
Ul0AXKN3pGMFpfWTZOaGM?usp=sharing
• Tiny URL version - https://tinyurl.com/mcoxwab
You will need to be in groups of three
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• Knowledge
– What specific knowledge or systems are being
requested?
• Generic skills
– What types of generic library skills are they asking for?
•Soft skills
–What type of person do they need?
•Attendees were asked to complete this table:
•Tiny url - https://tinyurl.com/jw33sqw
•https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u6t4657h7hgAFmYxsGOp
AL8Xmhg6SbJI8aR3Ze1CxHU/edit?usp=sharing
Different TYPES of skills
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• Are these the kinds of skills, knowledge and
people you are currently employing or
working with?
• Which skills and knowledge should be:
– In initial qualification training?
– Learnt on the job?
– Part of ongoing professional development?
– Reliant on the type of person you are?
Discussion points
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• We have had to change job descriptions to get to a point that we can get the kind of person
we want through recruitment.
• Thought there should be learning on the job – when you first start in the job there is a
process already. Getting more knowledgeable about the job comes with time.
• Professional development is the appropriate place to get this knowledge – eg: UKSG
conferences
• Team that you can become part of – still fairly new. Library schools can’t churn people out
with these skills because they are always changing
• Want an advocate but also a skills set – split personality. – should we split the roles?
• If it is difficult to recruit then the job description itself is a problem. Type of person is more
important.
• Also something about having the type of person that will go outside their institution to
gather that knowledge
• Part of role is to liaise with academics. Culturally found that academics are quite resistant to
using the repository so an advocate role would be part of it.
• Implication that wants someone who can go around and communicate that value.
• Looking for someone who is resilient and adaptive
• Being bold – moving into a an environment where researchers recognise my expertise.
Researchers on teams haven’t been as good as good librarians.
Discussion notes - Monday
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• Copyright – discussed that at our library doesn’t have anyone that works with copyright.
• We have one person with specialist knowledge – but they were almost employed by chance
• We recently advertised for a Copyright and Scholarly Communications manager. Have people
who have developed these skills and knowledge but it was organic – after these skills and
knowledge started to develop we decided we needed to look at it properly. Lots of people
with pockets of knowledge and bring together so we knew what we knew and ensure we
were telling staff the right things.
• People go into libraries not knowing what they are about and then they develop a specific
interest and then develop own expertise. Very organically grown. Then an area becomes a
‘thing’ that you need to recruit to because it is a core thing.
• Learning is episodic - one time learning won’t set you up for your career. These are jobs that
don’t even exist yet. Should be teaching critical thinking.
• Things are changing and developing all the time. What you learnt in year 1 of your
qualification might be completely irrelevant by the time you do the job. Should lay
groundwork. Should be around flexibility and adaption as much as the knowledge.
Sometimes more emphasis on knowledge.
• More useful to teach librarians customer service skills or relationship management - that
would have wider benefits. Needs to balance the base information with other types of skills
and knowledge.
Discussion notes - Tuesday
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Are there options for our staff to be trained up?
What about professional training?
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•A Creative Community: Nurturing leadership,
innovation and skills throughout our libraries
–Nurture new skills and competences within
member libraries
•Work with Information Science schools to shape both
CPD and professional training for students, fitting them
for the challenges presented by modern academic
libraries and the changing landscape of higher
education
•http://www.rluk.ac.uk/strategy-2014-17/
RLUK Strategic Priorities 2014-2017
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• Bibliometrics and Scientometrics for Research Evaluation
– Basic and advanced citation analysis, bibliometric visualization, university rankings, journal impact
indicators and much more!
•Chicago, IL - June 26-28, 2017
• DPTP: Digitisation – from project management to access.
–The course will cover the basics of digitisation, from the initial planning through project
management to protecting and preserving the resulting digital assets for the long term. It explores
preparation, project management, equipment/outsourcing, workflows and policies. It will also look
at metadata, copyright and licensing, and managing access to the digitised content.
•Senate House, London: 28 April 2017
• UKeIG - Open Access, Open Data, Open Science: Anatomy of a Disruptive
Technology
–This one-day workshop gives an overview of developments in Open Access, Open Data and Open
Science framed within the context of a disruptive technology.
•May 24, 2017 at CILIP's headquarters in London.
• UKSG Licensing Skills for Librarians
–The course is designed for librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions;
librarians in these institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit
from attending. Participants should gain a good understanding of the key issues surrounding
publisher licensing and negotiations, together with practical skills and knowledge which they will be
able to use in their professional lives
• London on 11 May 2017.
There are some courses available…
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• ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit
http://acrl.libguides.com/scholcomm/toolkit/
• FOSTER - Key Skills for Open Science and
Responsible Research and
Innovationhttps://www.fosteropenscience.eu
/courses
•MOOC - Scholarly Communication (Coursera)
https://www.mooc-list.com/course/scholarly-
communication-coursera
Some good examples
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•Dr Sarah Pittaway - UKSG Forum 2016
–Arguing we need to broaden our definition of ‘librarian’.
Diversity is beneficial.
• “When is a librarian not a
librarian?”http://www.uksg.org/sites/uksg.org/files/PresentationP
ittaway.pdf
•Discussion at RLUK 2017
– We need to develop digital leaders for libraries. Are these
people already in libraries who we train up, or are they
people with these skill sets we bring in and introduce to
library culture?
•“Become part of the research process” – observations from
RLUK2017 https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1384
Librarians or not?
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• “The research librarian of the future: data
scientist and co-investigator”
–Librarian as co-investigator, not an overhead
•By using their data science and digital skills,
research librarians have the opportunity to make
an impactful contribution to the workflow of their
faculty colleagues. Librarians’ data science skills
can help navigate through the deluge of
information, and can truly change how they are
perceived: from an overhead service to research
co-investigators.
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/
12/14/the-research-librarian-of-the-future-data-
scientist-and-co-investigator/
Colleague not servant
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• Evolution of Library Ethnography Studies -
notes from talk - Susan Gibbons 2015
–https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/
?p=69
•Increasingly the university is asking librarians to have
outreach as part of their role. Outreach is valued in the
evaluation process.
•For some existing staff this was not comfortable – they
wanted to be curators. The feeling for these people was they
‘changed the rules on me’ – so the university helps them
make the transition.
•Some have come along the outreach path, others have
moved somewhere else – and the university helps them with
that move.
Legacy staff
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• What are the implications for your:
– Hiring processes?
– Current staff?
– Own practice?
Challenges for the future
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• Lots of implications – from the job advertisement, the person specification and where you
advertise – not necessarily the traditional places.
• In the US you always advertised in the Chronicle of Higher Education, no-one looks there
now. Had to step back – whole different way of advertising
• Also looking outside your profession. Looking for similar experience, possible implications
for current staff
• We should not be hung up on having a MS or MSD in library, particularly when people have
had years of experience, people don’t want to spend five years getting a new qualification
• We hired three part time people to give jobs for year to develop the skills sets.
• Information management skills are valuable but system analysis more important. A lot
unknown.
• There is loyalty of library staff – the term ‘legacy’ has a connotation. If there are no
opportunities internally then it is limited. Staff can be retrained. Make the best of who you
have got.
• Should we be looking at job descriptions regularly review them to ensure they stay up to
date – to give the opportunity to adapt and change
• There are lots of things that libraries do that are different to the skills that libraries do –
whole new definition of the profession.
• Reflects the discussion about digital literacy –different strands and different types of
librarian – different roles.
Discussion notes - Monday
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• We are super converged – blended the library with student services - massive impact of the range of skills
we are hiring for – wider range of skills than the library schools are producing. Increasingly library
qualifications are less relevant.
• Who is providing the kind of training? Need to take someone who has one of the skills and cross train
them.
• We recruited for a Scholarly Communications officer – new role – asked for experience from library.
• Lots of job descriptions brought back memories because they were my jobs! Have noticed requirement for
library qualification is moving from essential to desirable or just experience. Was going to do a course last
year, but CILIP said that it was an academic qualification not a professional qualification.
• I have learnt everything on the job. Interesting yesterday was bibliometric training where you do a week
long retreat where you get a badge.
• We recruit and there is not a lot of staff out there – significant lack of knowledge. Steep learning curve.
• CILIP is the elephant in the room here
• It is possible with CILIP to be an associate or chartered with a significant portfolio. Move away from having
a qualification. Might be an annual subscription fee and doing the job without that. Good to have some
leven in the mix
• This is very familiar. I was an e resources librarian - that was a massive transition. I didn’t feel qualified,
got more from the job and from a graduate traineeship. Losing the battle again in scholarly comms and
library skills have not caught up again.
• Often economic considerations for the person providing the course. There is a conflict of interest because
you need to ensure a number of students
• Library schools have narrow attitudes and it is difficult to teach skills in curiosity. Argument against a
formal route
Discussion notes - Tuesday
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Dr Danny Kingsley
Head of Scholarly Communication
Cambridge University libraries
dak45@cam.ac.uk
www.osc.cam.ac.uk
www.unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk
@dannykay68