The NISO Plus conference will take place from 15-17 February, 2022.

Check out the preliminary program — and register at the early bird rate!

You can view the full program here.

Between 25 and 27 January 2022, FAIRsFAIR partners and stakeholders will meet for a series of concluding meetings to deep-dive into the results of FAIRsFAIR. The impact on the European Research Community will be analyzed, as well as the tools, guidelines and best practices produced and delivered to multiples stakeholders. The recommendations and the lessons learnt will be left as a legacy for future activities to come.

The 2021 OASPA conference took place took place online from 21 September – 23 September 2021. It addressed many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication and also provided a forum for collective reflection on the ongoing impact of the pandemic and publishers’ endeavours to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all to address all current and future challenges. Recordings are now available. Slides and posters will soon be added to the conference program page.

This webinar to be held on 25 October 2021 will explore the development and trends in open access publishing in China. The conversation will discuss the growth of APC funded open access publishing, the development of new local open access journals, and moves by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) towards a transformative model.

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International Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourteenth year, is an opportunity for open access advocates to engage their communities to teach them about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 25-31, will be It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.

ACRL will offer a free webcast in celebration of the 14th annual International Open Access Week to be held on 25 October 2021. Join authors from ACRL’s forthcoming Scholarly Communications Cookbook to learn how librarians at all kinds of institutions can adapt workshops, consultations, and other projects to their local needs. This panel consists of recipe authors from different institution types. Panelists will describe some of the open initiatives at their institutions and how they have scaled the project to their specific needs. They will also offer suggestions for adapting open projects to your needs.

On 19 October 2021, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will hold its General Assembly meeting, open to member representatives and alternates only, and ICSTI Members’ Fair on Open Data, open to anyone affiliated with an ICSTI member organization (registration required). Five invited ICSTI members will give 10-minute presentations on open data-related topics, followed by time for questions and discussion.

More details to be announced on ICSTI website soon.

The Charleston Library Conference will take place as a hybrid event, with options for in-person and virtual attendance.

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Topic: Publishing in a changing world

This year’s STM Annual Conference will explore how the industry can adapt to continue to improve the quality, integrity, and availability of scholarly communications whilst dealing with the important technological challenges that underpin research integrity, user privacy, and cybersecurity.

Attracting the leading figures from across scholarly and professional publishing, STM’s Annual Conference provides a program focused on strategic thinking, public policy, business models, and the key drivers that will shape the future of the STM industry.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together people working in the transition from MARC to Linked Data using the BIBFRAME model and related tools.

Participation in the meeting is free of charge, but registration is necessary. View the schedule.

Source: Library of Congress, Illustration of BIBFRAME 2.0 model, with three core levels of abstraction: Work, Instance, and Item