PIDapalooza 2021 will be a one-of-a-kind experience: a 24-hour nonstop PID party happening around the world. The party starts on January 27 at 14:30 UTC (see the time in your location here). Sessions will take place over the course of the following 24 hours.
Mark your calendars and think about a session to propose.
Topic: From Transition to Transformation: providing scholarly content and services in tumultuous times
The speakers will explore how the pace of change in the scholarly communication sector has accelerated as a result of the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme is announced.
This year’s event will take place online over two consecutive half days, Wednesday 11th November: 9am GMT to approx. 1pm and Thursday 12th November: 1.30pm GMT to 5pm.
IFLA SOCRS section is organizing a virtual conference about International OA practices with six speakers who will discuss the Open Library of Humanities, research database integration of open access content in Iran, open access mandates and policies of Latin American countries, and the Research4Life program. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GvtD_ArDRKiBZ2vGoVo-Lg .
Theme: the legacy of COVID-19 on scholarly communication.
It will run over three sessions from 16‑18 September, with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers AGM and Awards Finalists session on 8 September. Programme details will be announced soon.
The agenda for the July 6-9 RSC asynchronous meeting has been posted on the RSC website, along with three papers that will be discussed there:
The minutes of the April 2020 Asynchronous RSC Meeting has been published.
The Open Repositories annual conference will be held under the form of four 90 minute virtual workshops. The first one will focus on the work FAIRsFAIR (Fostering Fair Data Practices in Europe) carries out in collaboration with repositories to enable them to play their role in helping to make and keep data FAIR over time.
Register and check dates and hours: https://or2020.sun.ac.za/conference-programme/
The NASIG Executive Board has announced that it will be holding the 35th Annual NASIG Conference online, 9-11 June 2020. The conference will be free to all attendees, thanks to the generous contributions of sponsors. The full programme is now available on the NASIG website. Attendees can register for the online conference.
This webinar consists of three presentations:
Preprints: where are we now? – Jessica Polka, PhD, Executive Director, ASAPbio
Preprints – Finding their place in scholarly research – Judy Luther, President, Informed Strategies LLC
An academic’s experience of preprints – Prof. Stephen J. Royle, Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Warwick Medical School, UK.
Free webinar with advanced registration required.
An increasing number of LIBER institutions—and also institutions and consortia worldwide—are looking to integrate their Open Access strategies with Transformative Agreements. Such agreements enable institutions to repurpose their subscription expenditures to support open access publishing rather than paywalls.
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) are required to provide access to information resources. But what goes into making an ebook, a textbook, or other course materials fully accessible? This event will bring together stakeholders to discuss current efforts made to ensure that all content is accessible and the challenges still to be overcome.
Registration closes on 12 May 2020 05:00 pm
