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
The DOCLINE Team will provide a brief system overview including current statistics, recent enhancements, power user tips for best results, and answer user questions.
The North American Serials Interest Group is gathering for its 35th annual conference. Notably, on 12 June 2020, Steve Shadle will explain how to catalogue electronic serials with RDA. It will cover RDA and CONSER standards, core elements, and terminology with special attention paid to the differences in practice in the cataloging of print and electronic serials.
The full schedule is online.
UK Research and Innovation is seeking views on its proposed open access policy and related considerations via a consultation, which opens on 13 February 2020 and closes at noon on 17 April 2020. Responses must be submitted by noon on 17 April 2020, using the online response form.
On this occasion, UKRI is holding an information event for the consultation.
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is organising its 42nd Annual Meeting.
Topic: Rethink, Reimagine, & Revolutionize the Future of Scholarly Communication
Tracks and meeting highlights are announced.
