The new RDA (Resource, Description & Access) Toolkit expands on the LRM modeling of serials to encompass all resources issued over time (diachronic works). This webinar covers the modeling of aggregates (manifestations embodying multiple expressions) and serials in the IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM) and the implementation of this modeling in the new RDA Toolkit.

Some of the themes that will be explored:  Open Research and Transparency, Business Models and Innovation, Internationalization and Diversity.

Keynote speaker: Steven Curry

The programme is online. Registration closes Friday 23 August 2019.

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association webinar features four panelists: Aileen Fyfe, University of St Andrews; Stuart Taylor, Publishing Director of The Royal Society; Rachael Samberg, UC Berkeley Library; Alicia Wise, Information Power.

Register now for free.

iPRES is the longest-running conference series on digital preservation, bringing together 300-400 researchers, information professionals, providers, and other experts to share recent developments, innovative projects and to collaboratively solve problems.

The programme is online.

To make sure you get the best out of the Congress programme, some of the key sessions are featured in July newsletter, giving the tips for the iPlanner – your diary for WLIC 2019, and taking you for a stroll through Athens’ charming neighbourhoods and alleys and discover the city’s hidden gems.

IFLA Serials & Other Continuing Resources Section and IFLA National Libraries Section are organising an exploration of grey literature: its scope in the digital age; how repositories are managing it; and how it is made discoverable and accessible to users.

Topic: Eye on the Horizon

Register now: Early bird rate ends 1 July 2019

The preliminary programme is online.

Couperin, French Consortium of Academic and Research Institutions for Access to Digital Publication,s is a non-profit association funded by membership fees and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Couperin is organising a workshop entitled What developments for consortia in the age of open science?

The programme is online.

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is organising a webinar about microPublications on June 26th, 2019.

Chair: Heather Staines, Head of Partnerships, MIT Knowledge Futures Group

Topic: The time has come… to talk of many things!

Submission deadline: 12 July 2019

Registration is now open.