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This breakout will provide an opportunity for attendees to delve deeper into the findings of the Critical Review of Transitional Agreements discussed by Chris Banks and Caren Milloy in the second plenary session. We will discuss the methodology in more detail, as well as elaborate on our findings on the prevalence of Open Access and the extent to which UK transitional agreements have met the sector’s requirements. We will also ask several questions of the audience to help us gauge the UKSG community’s reactions to the findings and ambitions for the future of open research dissemination.

UKSG Annual Conference 2024

A critical review of transitional agreements in the UK: why, how, what and where next?

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The UKSG Annual Conference is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries.

As the publishing landscape is changing, so too is the way we provide access to content. At the University of Essex, new workflows and collaboration have enabled efficiencies in supporting open access publication and content discovery. This includes evaluating and promoting transformative agreements, launching an institutional OA fund, and exploring alternative models of OA monograph publication. Collaboration between the Library and Research Office underpins this and enables success.

Collaboration within and between teams: research support and content management as key partners in the changing publishing landscape

Research is important to the library, information and knowledge (LIK) sector having the potential to demonstrate professional value and impact, raise the profile of library and information science discipline and contribute evidence for professional decision making. The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) committee are undertaking a project to gain a baseline understanding of the confidence of UK LIK professionals in conducting and contributing to research? The findings, which will be shared at the conference, will help develop strategy, identify training needs and interventions that could be used to encourage practitioners to inform and transform their professional practice through research.

Research? Who, me? Investigating research confidence in library, information and knowledge practitioners

In REF 2021, 98% of submitted outputs were journal articles or books. But REF 2028 will assess a project’s “contribution to knowledge and understanding” rather than its formal publications and how findings are communicated to non-researchers, such as policy makers and the public. Hidden Ref, launched in 2019, is inviting universities to sign a 5% Manifesto for REF 2028 that commits them to submitting at least 5% of their contributions in forms other than journal articles or books. Join us to discuss what a ”contribution to knowledge and understanding” means. Will your institution sign up to the 5% Manifesto?

Do we need a 5% Manifesto for REF 2028?

This breakout session will offer a chance to meet members of the ORCID team and dive into the way ORCID and its member organisations think about "trust". The session comprises a brief presentation on 'trust markers' in the ORCID record, followed by a collaborative discussion with attendees. You'll learn what trust markers are, where they come from, how they can help researchers and institutions, and how your organisations can contribute. We'll also examine the relationship between trust markers and research integrity, how trust markers can be interpreted, and how they can be used in common workflows across different systems and organisations. This session may be of particular interest to Research Support and Scholarly Communication librarians, as well as editors and publishers.

ORCID and trust: a two way conversation

The University of Southampton is running a £2million project in relation to the print book collection at Hartley Library. The project addresses legacy issues with physical books, including consistent classification, logical stock sequencing, metadata optimisation, condition checks, cleaning and preservation, retention statements, and uniqueness verification. As a result of this work, some books will be retained at Hartley Library, some moved to high quality off-site storage and some material will be deaccessioned. We discuss the overall aims, data handling, data-driven decision-making, workflows, engagement and consultation strategies associated with this project.

Collections Development and Discovery Project: University of Southampton

Promoting Climate Change Literacy in Africa: Repackaging Scholarly Information for varying Literacy Levels - Mac-Anthony Cobblah, University of Cape Coast The emergence of climate change pose one of the most critical global challenges of our time with far-reaching implications for all humans. In Africa, a continent particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, knowledge and education plays pivotal roles in building resilience and fostering sustainable practices. This paper presents comprehensive strategies and techniques essential to repackage scholarly information resources to create awareness and promote understanding of climate change issues specifically tailored to suit the varying literacy levels in Africa. The Open Climate Campaign: Ambitions and Approaches - Frances Pinter, Central European University Press The goal of the Open Climate Campaign (OCC) is to promote open access to accelerate progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving global biodiversity. This four-year, $4.5 million project is funded by the Arcadia Fund and Open Society Foundations and managed by Creative Commons, EIFL and SPARC. It promotes internationally the adoption and implementation of strong OA policies, overcoming legal barriers and help funders and environmental organisations make better use of OA.
We look at how an issue-based OA campaign such as OCC can fit within the broader scientific and scholarly communications issues including the role of libraries.

Promoting Climate Change Literacy through the repackaging of Scholarly Information Resources to suit the varying Literacy Levels in Africa/The Open Climate Campaign: Ambitions and Approaches

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.

Reckoning or Retreat? A Longitudinal Look at DEIA in Scholarly Communications Workplaces

New Open Access presses are launching across the UK and beyond, but where do library-based hosting services sit within this, and what can they offer? Join Cath Dishman and Rebecca Wojturska as they discuss Diamond Open Access, the role of the library hosting service, and what the model can contribute to the academic publishing market. Particular attention will be paid to the business, financial and sustainability aspects: how much does it cost? What skills and personnel are needed for success? What aspects need development to ensure library-based hosting can continue to shine bright into the future? Join us to find out!

Shine Bright like a Diamond: What can library hosting services offer in the academic publishing market?

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.

Open infrastructure and standards: small bodies, big impact

In this breakout, we present a unique collaborative evaluation project where the University of Sussex Library and Bloomsbury joined forces to explore and assess the library’s publishing practices. This partnership, where colleagues from Bloomsbury’s Open Research, Textbook Editorial, and Metadata teams delved into the operations of an open textbook pilot publication, was an opportunity for meaningful knowledge exchange and honest dialogue about strengths, weaknesses and the path ahead. In this session we’ll highlight how we approached the collaboration, outline the valuable discussion points and recommendations that came out of the project, and reflect on the value of the critical friend.

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