*usual apologies for cross posting*

Dear all – I will be delivering a webinar on Wed 24^th February at 1pm entitled “A librarian's road map to open access”.

My requests to the list are twofold - please could you disseminate the information and registration link below to relevant colleagues or networks and does anyone have any particular insight into OA as it relates to Chemistry??

A librarian's road map to open access

Wed, Feb 24, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7059910658391814145

It’s common to hear that we are in a transitional phase when it comes to open access (OA) publishing at the moment.

But it’s not always clear how we will reach a fully open access environment, what this environment might look like and what it might mean for scholarly research.

This webinar will draw insights from a librarian survey we ran in 2015 to help librarians and information specialists working in chemistry and related subjects feel confident about open access.

We’ll discuss its background and the latest policy developments and general levels of use to strengthen your library’s position as a source of useful information on the subject.

Register to gain a deeper understanding of:

• the historical and political context of scholarly publishing

• funder and other policy requirements for open access. We’ll cover HEFCE and RCUK in the UK, Horizon2020 in Europe and NIH in the USA

• the developing models of OA, including gold, green and hybrid

• Jisc support services for OA

• social media and OA, including the use of Altmetrics (alternative metrics) as potential indicators of impact beyond the traditional readership of scholarly material

Many thanks

Nick

	Nick Sheppard, Research Services Advisor
	Libraries & Learning Innovation
	Leeds Beckett University, JG134, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom
	Tel: +44 (0)113 812 4731 | Email: [log in to unmask] Twitter: @BeckettResearch | http://openaccess.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
	"to be eligible for submission to the post-2014 REF, authors’ final peer-reviewed manuscripts must have been deposited in an institutional or subject repository on acceptance for publication"