Dear Bibliomagicians,

 

The organising committee are pleased to announce sponsorship of the 2020 conference by the Web of Science Group at Clarivate Analytics, so that it will once again be free of charge to attendees. And if you cannot make it to Leeds on 2^nd March, the plenary sessions will be livestreamed on IET.tv thanks to the support of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

 

Keynote Speakers

There will be three keynotes at the event from Gemma Derrick, Steven Hill and James Wilsdon. They share deep expertise in undertaking and understanding research policy and the evaluation of research, so will give us an informed steer on the conference’s theme.

 

Dr Gemma Derrick is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, where her research concentrates on science and innovation policy and its impacts. She specialises in evaluation systems in academia and is a leading member of the COMbINE (Complementary Methods in Evaluation Research) network.

 

Dr Steven Hill is Director of Research at Research England, leading its research assessment and policy work. He is chair of the steering group for the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

 

Prof James Wilsdon is Digital Science Professor of Research Policy in the University of Sheffield’s Department of Politics and Director of its Research on Research Institute. He chaired the independent review of the role of metrics in the management of the research system, publishing The Metric Tide in July 2015.

 

Lightning Talks

We would like to invite members to register their interest in presenting a lightning talk at the event. The theme for the event is “The Future of Research Evaluation” so we welcome lightning talks on all surrounding issues, such as national research evaluation exercises (e.g. REF), implementing responsible metrics principles/declarations, responsible metrics generally, assessing societal impact, changing research evaluation cultures and approaches to peer review. Each speaker will have five minutes to present and further time will be allowed for questions.

 

To express your interest in presenting a lightning talk, please email David Jenkins at [log in to unmask] by Friday 10^th January 2020, detailing the topic of your talk in a few sentences. The event committee will respond to expressions of interest in the New Year

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Breakout Sessions

Additionally we would like to invite members to register their interest in running one of the breakout sessions that will take place on the day, in the form of a workshop, a panel discussion or group of short presentations that must include opportunity for participants to contribute.

 

If you have an idea about running a 45min breakout session please contact Eva Nueno at [log in to unmask]  by Friday 10^th January 2020. As they are running in parallel, we cannot guarantee that all breakout streams will be livestreamed on IET.tv. Ideas about themes that you would find interesting to find as a breakout session are also welcome. This could help us to commission breakout sessions in case there were no takers to the breakout session call.

 

Look out for further announcements about the programme and how to book your attendance in the New Year.

 

Best wishes,

Steve

 

 

Stephen Grace

Acting Deputy Head of LLR: Library Systems and Content Delivery | Library and Learning Resources | London South Bank University | 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA

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Open Access & REF eligibility

To be eligible for REF2021 and conform with LSBU Open Access policy, all research outputs must be deposited in Symplectic within 3 months of acceptance. Find out more here.