Open Access: How it will change your (professional) life - David Ball
Venue: CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE
Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2015 - 09:30 - 16:30
Course Outline:
This one-day workshop explores the definitions, economics and growth of Open Access and explores practicalities, challenges and opportunities for the future. Delegates will be encouraged to raise questions and debate issues of immediate concern throughout the day.
Programme includes:
Definitions of Open Access (Green, Gold, gratis and libre, toll access)
Costs of Open Access (What are they, how are they met? Implications for institutions and publishers)
The growth of Open Access (Brief history. The impact of the Finch Report. Attitudes of funders in the UK and Europe. Gold Open Access as a disruptive technology)
Quality (Peer review practices. Citation advantage)
Copyright (Traditional toll access. Creative Commons)
Obstacles and usage (Attitudes of researchers. The practicalities of moving from toll access to Open Access. Growth of search engines)
Influence on the research process (Open Data. Beyond the article)
Open Access scholarly monographs: the new frontier?
Recent developments with Open Access textbooks
Who should attend:
Information and library professionals keen to understand the impact of the growth of Open Access on their work, their institutions and the current and future services they provide for their users.
CILIP's Professional Knowledge and Skills Base (PKSB):
This course supports the following elements of CILIP's PKSB:
2. Knowledge and Information Management: 2.5 Knowledge transfer/organisational learning
5. Information Governance and Compliance: 5.3 Copyright, intellectual property and licensing
7. Collection Management and Development: 7.3 Selection of materials and resources
12. IT and Communication: 12.2 Library, information and knowledge technologies
Course Presenter: David Ball
David Ball is a consultant specialising in scholarly publishing, e-books, virtual learning environments, design and management of academic libraries. As University Librarian and Head of Academic Development Services at Bournemouth University from 1994 to 2012, he created a vibrant library service, winning two major national awards. Since 2012 Open Access clients include: Public Library of Science (PLoS), the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, SPARC Europe, Public Health England, OAPEN, Enabling Open Scholarship (EOS), PASTEUR4OA and FOSTER European projects. He also works as an Associate of Sero HE (http://www.serohe.co.uk/).
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £180 + VAT at the current rate; others £220 + VAT at the current rate
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http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/events/ukeig-training-open-access-how-it-will-change-your-professional-life-0
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