This webinar to be held on 25 October 2021 will explore the development and trends in open access publishing in China. The conversation will discuss the growth of APC funded open access publishing, the development of new local open access journals, and moves by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) towards a transformative model.
International Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourteenth year, is an opportunity for open access advocates to engage their communities to teach them about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. The theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, to be held October 25-31, will be It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.
ACRL will offer a free webcast in celebration of the 14th annual International Open Access Week to be held on 25 October 2021. Join authors from ACRL’s forthcoming Scholarly Communications Cookbook to learn how librarians at all kinds of institutions can adapt workshops, consultations, and other projects to their local needs. This panel consists of recipe authors from different institution types. Panelists will describe some of the open initiatives at their institutions and how they have scaled the project to their specific needs. They will also offer suggestions for adapting open projects to your needs.
On 19 October 2021, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will hold its General Assembly meeting, open to member representatives and alternates only, and ICSTI Members’ Fair on Open Data, open to anyone affiliated with an ICSTI member organization (registration required). Five invited ICSTI members will give 10-minute presentations on open data-related topics, followed by time for questions and discussion.
More details to be announced on ICSTI website soon.
Topic: Publishing in a changing world
This year’s STM Annual Conference will explore how the industry can adapt to continue to improve the quality, integrity, and availability of scholarly communications whilst dealing with the important technological challenges that underpin research integrity, user privacy, and cybersecurity.
Attracting the leading figures from across scholarly and professional publishing, STM’s Annual Conference provides a program focused on strategic thinking, public policy, business models, and the key drivers that will shape the future of the STM industry.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together people working in the transition from MARC to Linked Data using the BIBFRAME model and related tools.
Participation in the meeting is free of charge, but registration is necessary. View the schedule.
As the leading trade fair for the international publishing and content industry, Frankfurter Buchmesse (20-24 October 2021) is further developing its in-person events and digital offerings. The 73rd edition of the industry’s largest gathering is set to take place on the fairgrounds in Frankfurt, subject to the pandemic’s further progression and the health and safety regulations in effect in October. The on-site fair will be supplemented by digital and hybrid offerings, along with a programme of events in the city.
The first day of the digital Frankfurt Conference will focus on academic publishing, while on Tuesday various CEOs and publishers from multiple industry segments will discuss current challenges and developments affecting the publishing sector. Both days of the conference will end with a networking session in the Hof series.
OASPA is organizing its annual conference on open access scholarly publishing.
Topic: Designing 21st Century Knowledge Sharing Systems
Registration is still open. View the full program.
If you are going to attend iPres 2021, come along to paper session 13 A collaborative approach to preserving at-risk open access journals: journals preserved forever, to hear the latest news on Project JASPER. The project partners (DOAJ, CLOCKSS, Internet Archive, PKP and the ISSN International Centre) are building ways to enable more open access journals to be preserved for posterity.
View iPRES 2021 programme.
Registration is still open.
