SCONUL Winter Conference 2015

This event is in the past. You can view the presentations on our website.

Our conference will address the theme of disruptive innovation and we will look at the changes in policy and practice which will shape the scholarly communications environment for years to come.

Start & End Date :

Friday, November 27, 2015

Location:

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road

London

Time:

10.00 - 16.10

Speakers:

Dr Koen Becking

President of the Executive Board of Tilburg University

Liam Earney

Director of Jisc Collections

Diane Bruxvoort

University Librarian and Director of Library, Special Collections and Museums, University of Aberdeen

James Wilsdon

Professor of Science and Democracy (SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex

Frances Pinter

Founder, Knowledge Unlatched and CEO Manchester University Press

Sue White

Director of Computing and Library Services, University of Huddersfield.

Chris Banks

Director of Library Services, Imperial College London

Paul Feldman

Chief Executive, Jisc

Martin Eve

Senior Lecturer in Literature, Technology and Publishing, Birkbeck, University of London.

Contact:

SCONUL

020 7387 0317

Cost:

£155

Programme

10.00	Registration
10.25	Welcome Liz Jolly, Chair of SCONUL and Director, Library & Information Services, Teesside University
10.35	Disruptions in scholarly publishing Dr Koen Becking, President, Executive Board, Tilburg University
11.15	Questions
11.25	Coffee break
11.45	Collaboration and collective working: Three areas of change
	Liam Earney, Director, Jisc Collections *Managing the move away from Historical Print Spend*
	Diane Bruxvoort, University Librarian and Director, University of Aberdeen Building a library monograph collection: Time for the next paradigm shift?
	Professor James Wilsdon, Professor of Science and Democracy, University of Sussex The metric tide: responsible uses of quantitative data in research management & assessment
12.20	Questions from audience
12.30	Lunch
13.30	Parallel sessions: New models for publishing, licensing and collections
	Frances Pinter, Founder, Knowledge Unlatched and CEO Manchester University Press Knowledge Unlatched and the Future of Open Access Monographs
	Sue White, Director of Computing and Library Services, University of Huddersfield A new era for library publishing? - The potential for collaboration amongst new University Presses
	Chris Banks Director of Library Services, Imperial College London How a new UK Scholarly Communications Licence could support funder aims, academic openness whilst reducing library effort
14.30	Coffee break
14.50	Vision for Jisc Paul Feldman, Chief Executive, Jisc
15.10	Who will disrupt the disruptors? Martin Eve, Senior Lecturer in Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck, University of London
15.50	Questions
16.00	Closing remarks Liz Jolly, Chair of SCONUL and Director, Library & Information Services, Teesside University
16.10	Close and departure