Rights Retention Policies webinar

Start & End Date : 
Friday, April 19, 2024
Location: 

Online

Time: 
10.00am - 12.00pm
Contact: 
SCONUL office
Cost: 
Free
As the development of Rights Retention policies remains an ongoing area of interest for SCONUL members, SCONUL will be hosting a webinar to hear from institutions who have quite recently and successfully introduced such policies and provide an opportunity to share questions, experiences, and practice. SCONUL recognises that there are still a number of challenges associated with communicating the need for this type of policy at senior leadership level in Universities, as well as scoping and developing a policy to suit the needs of your institution.
 
 The webinar will be held on Friday 19th April from 10 – 12pm.  This is open to staff at all SCONUL member institutions. E-mail sconul@sconul.ac.uk for the registration details.
 
 We will hear from:
  1. Jen Bayjoo, Head of Open Research Services, & Emma Thompson, Associate Director Education & Research, Manchester Metropolitan University. Man Met’s policy has only been in force since the start of 2024 and they will be sharing the benefits      and challenges associated with developing it.
  2. Bethany Logan, Associate Director, Library & Sam Nesbit, Open Access Librarian, University of Sussex. The University of Sussex have had their policy in place since October 2023 and Bethany and Sam will be outlining their journey to this point.
  3. Suzy Cheeke, Associate Director (Research & Scholarly Communication), University of Bristol and member of GW4 Alliance. Suzy is acting on behalf of the GW4 Alliance, made up of Cardiff University, University of Bath, University of Bristol and the      University of Exeter, who put out a joint statement on Rights Retention in November 2023 and will be speaking about how this joint statement came together.
The session will be led by Chris Banks, Director of Library Services, Imperial College, London.
 
We hope this webinar will be helpful to the institutions who are keen to develop a policy, but are unsure how to get started, with practical advice from all speakers. We will be working with Jisc throughout 2024 to develop further documentation and guidance on this subject.