Academic Publishing’s Uncertain Future: how will it impact NUI Galway?

The Library is hosting a seminar titled Academic Publishing’s Uncertain Future: how will it impact NUI Galway? on Monday 21 January at 1200, with details and link to registration (essential) as below:

A number of significant developments have impacted the whole environment of academic publishing, generating lots of debate and sometimes controversy in their wake. This seminar will offer an opportunity to catch up on developments such as:

• challenges across Europe in particular to the current commercial publishing system, including robust engagement with the highly profitable publishing company, Elsevier, and cancellation of expensive subscriptions
• policy directives aimed at universal open access to funded research publications, notably Plan S, to which Science Foundation Ireland is a signatory
• concerns regarding the equitable assessment of research as more institutions sign the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
• a general push towards Open Science, emphasising research sharing, transparency and reproducibility

The first half of the seminar will consist of short presentations by an expert panel, representing a range of perspectives. The second half will be an open forum, enabling full audience participation with the panel to discuss issues of concern.

Panel members are:

Professor Daniel Carey, Director, Moore Institute

John Cox, University Librarian (chair)

Monica Crump, Head of Collections, James Hardiman Library

Professor Lokesh Joshi, Vice-President for Research

Dr Niall Madden, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics

Dr Elaine Toomey, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Psychology

NB: Registration is essential if you wish to attend – please register at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/academic-publishings-uncertain-future-how-will-it-impact-nui-galway-tickets-54750078960