Who is this seminar for?

People working in the health sector who would benefit from Open Access initiatives include: health professionals, public health doctors, managers, policy makers, researchers, and information workers from organisations such as the Health Service Executive; Department of Health; Voluntary health sector, Irish health agencies, academic health sector.

Programme

• 13.30 – 14.00 Registration (tea/coffee)

Open Access and its benefits

• 14.00 – 14.05 Welcome and introduction - Michael Byrne, Principal Psychology Manager, Health Service Executive
• 14.05 – 14.20 Measuring your impact using Altmetrics: What is OA and what are its benefits? - Paul Murphy, Librarian, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• 14.20 – 14.35 Researching patient outcomes - the ECT perspective - Erik Kolshus, St. Patrick’s University Hospital / Trinity College Dublin
• 14.35 – 14.50 Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme (HIPE) Data - a source for OA research (tbc) – Aisling Mulligan, Economic & Social Research Institute
• 14.50 – 15.00 Comfort Break

Three key Open Access Initiatives

• 15.00-15.15 National Open Access Policy and the future - Patricia Clarke, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Research Board
• 15.15 – 15.30 Lenus and Open Access Policy in the HSE - Aoife Lawton, Systems Librarian, Health Service Executive
• 15.30 – 15.45 The Health Well and Open Access Policy for public health – Kevin Balanda, Associate Director, Institute of Public Health in Ireland
• 15.45- 16.00 Summing up and close – Dr. Michael Byrne