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SUMMARY:Open and Engaged Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us online on Monday 19th October 2020 for this yearâ
 €™s British Library Open and Engaged conference: ‘Inequities in Scho
 larly Communications’, addressing this year’s international Open A
 ccess Week theme of ‘Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Struc
 tural Equity and Inclusion’.\nThis one-day, online conference will b
 ring together speakers working in libraries, museums, archives and pub
 lishers to further highlight and explore a number of these avenues, to
  critically assess whether the purported benefits of more open scholar
 ly communications have been realised, and where possible to present pr
 actical ways forward.\nWorking in scholarly communications, we tend to
  assume that ‘Open’ is a good thing. We espouse the various benefi
 ts of openness, such as: free access to scholarly and educational reso
 urces for a wider audience, including journalists, various practitione
 rs and professionals, and the general public; the potential to influen
 ce policy makers; allowing businesses to take advantage of the latest 
 research; general improvements to the research process; and the offer 
 of increased recognition for individual researchers and their institut
 ions. Moreover, we celebrate the gradual emergence of a scholarly comm
 unications system which is more equitable for all, with fewer barriers
  to entry.\nThough conversations around scholarly communications (and 
 debates in digital media) have always included critical voices, those 
 in positions of influence haven’t always paid as much attention to t
 hese as they should. Recent developments - like ‘transformative’ o
 r ‘read and publish’ deals, the continued growth of scholar-led an
 d community-owned infrastructure and presses, major changes in open ac
 cess mandates and research evaluation policies, and the acquisition of
  scholarly communication services by commercial service suppliers, amo
 ngst major social and political events - have brought a number of urge
 nt debates to the fore. Various other issues have persisted, like a la
 ck of bibliodiversity in publishing and scholarly communications syste
 ms, funding inequalities, inclusivity (or lack of) in hiring, promotio
 n and professional practices. These have implications for whether or n
 ot scholarly communications and ‘Open’ is ultimately beneficial fo
 r all.\nRegistration Details\nRegistration is free and open now. Reco
 rdings from the day will be made publicly available in November 2020.\
 n\nFor more information visit http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/events/
 open-and-engaged-conference
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20201019T094500
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Midway:20201019T160000
CATEGORIES:conference
LOCATION:United Kingdom
WEBSITE:https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2020/10/open-and-engaged-
 conference-2020-inequities-in-scholarly-communications.html
URL:https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2020/10/open-and-engaged-conf
 erence-2020-inequities-in-scholarly-communications.html
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:British Library
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dominic 
 Walker":http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/profile/DominicWalker
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