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October 2022 Librarian Community Call
Data plays a key role in managing, monitoring, and evaluating open access publishing services. With a growing number of agreements, pressure on budget, funder requirements and other challenges, consortia and libraries need to find solutions to get grip on data and to make optimal use of it. The Dutch consortium UKB, worldwide frontrunner in open access and transformative agreements, developed a datahub that contains publication output, journal and contract information since 2018. The datahub is used to monitor current publishing contracts, trend analyses, portfolio management and to audit data that publisher provide for contract negotiations. In 2022 the consortium started to also collect information about funders, used licenses and article processing charges. Arjan Schalken, program manager UKB and responsible for developing and managing the datahub, will share insights in both added value and challenges. Arjan also reflects on the importance of initiatives like OAswitchboard to standardise metadata and connect platforms from publishers, consortia and institutions to support automation and scalability.
Agenda and Notes
You can find all the proposed agendas and notes from the Librarian community calls in one place, right here.
Joining details
To join the call via Zoom from your computer, go to https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/j/89548290778?pwd=VnI4alZrMWJvNW0yd1Q3NjRBY3ZpUT09
To join the conference by phone within the US, dial 669 900 9128 and enter the meeting ID and passcode copied below. To join the conference by phone outside of the US, see https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/u/kbAaqOdwMB. If a local dial-in number isn’t available for your country, we suggest you either login from your computer using the instructions above or dial the US number using Skype.
Meeting ID: 895 4829 0778
Passcode: 865714
Recordings
Community Calls are not recorded to support a safer environment for open and honest discussion. However, notes are taken.
What to expect
Community calls are always friendly, and we love new faces. The more you participate, the more you'll get out of it! No doubt there will be a lot of this too.
December 2022 Librarian Community Call
End of Year Check in – We’ve made it through another year! We will use Etherpad for an anonymous rehash of 2022.
Agenda and Notes
You can find all the proposed agendas and notes from the Librarian community calls in one place, right here.
Joining details
To join the call via Zoom from your computer, go to https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/j/89548290778?pwd=VnI4alZrMWJvNW0yd1Q3NjRBY3ZpUT09
To join the conference by phone within the US, dial 669 900 9128 and enter the meeting ID and passcode copied below. To join the conference by phone outside of the US, see https://sparcopen-org.zoom.us/u/kbAaqOdwMB. If a local dial-in number isn’t available for your country, we suggest you either login from your computer using the instructions above or dial the US number using Skype.
Meeting ID: 895 4829 0778
Passcode: 865714
Recordings
Community Calls are not recorded to support a safer environment for open and honest discussion. However, notes are taken.
What to expect
Community calls are always friendly, and we love new faces. The more you participate, the more you'll get out of it! No doubt there will be a lot of this too.