UKSG Forum 2014 - ‘Information without frontiers – barriers and solutions’

What's it all about?

I attended the UKSG Forum on 21st November 2014, now in its second year. It's an informal networking and exhibition event, with a program of short sessions this year on the theme of ‘Information without frontiers – barriers and solutions’. It aims to bring together key stakeholders across the scholarly information community.

What was discussed?

The event is representative of publishers, subscription agents, technology vendors and other industry players. There were a lot of different  talks being discussed and it was a great opportunity to share experiences and swap strategies with colleagues across the sector who all face similar challenges.

See below links to pages on the talks I attended over the day. Please link through if any peak your interest:

Expanding library boundaries: Social Media & AltMetrics

• Social Media in the library - discovering best practice: findings from the Taylor & Francis White Paper

• Growing and Measuring Impact: researchers' needs, and experiences of meeting them with Kudos

• In Metrics we trust? HEFCE Independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment

Data Enrichment & User Experience

• The use of data in humanities research to deliver new insights with examples from the Music and Film, industries

• Using text mining to enrich social science content

• Semantic content enrichment: magic vs myth

Open Access Monographs &  Publishing Innovation

• Revitalising university-based publishing: the Ubiquity Network 

• Taking the barriers away with Freemium access publishing

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