[Irtalk] COAR-SPARC Conference 2015 - Connecting research results, bridging communities, opening scholarship

[Ina Smith]

https://www.coar-repositories.org/


We are very pleased to announce our upcoming conference<https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/>, jointly organized by COAR and SPARC, that will take place in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal on April 15-16, 2015. The conference will be co-hosted by our members, the University of Porto and the University of Minho.

In a rapidly evolving world, academic and research institutions must think about becoming agents of change, with greater flexibility and responsiveness than ever before. Part of this change is a shift away from the notion that researchers simply conduct research and produce publications, but rather the research community itself must begin to take on responsibility for ensuring research outputs are widely and openly disseminated, properly curated, and preserved. In this sense, the institution becomes one node in a larger, interconnected network of content producers and stewards.

There are both challenges and opportunities inherent in this new role. For instance, how do we create a seamless global research network in which all countries and researchers can participate? How can we evaluate research outputs based on their quality, and not on whether they are attached to a prestige publication? How can we manage increasingly large and complex data to support new modes of science and innovation? And how can we ensure that content is appropriately licensed, annotated and preserved to allow it to be re-used and integrated with other related content? Clearly, libraries and institutions must forge new partnerships, nurture new skills and competencies, and develop new organizational structures.

This conference will address some of the important challenges facing our libraries as we attempt to re-define our roles in an age of constant flux.

Some general information<https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/general-information-and-travelling/> about the venue and accommodation<https://www.coar-repositories.org/community/events/annual-meeting-2015/accommodation/> are online already. More details about the program and registration will be available soon.


Ina Smith
Planning Manager - Scholarly Publishing Unit
(previously Open Scholarship Manager, Stellenbosch University - until 30 September 2014)
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<http://www.assaf.org.za/>
1st Floor Block A, The Woods
41 De Havilland Crescent, Meiring Naudé Road
Pretoria, South Africa, 0020
-25.746092, 28.274414<https://www.google.co.za/maps/place/De+Havilland+Cres,+Pretoria,+0020/@-25.7453694,28.2727997,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1e9560424c7df843:0x13cba2579ff86323?hl=en>

Tel.: +27 12 349 6641
E-mail: ina at assaf.org.za<mailto:ina at assaf.org.za>
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