open access – CLIC: Cardiff Libraries in Cooperation

Trevithick Building, Cardiff University on Thursday 24^th July

Our “Open Access” event was a collection of news and discussions on community borrowing, freedom of information, repositories and research!

Presentations by Sonja Harkoenen (Cardiff University): “Implementing Open Access in a Research Institution – an Eye-opening Experience” and Lynette Summers (Cardiff Metropolitan University): “Open Access and the Role of Repositories” discussed how both Cardiff University and Cardiff Metropolitan University are addressing this important development in research and HE. Explaining the various OA terms of ‘Green’, ‘Gold’ and ‘Hybrid’, the use of a repository within HE institutions and working with academic staff and researchers.

Follow the links to access Cardiff Met’s repository DSpace, and Cardiff University’s ORCA (Online Research @Cardiff).

We also discussed the ‘opening up’ of HE libraries, the developments of opening the physical doors to online access of e-resources. The change in attitude of libraries, who are now engaging in projects to encourage and facilitate borrowing for their ‘external borrowers’. Julie Neenan (Cardiff Metropolitan University) presented: Cardiff Metropolitan’s Community Borrowing & Open Access scheme and Sally Earney (Cardiff University): “External Borrowers” No More: NewCommunity Memberships at Cardiff University”.

Follow the links for more information on Cardiff Met’s Community Borrowers and Walk-in Access schemes, and for Cardiff University’s Walk-in Access and Community Membership arrangements.

Our speakers [from left-right] Stephen Gregory; Sonja Haerkoenen; Julie Neenan; Lynette Summers & Sally Earney

To complete the spectrum of open access themes, Stephen Gregory (Welsh Government): “Open Access to Welsh Government Publications and Information” gave us an interesting insight into the work of Welsh Government and Freedom of Information requests, explaining the potential of the Publications Catalogue for useful reports, statistics and reviews.

Cardiff University have provided a number of useful articles and guides to Open Access on their website and check out our Storify of tweets to see some of the conversations from the day.

The next CLIC free staff development training event will be held on Thursday 24 July at Trevithick Building, Cardiff University.

The theme of the event is ‘Open Access’, and we will be looking at a number of examples of this, so there should be something for everyone, regardless of which sector of the library profession you work in.

Sonja Harkoenen (Cardiff University) and Lynette Summers (Cardiff Metropolitan University) will each give a presentation on the open access repositories at their respective institutions, and Julie Neenan will discuss Cardiff Met’s Community Borrowers Scheme.

We will also have brief introductions to Community Membership at Cardiff University, and open access Welsh Government publications.

The Open Access event will run from 9.30am until about 12.15ish. If you think you would like to attend please contact us via email – cliclibraries@gmail.com

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“Open all hours – Research, Repositories, Publishing & Borrowing”

Open all hours – research, repositories, publishing & borrowing