For the past few years, the Office of Scholarly Communication at Cambridge University Libraries has hosted an annual conference to highlight a specific area of Open Research at Cambridge. We are delighted to share the programme for this year’s Open Research Conference on Community-led Open Scholarship in Cambridge, to be held at the West Hub on Tuesday 13 May.
The self-organised research communities across the University of Cambridge who publish their own journals and publishing projects have been attracting attention recently as a researcher-controlled alternative to traditional academic publishing. Cambridge contains a flourishing ecosystem of DIY projects across all disciplines, from student-led publications through journals organised by academic departments to those hosted within the library.
Our hybrid, free, one-day, event is split into two sessions. In the morning session we will hear from practitioners and service providers of community-led publishing. The afternoon session will host a practical workshop hosted by the Cambridge Diamond Platform. The workshop is primarily a hands-on session to explore how community-led journals can use the Cambridge Diamond service to publish and make their content available for the long term.
This event warmly welcomes University of Cambridge and external researchers, students, librarians and administrators at every career stage.
Programme
09:00 - 09:30 Arrival, registration
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome: Dr Sacha Jones, Head of Open Research Services, Office of Scholarly Communication, University of Cambridge
09:40 - 10:30 Keynote: Professor Judith Green, University of Exeter UK and Co-editor of the Journal of Critical Public Health
10:30 - 11:30 Panel: Community-led Journal Projects at Cambridge
Chair: Dr Mandy Wigdorowitz, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Alabama, and formerly Open Research Community Manager, OSC, University of Cambridge
Panellists: Liam McClain, Editor-in-Chief, Cambridge Journal of Human Behaviour, Dr Catherine Hills, Editor, Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Jack Graveney, Managing Editor, Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics and Art
11:30 - 12:00 Tea break
12:00 - 13:00 Panel: Service Providers for Community-led Publications
Chair: Dr Agustina Martinez Garcia, Head of Open Research Systems, University of Cambridge
Panellists: Emily Marchant, Open Engage Programme Manager, Cambridge University Press; Mark Huskisson, Public Knowledge Project; Caroline MacKay, Licensing Manager, JISC Collections
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Setting up a Journal on the Cambridge Diamond Platform
Co-ordinators: Dr Agustina Martinez Garcia, Head of Open Research Systems, University of Cambridge and Peter Sutton-Long, Repository Manager, Open Research Systems, University of Cambridge
This workshop will first give an overview of the way the Cambridge Diamond service works and its future direction. A practical demonstration of the Diamond platform will follow, and attendees will then have the chance to use it. Each attendee must provide their own internet-enabled device.
Attendees will:
1) Learn about content management processes: how to create journal volumes and issues, and upload journal articles.
2) Become familiar with the team roles available in the Diamond service (journal editor, submitter and appraisal roles), and learn how to appoint individuals to those roles.
3) Learn how to create records for authors and link them to publications.
In-person and online places are available for the morning session; the workshop is in-person only.
Please visit the following links to register in-person (morning and/or afternoon) or to register online (morning).
