RSP past events
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FREE RSP Webinar- Latest proposed changes in the UK copyright law
24th April 2012, 11:00, Online Webinar
In this free webinar Charles Oppenheim, Emeritus Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University, will present on the latest proposed changes in the UK copyright law.
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Advocacy on implementing funders' mandates
27th March 2012, 03:00, Online Webinar
In this free webinar, Scott Lapinski, Digital Resource and Services Librarian, Countway Medical Library, Harvard University, is going to discuss the National Institutes of Health (NIH) public-access policy and the issues and workflows that should be part of any outreach effort to support researchers with repository submission requirements under funder-mandate guidelines. This is the first in a series of webinars on advocacy issues concerning institutional repositories.This webinar may be of interest to librarians, authors and repository managers.The webinar will take place on March 27th, 3pm (GMT). -
FREE RSP Webinar Copyright - Web 2.0, Creative Commons Licenses and orphan works
9th March 2012, 11:00, Online Webinar
In this free webinar Charles Oppenheim, Emeritus Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University, will present on issues related to Web 2.0, the use of non-exclusive Creative Commons licenses and the current situation concerning orphan works.
This webinar may be of interest to librarians, authors and repository managers.
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How embedded and integrated is your repository?
10th February 2012, 09:30, Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
This free one day event organised by JISC and the Repositories Support Project (RSP) aims to showcase the work of the following JISC Information Environment Programme Repositories: take -up and embedding projects (JISCrte):
- eNova - Visual Arts Data Service (VADS); University for the Creative Arts; and University of the Arts, London
- MIRAGE - Middlesex University
- NECTAR - University of Northampton
- RADAR - Glasgow School of Art
- Hydra in Hull - University of Hull
- EXPLORER - De Montfort University
These projects all completed successfully in December 2011. This event will also have a session on the 'Embedding Repositories: A Guide and Self-Assessment Tool' which was launched in December 2011.
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Autumn School
7th November 2011, 13:00, Miskin Manor Country Hotel and Health Club
This residential school has the theme of Bringing the Emphasis back to Open Access, and Demonstrating Value to Your Institution.
This event will take place in the stunning Miskin Manor Hotel and Health Club, in Miskin to the north of Cardiff. Miskin Manor, nestled in the heart of the Welsh countryside, yet just a few miles from the coast the Manor is less than a mile from the M4 and very easy to access by car.
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Readiness for REF (R4R) Workshop
5th September 2011, 10:00, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 5 Southampton Street London, WC2E 7HA
Building on the success of the R4R end of project workshop, this event will present the findings of the R4R project including plugins for ePrints, DSpace and Fedora. The event will also look to the evaluation of Impact through the MICE project (Measuring Impact under CERIF).
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SHERPA/RoMEO for Publishers
20th July 2011, 09:00, BCS, London
This workshop will provide an overview of open access, and summarise the issues for publishers and learned societies. It will also outline the problems faced by RoMEO in gathering policy information, and introduce ways in which RoMEO can help publishers optimise their policies for their chosen business model.
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Repositories and CRIS: working smartly together. Conference and Software Exhibition
19th July 2011, 10:00, Nottingham University
Building on the successful event 'Learning how to play nicely: Repositories and CRIS' which was orgainsed by the Welsh Repository Network in 2010, this event will look at the interaction of Repositories and CRIS (Current Research Information Systems). This event will also disseminate the findings of the RePOSIT project.
RSP has also invited leading suppliers of Repository and CRIS software who will be taking part in an exhibition which will be held throughout the day in the refreshments area.
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Communication Skills for Effective Advocacy
15th June 2011, 09:30, Manchester
This workshop revisits the successful and oversubscribed event held last year with the same name. Workshop participants will explore effective influencing skills, sources of power and methods which repository managers can use to influence key people in their institutions.
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DSpace workshop
20th May 2011, 09:00, University of Edinburgh
This training day will cover aspects of technical management of an DSpace repository. Aimed at technicians working with established repositories it will focus on aspects of maintaining and customising the software rather than installation.
