Seminars and events

Library Open Research Seminars

11 June 2024, 11-12:00. Opening up peer review. What role does peer review have in a more open scholarly environment? Peer review is vital in academic publishing, ensuring that scholarly work is rigorously evaluated by an author’s peers before making its way out into the world. So how does it apply to the innovations of the digital age? Speakers from PREreview and Peer Community In, two organisations at the forefront of open peer review, discussed how open peer review can help hone your evaluative skills, contribute to a fairer review system, and help your career progression. View the recording.

24 October 2023, 15:00–16:30. Hot off the Press: shifting the dial towards more variety in open publishing at Sussex. A Library Open Research Seminar on the University’s community-led publishing initiatives on our Open Press. We heard lightning talks from a range of Sussex collaborators who’ve published dynamic, boundary‑shifting Open Access research in a variety of formats. View the recording.

29 June 2023, 14:00–15:30 (Online). 'My heart is an open book': the opportunities & challenges of Open Access for monographs and longform research — Lucy Barnes (COPIM), Emma Gallon (University of London Press), and Michelle Lefevre (University of Sussex). View the recording.

27 March 2023. In the right(s) place at the right(s) time: exploring author rights in academic publishing — Dr Maria Mercedes Frabboni and Stephen Englen (University of Cambridge). View the recording.