Technology from SAGE Insight 2023 Event

Room: Suite 1

Looking to the Future: Picking up the threads of Cambridge’s Plan B

In this session, we will take a closer look at the co-ordination and delivery of a viable Open Access plan. As a basis for this discussion, we will take Cambridge University’s Plan B, which consisted of actions that Cambridge took in 2021 due to potentially losing subscription access to a major publisher.

Attendees will be invited to participate in a group discussion (using Menti), giving them the opportunity to reflect on UK transformative agreements, the impact this has on the library, and the wider developments in the Open Access space.

Anna Russo, Development Manager International, and Adam Barry, Development Manager, International both from Technology from SAGE

Room: Suite 2

Supporting teaching and research through digitised special collections – A user review

In the era of remote and hybrid working and learning, provision of digital access to special collections and archival content is increasingly important. In this session Martin Drewe, Head of Customer Experience at Quartex, shows how higher education institutions are working to promote engagement with their archival materials by supporting students, faculty and researchers in their discovery of, access to and use of these primary sources.

Martin Drewe, Head of Customer Experience, AM Quartex

Room: Suite 3

Lean Library & Skilltype Partnership

How can we build librarian skills for the future? What opportunities exist when vendors and libraries are in the same platform?

Join Skilltype’s Tony Zanders and Technology from Sage’s Matt Hayes as they discuss their partnership in terms of putting the librarian at the center of campus and community, the future of librarianship and ultimately helping libraries make more impact.

Tony Zanders, CEO, Skilltype and Matt Hayes, Managing Director, Technology from SAGE

Room: Suite 1

Retractions – What have we learned and what do you think? 

Rachael Lammey Director of Product at Crossref alongside Sean Rife, Director of Research at Scite will lead a user group session for an open dialogue on retractions. The session will cover the downstream communication of information on retractions and key findings from a current NISO working group that will be sharing guidelines in Q2 of 2023. 

Rachel Lammey, Director of Product, CrossRef

Sean Rife, Chief Research Officer, Scite

Room: Suite 2

ChatGPT and Generative AI Codesign Challenge: How can we address the risks and benefit from the opportunities?

In this codesign challenge, we will split up into groups to workshop the risks and opportunities around ChatGPT and Generative AI tools. TfS staff will help chair the groups, beginning with showcasing ChatGPT’s capabilities and explaining its capabilities, limitations and likely next steps. Each group will then decide a particular risk or opportunity they would like to workshop and will have 30 minutes to propose initiatives to address this risk or benefit from the opportunity. These could include new capabilities in existing TfS products, cross-library initiatives or anything in between.  

Hosted by Tech from SAGE Technical Team

Room: Suite 3

Navigating the complexities of Open Access

As open access scales, so does the complexities involved for both publishers and libraries. And while academic publishing develops from a big deal approach to an article-based economy, new approaches and tools are needed to tackle the challenges. The presentation looks at present industry trends and endeavors to develop a perspective to understand future challenges to researchers, librarians and publishers.

Dr Sven Fund, Senior Director, Wiley

Room: The STUDIO

TAUG Sessions (Talis Aspire User Group)

Using Talis Reading Lists and Lean Library Together

Robin Farndon, Reading Lists Administrator, University of East Anglia

Allison Carroll, Electronic Services Manager, University of East Anglia

The TAUG sessions offer the chance to hear directly from Talis Aspire users who can share experiences, stories of success, and details of projects. This will give you the opportunity to incorporate good practice from other institutions directly into your own workflows, or simply to speak directly to peers who are making innovative use of the system.

Room: Suite 1

SAGE Catalyst collection and Advanced Talis MIS at Northumbria University Library

Amanda Foster, Content Delivery and Copyright Librarian Lee Blyth, Discovery & Access Librarian, both from Northumbria University

Room: Suite 2

Product Discovery Session

Discover more about our Talis, Lean Library and Sciwheel products and how they can make teaching, learning and research easier at your institution.

Scott Gibbens, Head of Product, Technology from SAGE

Room: The STUDIO

TAUG Sessions (Talis Aspire User Group)

Climbing the Mountain: Working to Increase and Maintain Meaningful Academic Engagement with Aspire Reading Lists at Oxford Brookes

Hazel Rothera, Academic Liaison Development Team Leader & Academic Liaison Librarian, Education, Oxford Brookes University

The TAUG sessions offer the chance to hear directly from Talis Aspire users who can share experiences, stories of success, and details of projects. This will give you the opportunity to incorporate good practice from other institutions directly into your own workflows, or simply to speak directly to peers who are making innovative use of the system.

Room: Suite 1

SAGE Catalyst Collection and Advanced Talis MIS at Northumbria University Library

Amanda Foster, Content Delivery and Copyright Librarian

Lee Blyth, Discovery & Access Librarian, both from Northumbria University

Room: Suite 2

Ask the Students: Honest insights from students using teaching & learning technologies

This session will be with a panel of current students discussing different pedagogical features. During the session students will be spotlighted to complete simple activities to demonstrate the Technology from Sage products including Talis Elevate, Lean Library and Sciwheel, while sharing their experience throughout the demonstration providing an honest review on the ease, benefits and usefulness of each product. Attendees will be prompted to ask questions throughout the session as we want the session to be as natural and candid as possible.   

The session aims to be interactive, and attendees are encouraged to ask our student panel questions pertaining to learning, pedagogy, feedback, or general questions to gain insight from the experience of current students. 

Sam Sharman, Classical Studies BA (hons) Student, University of Lincoln

Annabelle Mansell, Classical Studies Student, University of Lincoln

Stefan Szablewski, History Student BA, University of Nottingham

Cameron Mcrae, Final Year Student, University of Lincoln