Technology from SAGE Insight 2023 Event
Join us in-person on 26th and 27th April 2023 at The REP Theatre for Technology from SAGE Insight.
Technology from SAGE Insight is a Higher Education event, aimed primarily at academic librarians. The event expands on the popular Talis Insight events, bringing you the much-loved Talis Aspire User Group sessions with additional panels, workshops, and presentations from thought leaders and librarians across the full Technology from SAGE portfolio of digital services; including Talis, Lean Library, and Sciwheel.
Over the two days you’ll hear best practice from industry leaders on Open Access, Open Educational Resources, use of data analytics in teaching and learning, and more. You’ll also get to network with other users and peers from Higher Education libraries, including at our Technology from SAGE Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham on Wednesday 26th April.

Registration
Registrations for the event have now closed.
Please note: We are unable to provide refunds for tickets, but if you’re no longer able to attend, you can transfer your ticket into a colleague’s name instead. Please contact Alison.Rooney@talis.com regarding any changes or questions.
Agenda
Day 1 – Wednesday 26th April
09:00 – 10:00
Registration, refreshments and networking
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome
10:05 – 10:50
Technology from SAGE Mission – ‘Find it, Curate it, Teach with it’
Matt Hayes, Managing Director, Technology from SAGE
Emma Adamson, Director of Learning Services, University of South Wales
11:00 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:00
Technology from SAGE Product Strategy
Daniel Horvath will discuss the Technology from SAGE product strategy, including various product and service integration opportunities across our product portfolio, the long-term vision, and aspirations.
Daniel Horvath, Product Director, Technology from SAGE
12:00 – 12:30
Discussion panel – Supporting research – A panel discussion on the user and best practice of Reference Managers
In this roundtable discussion, hosted by Head of Product, Discovery & Authorship Joao Peres, we will be looking at the impact that reference managers have had within Academic institutions, best practices and recommendations for institution looking to improve usage.
During the session the discussion panel will explore the way in which reference manager helps faculty members, researchers, and students; the role that a University Library holds in promoting the use of reference managers, the methods used when promoting the use of a reference manager and challenges faced when promoting reference managers. Lastly, we will look at feedback they have received from users and recommendations to institutions which are looking to improve uptake in reference manger usage.
Joao Peres, Head of Product, Sciwheel
Andrew Dunn, Academic Librarian, University of Leicester
Michael Stevenson, Teaching & Learning Librarian, University of Manchester
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Breakout Sessions
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
14:30 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 16:00
Breakout Sessions
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
16:00
Close
18:30 onwards
Technology from SAGE Awards Dinner, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham
Day 2 – Thursday 27th April
09:00 – 10:00
Registration, refreshments and networking
10:00 – 10:05
Welcome
10:05 – 10:30
Well, what the hell is the library for? Reimagining and rethinking the library of the future
In this session Andrew Barker will talk about the changing role of the library over the last five years and how we will develop that role in the next five years. It will examine the way the university library has moved beyond its traditional role as service provider to that of trusted partner in teaching, research and engagement and how librarians are seeking to develop a sustainable partnership across all parts of the university and its wider communities. The session will posit that the essence of our future role is to ensure that we open up the box in the corner of a university campus that is the library building to connect, to innovate and to include.
Andrew Barker, Director of Library Services & Learning Development, Lancaster University
10:30 – 11:00
Emerging Technologies Session with Springshare, Scite & OpenAthens
Join Technology from SAGE and some of our key partners to discuss emerging tech and what it means for the future of the library.
Matt Hayes, Managing Director, Technology from SAGE
Talia Richards, VP of Marketing, Springshare
Sean Rife, Chief Research Officer, Scite
Jon Bentley, Commercial Director, OpenAthens
11:15 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:00
How to support the use of (open) educational resources
As a university library, our mission is to inspire education about the finest educational resources that can support their teaching. But lecturers like to go looking for them themselves, and then copyright issues come around. We -Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam- want to use a sophisticated application landscape to support our lecturers in designing, implementing, and inspiring their teaching. Our goal is to help them explore, search, find and use the right (open) educational resources.
Ger Potze, Digital Services & Library Systems Manager
Cees van Gent, Head of Educational Support, both from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
12:00 – 12:30
The Knowledge Gap Between Librarians and Students
Staff and students from the University of Lincoln join our EdTech Success Consultant to discuss the new Technology from SAGE Librarian Futures report. Join us to learn more about the knowledge gap our research has uncovered between librarians and patrons and to join the conversation as we consider how to address this gap in the future.
Sam Sharman, Classical Studies BA (hons) Student
Jamie Wood, Professor of History and Education in the School of Humanities and Heritage
Ian Snowley, Dean of Student Learning Development and University Librarian, all from the University of Lincoln
Matthew Weldon, EdTech Success Consultant, Technology from SAGE
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
Breakout Sessions
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
14:15 – 14:45
Break
14:45 – 15:30
Breakout Sessions
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
15:30 – 16:00
Closing Session
Event highlights with Mentimeter audience votes and discussions generated throughout the conference
Matt Hayes, Managing Director, Technology from SAGE
16:00
Close
Testimonials
I’m looking forward to the event because I have never attended it before, but my manager attended several of the Talis Insight events pre-Covid. She said that they were really interesting, offering up a plethora of insights from others in the academic community with good social interactions and networking opportunities.
Sarah Belkacem, Senior Library Assistant, Digital Systems, Solent University
Having attended Insight for a number of years I am looking forward to attending this year to find out more about the different projects and ideas that other Universities have been implementing and taking this back to improve our own services. It is also nice to catch up with the people who I regularly speak to on emails!
Hannah Groom, Content Delivery Librarian, University of Essex
TfS Insight is going to be doubly valuable for us this year, as subscribers to both the Talis and Lean Library services. It means we will get to hear more about further developments for each product, and ideas for future integrations between the two, in one event.
Allison Carroll, Electronic Services Manager, University of East Anglia
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