Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
About the speaker
Chris Banks (FRSA) has worked in libraries since 1985, including spending over 20 years at the British Library. Since 2013 she has served as Director of Library Services at Imperial College London. She is a member of the UUK/Jisc Content Negotiations Strategy Group, Chair of its Content Expert Group, and a member of the team currently negotiating for a new UK agreement with the publishing giant Elsevier. In non-pandemic times she sings with the London Philharmonic Choir.
About the talk
COVID-19 has thrown a spotlight on the need for open rapid reproducible sharing of scientific knowledge and yet this open means of dissemination is still not the norm and instead, the outputs of publicly funded research are too often found behind costly paywalls, accessible only via the libraries of the wealthier institutions. Chris will describe the transition that is underway which will enable more publicly-funded research to be freely and globally accessible at a fair price that recognises the value that can be added by publishers.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @riotscienceclub.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
About the speaker
Chris Banks (FRSA) has worked in libraries since 1985, including spending over 20 years at the British Library. Since 2013 she has served as Director of Library Services at Imperial College London. She is a member of the UUK/Jisc Content Negotiations Strategy Group, Chair of its Content Expert Group, and a member of the team currently negotiating for a new UK agreement with the publishing giant Elsevier. In non-pandemic times she sings with the London Philharmonic Choir.
About the talk
COVID-19 has thrown a spotlight on the need for open rapid reproducible sharing of scientific knowledge and yet this open means of dissemination is still not the norm and instead, the outputs of publicly funded research are too often found behind costly paywalls, accessible only via the libraries of the wealthier institutions. Chris will describe the transition that is underway which will enable more publicly-funded research to be freely and globally accessible at a fair price that recognises the value that can be added by publishers.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @riotscienceclub.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
