Past Event

EBSCO Open Day, Manchester 2025

It’s our pleasure to invite you to join this unique event, which will feature the participation of prominent figures from the UK academic community. During this event, we will address topics of relevance to the library sector such as artificial intelligence, the present and future of transitional agreements with the challenge of research evaluation and prominent transformative technologies in the library ecosystem.

DoubleTree by Hilton, Manchester Piccadilly

1 Piccadilly, Auburn Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

4 มีนาคม 2025

9.45 a.m.

Agenda

  • 9.45 - 9.50 | Welcome Address
    Claire Honeybourne, Director of Sales, EBSCO
  • 9.50 - 10.20 | Keynote Presentation: Changing Demands and Future Directions
    Andrew Barker, Director of Library Services & Learning Development, Lancaster University
  • 10.20 - 10.30 | An Introduction to Panorama
    Richard Bramwell, Regional Sales Manager, EBSCO
  • 10.30 - 10.45 | EBSCO Panorama: Leveraging Data for Library Success
    Elaine Sykes, Head of Open Research, Lancaster University
  • 10.45 - 11.15 | Effective Electronic Resource Management: An EBSCO Perspective & Case Study
    Richard Burkitt, Director of Innovation, EBSCO
  • 11.15 - 11.30 | Break
  • 11.30 - 11.45 | FOLIO & Linked Data
    Richard Burkitt, Director of Innovation, EBSCO
  • 11.45 - 12.00 | AI and EBSCO
    Rebecca Arnott, Library Service Engineer, EBSCO
  • 12.00 - 12.20 | Optimising the EBSCO User Journey
    Rebecca Arnott, Library Service Engineer, EBSCO
  • 12.20 - 12.40 | Building Content Collections To Provide Ultimate Value
    Phil Sykes, Regional Sales Manager, EBSCO
  • 12.40 - 1.40 | Lunch
  • 1.40 - 1.55 | Serials Management: A View from EBSCO
    Steve Giannoni, Director of Sales, EBSCO
  • 1.55 - 2.10 | Serials Management: A View from the Library
    Peter Barr, Head of Content & Collections, University of Sheffield
  • 2.10 - 2.25 | Delivering the Gold-Standard in Customer Service
    Nicola Mccann, Director of Customer Service, EBSCO
  • 2.25 - 2.40 | Break
  • 2.40 - 3.00 | Mosaic & Approaches to Library Collection Development
    Richard Smart, SSD & GOBI Manager, EBSCO
  • 3.00 - 3.40 | Panel Discussion: The Present and Future
    Jane Cooke, Associate Director, Research, Content and Discovery, University of Liverpool | Anthony Sinnott, Access and Procurement Development Manager, University of York | Ruth Smalley, Subscriptions and Licensing Manager, Edge Hill University | Jon Reid, SSD & GOBI Specialist, EBSCO
  • 3.40 - 3.45 | Closing Remarks
    Claire Honeybourne, Director of Sales, EBSCO