Past Events | External Publishing Event
Wed 10 February 2010 at 6.30 pm
OPuS International Evening 2010
OPuS Event
International evening 2010 - Brazil
Drinks: 18:30
Sponsored by Shaw Gibbs LLP
www.shawgibbs.com
Tickets on sale now!
February blues? Not with OPuS!
We heat up the grey February with the spirit of samba, as we make Brazil our theme for the annual OPuS International Evening.
Come and meet new people and old friends! Eat, drink and be merry, with members of the publishing community from all around Oxfordshire.
The ticket price includes a banquet of Brazilian food, drink and music.
Tickets: £12 for OPuS members, £15 for non-members.
Buy your ticket now from your company OPuS rep, or from secretary@opusnet.co.uk
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Tue 15 December 2009 at 7.30 pm
The Lion Lounge Duels: The Battle for Oxford
Lion Lounge Press is proud to present the first of many Duels. The Albion Beatnik in Oxford has graciously offered up its domain for the evening in question, and for this wondrous occasion is going to metamorph into a festive highbrow arena, a flaming creative writing colosseum of sophisticated pleasures, where four erudite writers will be pitted against both each other and a Lion that's packing fancy words and a bundle of surprises, with nothing but a quill and their wits to defend themselves with.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Thu 26 November 2009 at 6.30 pm
The Future of Journal Publishing - OPuS and SYP event
Oxford Brookes University: Gipsy Lane Campus
Speaker: Michael Mabe
Thursday 26 November (Please note new date)
18.30 drinks 19.30 talk begins
For one night only, the SYP and OPuS will be joining forces and gazing into the future to consider whether academic and STM journals have a future. How will new digital technologies and new ways of online communication affect how we publish and use journals, and the greater academic publishing community? Will researchers still communicate and be evaluated by journal publication?
To guide us through these troubled times, we will be hearing from Michael Mabe, CEO of the international association of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishers (STM). Be sure to make a date in your diary, for what promises to be a fascinating talk.
This event will take place at the Gipsy Lane Campus of Oxford Brookes University (refreshments will be served before the event in the Buckley Building and the talks will be in the Main Lecture Theatre).
Michael Mabe
CEO of the international association of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishers (STM)
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Sat 14 November 2009 at 9.00 am
SYP Conference 2009
Making an Impression
The impact of publishing on society
In association with Oxford Brookes University
Saturday 14 November 2009
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Wed 7 October 2009 at 5.30 pm
The Google Settlement - OPuS event
The implications for publishers and authors
Wednesday 7 October: 6.30 drinks, 7.30 event
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University - Main Lecture Theatre
Speakers
Benjamin King
Head of policy and communications at the Publishers Association
Diane Spivey
Rights and contracts director at Little Brown in London.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Mon 30 March 2009 at 4.00 pm
How can independent publishers survive the crunch?
Pinching their Pennies: How can independent publishers survive the credit crunch?
Bridget Shine (Independent Publishers Guild) and Giles Lewis (How To Books)
Taking Place: Room BG10 Buckley Building Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University
It goes without saying that there is not an industry that has not been affected by the current economic crisis, and publishing is one such industry that has had to tighten its belt and pull up its socks in response to many high street shops shuttering their windows. But what new opportunities can be found amongst the chaos? What type of landscape will emerge after the dust has settled?
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Mon 2 March 2009 at 5.00 pm
The Literature Police
Research seminar:
Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences
Dr Peter McDonald (Fellow of St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford)
Taking Place: Buckley Building
Join Dr Peter McDonald, author of The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences (OUP 2009), as he traces over 80 years of political, cultural and censorship activities of South Africa and the impact this made on the history of publishing in that country.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Mon 16 February 2009 at 5.00 pm
Access for All
Research seminar:
How Publishers can make their products accessible for people with sight problems
Richard Orme (Head of Accessibility, Royal National Institute of Blind People)
Taking Place: Buckley Building
All welcome
see the RNIB
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Tue 18 November 2008 at 5.00 pm
Antony Harwood: ‘The Business of the Literary Agent’
Publishing Research Seminar Series
Taking Place: Buckley BG01 in Semester 1 2008
Over the past hundred years, literary agents have become key intermediaries in the publishing business. They select authors, negotiate publishing and other rights deals, and manage authors' business affairs. They also frequently perform an editorial function, working closely with authors on their work before it reaches a publisher.
In this talk, Antony Harwood, a leading literary agent, will introduce the business of the literary agent, examining agents' relationships with the rest of the publishing industry, with related media industries, and with authors. He will also discuss some of the current issues in the publishing market affecting the business of the literary agent.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Consultancy and Training | Publishing Seminars
Thu 2 October 2008 at 5.30 pm
Publishing and the Environment - OPUS event
Time: 6.30 pm drinks, 7.30 pm talks
Speakers: Edward Milford (Earthscan), Carole Richmond (Wiley)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus in Semester 1 2008
Edward will talk on ‘Greening Your Publishing” and will aim to cover - A few orders of magnitude figures on outputs, CO2 etc. - The need for a system/committee/process/measurement and our experience with it - Some of the non-manufacturing considerations (office energy, travel, etc) - Some thoughts on the future, including some electronic publishing impact thoughts; scale of changes needed; limits to growth conundrum
Carole's talk will span the environmental life cycle of a book from tree to toilet tissue! She will be concentrating on paper sourcing and the various ways that publishers can ensure appropriate sources and use for this increasingly environmentally sensitive commodity.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Mon 14 April 2008 to Wed 16 April 2008
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at the London Book Fair
Staff and Students from Publishing
Taking Place: Earls Court, London in Semester 2 2008
Following the success of last year's inaugural vist to the London Book Fair, the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies is to have a stand at this year's fair. So come and see us on stand T740, London Book Fair, Earl's Court, 14 - 16 April.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Consultancy and Training
Mon 17 September 2007 to Thu 20 September 2007
STM Master Class 2007
Developing strategic business skills
Taking Place: Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel, Oxford in Summer 2007
An intensive residential course for the future senior manager in STM publishing
The STM Master Class has established itself as a benchmark of exciting and innovative teaching and learning in strategic business skills. Now in its seventh year, it attracts senior and influential speakers from the STM industry (and outside it), whose ideas challenge the delegates to tackle today’s key publishing issues – achieving innovation, managing change, evaluating risk, licensing and acquiring intellectual property, and enhancing brand values.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Consultancy and Training
Wed 20 June 2007 at 5.45 pm
OPUS event Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope and Linda Evans
How authors and editors work together
OPUS AT 10
Ten years of the Oxford Publishing Society
The evening will be chaired by Simon Littlewood, International Director of Random House. Wednesday 20 June 2007
Natural History Museum
Oxford 6.45 p.m. for 7.15 p.m.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 22 May 2007 at 5.30 pm
OPUS Digital Learning
Digital Learning - The BBC and the Private Sector, 22nd May
The event will start at 6.30 pm in the Lloyd common room at Oxford Brookes University (Gipsy Lane campus) with drinks and nibbles. The talks will begin at 7.30 pm in the Lloyd Lecture Theatre.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 7 November 2006 at 10.00 am
Maximising the Potential of Your Books Programme
A review of online marketing techniques and e-book solutions
ALPSP (The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers)
Taking Place: British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS
Designed to provide practical solutions and ideas based on actual experience, this seminar for publishers of academic monographs considers the best ways of extending marketing techniques and how best to use online techniques. It covers both traditional, tried and tested marketing methods as well as looking at ways of making online book content reach beyond conventional markets.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
