Open and Engaged 2022: Climate research in GLAM, digital infrastructure and skills to open collections - Digital scholarship blog

"As part of International Open Access Week, the British Library is delighted to host its annual Open and Engaged event online on 24 October, Monday from 13:00 to 16:30 BST. Since 2018 the British Library has organised the Open and Engaged Conference to coincide with International Open Access Week. In line with this year’s #OAWeek theme: Open for Climate Justice; Open and Engaged will address intersections between cultural heritage and climate research through use of collections, digital infrastructures and skills. A range of speakers from cultural heritage and higher education institutions will answer these questions to shed a light on the theme: What is the role of library collections, historical datasets to understand the impact of climate change? How to use digital infrastructure for more equitable knowledge sharing? What roles and skills are needed to make research from heritage organisations openly available?..."