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What happened at last month’s LIVE local in London

Vanessa Fairhurst – 2017 October 22

In OutreachCrossref LIVECommunity

So much has happened since we held LIVE16 (our annual meeting) in London last year that we wanted to check-in with our UK community and share the year’s developments around our tools, teams and services ahead of LIVE17 next month in Singapore.

And so, on 26th September we held a half-day ‘LIVE local’, covering a wide range of strategic topics, well-attended by a diverse representation of our UK community of publishers, funders, researchers, and tool-makers.

What we discussed on the day:

• Ed Pentz, Crossref’s Executive Director, kicked the day off with ‘What’s new at Crossref’
• Geoffrey Bilder, Strategic Director, talked us through ‘Crossref’s Strategic Initiatives’
• Ginny Hendricks, Director of Member and Community Outreach introduced ‘Metadata 2020’
• Rachael Lammey, Head of International Outreach discussed the ‘Global reach of Crossref metadata’
• Jure Triglav from Coko Foundation presented some interesting ‘Metadata Use Case Studies’
• Jennifer Lin, Director of Product Management, spoke about Crossref’s ‘New Product Developments’
• Ed Pentz concluded the day leading a discussion on ‘Crossref’s Future Direction’

This event was one in a series of smaller, regional events which aim to better cater to our global membership and provide a tailored program of activities. You can read more about this series of events on our LIVE locals page, and if you are interested in hosting an event near you or have suggestions for one in your region then please contact me to get involved.