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OAI9 took place in the University of Geneva on 17-19 June 2015.

The CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) takes place every two years and is a magnet for all those in Europe (and from further afield) who are interested in new modes of communication for scholarly outputs.

Scholarly communication issues are global issues. No institution on its own has an answer to the myriad of challenges which new technologies and new forms of research, teaching and learning outputs pose. Working in a European context is an excellent way to seek solutions in the brave new world we have entered.

The OAI9 Workshop attracted 229 attendees from 38 countries and the Programme for this innovative event can be seen .

MyAV·¶ was well represented at the Workshop. MyAV·¶ Press contributed to a tutorial on 'The Institution as Publisher', with the MyAV·¶ contribution being made by Jaimee Biggins. As Chief Executive of MyAV·¶ Press, I also presented to a Breakout Group of 25 people on the same topic, showing how MyAV·¶ Press feeds into MyAV·¶ strategic initiatives such as and the . I was able to show that the download figure from MyAV·¶ Discovery for our first three titles is over 3,000 since the books were launched earlier in June.

I also acted as Chair of the OAI9 Organising Committee and the general feeling from the participants was that OAI9 was one of the best Workshops we have organized in the series. MyAV·¶ is widely regarded in Europe as a leader in Open Access and there was nothing but praise at the Workshop for setting up MyAV·¶ Press as the first fully Open Access University Press in the UK - a model for other universities to follow, as many participants told me afterwards.

Promoting the MyAV·¶ Press model at OAI9 makes a major contribution to the current and its Key Performance Area on Communication, Open Access and Outreach. This too feeds into the MyAV·¶ 2034 key enabler for MyAV·¶ effectively with the world.

All the plenary sessions from OAI9 have been filmed and these videos are available online linked to the . Accompanying powerpoints are also available here too - very useful for all those who wish to keep up to date in the fast-changing world of scholarly communication. OAI9 was a great success, so much so that we are already planning for OAI10 in Geneva in two years time.

Paul Ayris, Director of MyAV·¶ Library Services and CEO, MyAV·¶ Press