Thanks to everyone who showed up for OA Week 2013 events! We had great discussions about OA issues and hope we sparked some long term interest in OA. A big thanks to everyone who helped make our first OA Week a success. In addition to everyone on the planning group,… read more
Archives for October 2013
OA Week 2013 in review
Dates and times for OA Week 2013 events: #utopenaccess Monday, October 21st, 4-6 pm: Wikipedia Editathon in the Perry Castañeda Library (PCL 1.124) Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, librarians, and community members interested in becoming Wikipedians and improving the open educational content of this online… read more
RiP: A Remix Manifesto additional resources
The documentary being screened at today’s OA Week 2013 event is RiP: A Remix Manifesto. The idea of remix culture is quite fascinating and always brings up many questions. The resources provided below are meant to provide people with additional avenues of exploration into this topic. Video: Everything is a… read more
OA Panel recap
There is a nice article in The Daily Texan today about the OA panel discussion yesterday. Check out reporter, Lizzie Jespersen’s article: http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2013/10/22/open-access-should-be-an-issue-on-the-forefront-for-university-faculty-and-students. Join us today at 12:30 for a talk about Open Educational Resources with Garin Fons, from COERLL.
OA podcast from Georgia Tech
Three librarians from Georgia Tech have put together a podcast called Information Now: Open Access and the Public Good. The librarians are Lizzy Rolando, Wendy Hagenmaier, and Fred Rascoe. They talk with Dan Cohen (DPLA), Peter Suber (Harvard University), Christine George (Faculty Services Librarian at SUNY Buffalo), Kari Watkins (Asst.… read more
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon recap
Our first OA Week 2013 event happened yesterday afternoon. The Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was an opportunity for participants to learn how to easily become Wikipedia editors. Meghan Sitar, Elisa Nacca, and Krystal Wyatt-Baxter all presented on different aspects of the Wikipedia community. The three instruction librarians also created a helpful course guide… read more
OA Week 2013 planning group
Here is the list of the wonderful folks who volunteered to plan this year’s Open Access Week events. Emilie Algenio Roxanne Bogucka Carolyn Cunningham Jee Davis Georgia Harper Jennifer Hecker Colleen Lyon Susan Macicak Kristi Park Robyn Rosenberg Meghan Sitar Ryan Steans If you have questions about any of the… read more
What is Open Access?
Many people have questions about open access and all of the jargon people use when talking about it. We’ve provided the glossary below to help explain common terms associated with open access. Article processing charge (APC): The fee paid to a publisher to make the article freely accessible from the time… read more
Open Access and UT
The Daily Texan Editorial Board published an article today on open access. They discuss the recent Science article by John Bohannon, increasing serials pricing at UT and other universities, and the benefits to making your work freely available. Daily Texan article: http://www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/2013/10/11/despite-flaws-open-access-is-worth-the-price
OA Scholarly Publishing with the Texas Digital Library
Learn about the scholarly publishing opportunities available to faculty members through the Texas Digital Library (TDL), a consortium of academic libraries that provides technology services in support of research, scholarship, and learning. Friday, October 25th, Noon – 1:00pm in the Student Activity Center (SAC) Room 1.118 Representatives from the TDL… read more
