Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in the learning more about the crossroads between copyright and creativity. Thursday, October 24th, 6:00-9:00pm in the Fine Arts Library, Room 3.200 Explore copyright and open access issues at a screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto,… read more
Archives for October 2013
Open Access Panel Discussion
Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in learning more about how open access affects both our scholarly research and access to information we need for everyday decisions. Tuesday, October 22nd, 12:00-1:30pm in the Student Activity Center (SAC) Room 2.302 A panel of… read more
Publishers behaving badly
A recent article in Science Magazine, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.summary, reveals a troubling problem with peer review at some scientific journals. The author, John Bohannon, submitted a bogus, scientifically and ethically flawed paper to 304 Gold OA journals (meaning they charge a fee to publish), and so far 157 journals have accepted the article.… read more
Open Educational Resources – Past, Present, Future?
Wednesday, October 23rd, 12:30-1:30pm in SAC 1.118 In this presentation, Garin Fons, will discuss the inception and evolution of Open Educational Resources (OER) over the past 10 years and explore where the Open Education movement might be headed in the years to come. OERs are teaching and learning materials freely… read more
