Winter/spring semester 2016 is full of learning opportunities on a variety of scholarly communication topics.
Friday, February 12th, 12:30-1:30: Deceptive -vs- ethical publishing practices. PCL 1.124
Wednesday, February 17th, 1:00-2:00: Copyright and academic work. Learning Lab 2 (PCL 2.340).
Wednesday, March 2nd, 12:00-1:00: Statistics in Texas ScholarWorks. PCL 1.124
- UT Libraries has added a statistics module onto Texas ScholarWorks. The module allows users to see the last six months of usage information and allows library staff and collection managers to run usage reports on collections and authors. This training session will demonstrate step-by-step instructions for using the new statistics module and provide examples of how these stats could be used with faculty, staff, and students.
Thursday, March 10th, 2:00-3:00: Creative Commons Licenses. Learning Lab 2, (PCL 2.340).
- Did you know almost everything you create is copyrighted and can’t be used without your permission? Join Matt Russell, Learning Sciences, and Colleen Lyon, UT Libraries, as they discuss how you can use Creative Commons (CC) licenses to allow others to use your work while still getting the credit you deserve as the creator. They will also discuss strategies for finding CC licensed work for you to use in your own research and teaching.
Thursday, March 10th, 4:00-5:00: Open Education Week Panel. Learning Lab 1, (PCL 2.370)
- In celebration of Open Education Week, hear about how UT professors are using open practices in their classes in order to engage students and increase accessibility and affordability of materials. Christian Hilchey and Mark Hopkins will explain the process of creating openly licensed online multimedia materials for their introductory Czech classes. James Henson will discuss his experience with teaching a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) about Texas politics and government.
Monday, March 21st, 12:00-1:00pm: Finding and Repurposing Data PCL 1.124
- Dr. Daniel Taber, Asst. Professor at the UT School of Public Health, will discuss his experiences with finding and repurposing data.
Friday, April 8th, 4:00-5:00: Open Access Panel. PCL Learning Lab 1 (PCL 2.370) This event is canceled.
Friday, April 15th, 12:00-1:00: Publication agreements and author rights. PCL 1.124
- Many authors are so excited to get published that they don’t read the publication agreement before signing. They may later find out they no longer own any rights to their own work. Other authors want to negotiate to retain some rights but are thwarted by online click-through licenses. Join the Scholarly Communication Group in a discussion about publication agreements, copyright, and author rights.
Friday, April 15th, 4:00-5:00: John Ioannidis and the communication of biomedical research. Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302
- In 2014, Stanford University established the Meta-Research Innovation Center,METRICS, that aims to transform research practices to improve the reproducibility, efficiency and quality of scientific investigations. John Ioannidis, co-Director of METRICS, will share about the communication of biomedical research.
Tuesday, May 10th, 3:00-4:00: Randy Bass. Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302
- Dr. Bass will talk about the importance of ‘openness’ in curricular innovation and new designs for learning.
