An international celebration of open access (OA) is taking place this week. This is the fifth and final post in a series of daily posts about open access. Open science, or open scholarship, is the effort to make the entire research process transparent and accessible to everyone. Open science reflects… read more
Archives for October 2023
Texas ScholarWorks Upgrade
An international celebration of open access (OA) is taking place this week. This is the fourth post in a series of daily posts about open access. The Libraries are excited to announce that we have a major upgrade coming for our institutional repository, Texas ScholarWorks (TSW). The software running TSW… read more
Resources for Support and Development of OER at UT Austin
An international celebration of open access (OA) is taking place this week. This is the third post in a series of daily posts about open access. Open educational resources (OER) are a critical feature of the open access content landscape. Per the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), OER… read more
Supporting Open Access Initiatives
An international celebration of open access (OA) is taking place this week. This is the second in a series of daily posts about open access. UT Libraries also has a free, online workshop today about support for OA publishing at UT. Yesterday, our OA Week post was about the basics… read more
Happy Open Access Week 2023
An international celebration of open access is taking place this week. This is the first in a series of daily posts about open access. UT Libraries also has a free, online workshop tomorrow about support for open access publishing at UT. Unfortunately, knowledge isn’t free. Much of the research being… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest October 1 – October 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 13 Sticker Shock 2023 sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… International Open Access Week will happen October 23-29, 2023. We’re starting the celebrations early by sharing our updated Sticker Shock poster! Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 11 Embracing a sustainable open access future: removing barriers to publishing – OUPblog – goo.gl/alerts/7x2Wcf Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 8 Book bans… read more
White House OSTP Open Science Recognition
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) has created a Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge. The challenge is meant to highlight specific stories of how open science is benefiting society. There are six categories that applicants can submit to: Open science to serve communities Open science… read more
Sticker Shock 2023
International Open Access Week will happen October 23-29, 2023. We’re starting the celebrations early by sharing our updated Sticker Shock poster. Each year we share this resource to help faculty, students, and staff understand the prices associated with journal subscriptions. We’ll be sharing more information about open access over the… read more
Enhancing Public Access Workshop
Enhancing Public Access to the Results of Research Supported by DHHS – A Workshop On November 30 – December 1, the National Academies will host a public workshop to inform the development and update of agency public access policies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of… read more
Open Education Fellows call open
The UT Libraries (UTL) eagerly invites applications for a program to support faculty who will adopt and create open educational resources (OER): the Open Education Fellows Program. Through this program, we aim to reduce the cost of required course materials for UT Austin students and empower instructors to adapt or create course… read more
