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
OAWeek
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
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
Open Access Movie Screening
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
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
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
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
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 encyclopedia. Monday, October 21, 4-6pm in PCL 1.124 The first thirty minutes of the event will be a short introduction to the basics… read more
OA Week 2013 Events
Dates and times have been finalized for UT Libraries’ OA Week 2013 events. Monday, October 21st, 4-6 pm: Wikipedia Editathon in the Perry Castañeda Library (PCL 1.124) Tuesday, October 22nd, 12-1:30 pm: Open Access Panel Discussion in the Student Activity Center Legislative Assembly Room (SAC 2.302) Wednesday, October 23rd, 12:30-1:30… read more
Responses to the White House OSTP Directive on Open Access
I had been waiting for the draft plans in response to the Feb, 2013 White House Directive on Open Access to be released, so we might see what affect the plans would have on our own planning for our institutional repository, the UTDR, as well as to plan educational and… read more