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
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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
