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
Open access
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
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest September 16 – September 30, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 30 Syracuse University Press Participating in Path to Open Program – goo.gl/alerts/4jTrhs Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 28 Texas Open Science Summit celebrates the ‘Year of Open Science’ – The Daily Texan – goo.gl/alerts/emEjK1 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 28 Recognizing the significance of access to information, the 74th UN General Assembly proclaimed 28… read more
International Day for Universal Access to Information
In 2015, the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed September 28th the International Day for Universal Access to Information. UNESCO protects and promotes access to information as a fundamental human right. Free access to information is critically important for democracy, development, and equality. This year, the global conference is focused on the… read more
Event Announcement – Support for Open Access Publishing at UT
Open Access Week 2023 event announcement In this session we’ll talk about UT Libraries support for open access (OA) publishing, including support that eliminates article processing charges (APCs) for UT authors. We’ll discuss the main types of OA publishing business models (including OA book publishing), and how the Libraries is… read more
