Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 23 UK university groups back rejection of Springer Nature offer – Research Professional News – goo.gl/alerts/7CAs9o Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 20 New partnership to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa – EurekAlert! – goo.gl/alerts/4bPDnF Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 16 Open science – Accelerator for Sustainable Development Goals universityworldnews.com/post.php?story… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb… read more
Upcoming Event
Open Education Week March 6th-10th, 2023 Join us as we celebrate and amplify the open education practices happening within the UT community during Open Education Week. Events, both in person and virtual, will be aimed at educating faculty and staff about OER, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. Events OER… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest February 1 – February 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 10 MIT Press to trial open access journals, so long as someone else pays for it theregister.com/2023/02/07/mit… via @theregister Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 2 How can librarians support open research? – goo.gl/alerts/e1it5N Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Feb 1 8 of the most awesome images in the Smithsonian Open Access library – Creative Bloq… read more
Affordable Education Champions
Nominate faculty now through February 24, 2023! Have you had an instructor who increased access and equity by selecting free or low cost course materials for class? Nominate them as an Affordable Education Champion to let them know how much their choices meant to you! Submit nominations here: tinyurl.com/23Afford. Affordable Education… read more
Fair Use Week
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is again celebrating Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, scheduled for February 20th-24th, 2023. Fair Use Week is designed to celebrate the importance of fair use in the creation of new works – such as books, movies, journal articles, plays, music, art, and much more. ARL… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest January 16 – January 31, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 31 New publishing initiative provides open access to Canadian research – EurekAlert – goo.gl/alerts/PM6p1X Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 30 Plan S confirms end of support for transformative arrangements – goo.gl/alerts/S7YDpA Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 30 Smithsonian’s Open Access now has over 4 million free-to-use images – goo.gl/alerts/Suk1Qj Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 30 MSU Libraries… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest December 16, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 The open access movement, to make academic papers accessible for all – The Hindu – goo.gl/alerts/jAF7W5 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 15 How was the transition to open access advanced in 2022? | Research Information – goo.gl/alerts/cLw6NK Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 23 2022 PLOS accomplishments – The Official PLOS Blog theplosblog.plos.org/2022/12/2022-p… Texas… read more
Year of Open Science
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is launching the 2023, Year of Open Science. The Year of Open Science will see activity across federal government agencies to advance the national open science policy and provide better access to the results of taxpayer-funded research. This announcement follows… read more
Public Domain for 2023
Happy New Year! January 1, 2023 marks the date that items published in the year 1927 enter the public domain in the United States. Items in the public domain are free from copyright protections and can be legally shared without needing to ask permission or pay fees. January 1st of… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest December 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 8 Thanks from TSW! sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 7 Why we need open-source science innovation—not patents and paywalls – Phys.org – goo.gl/alerts/oE1zUt Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 5 Libraries: Where Abortion Access and Book Bans Collide – Progressive.org progressive.org/latest/librari… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Dec 1 Library Coalition Agreement with Elsevier Results in Lower Costs, Greater… read more
