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… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest September 16-30, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 26 Creative Commons Office Hours sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 The possibilities of open science | Research Information – goo.gl/alerts/TBiukX Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 Open Access Doesn’t Need APCs: Our Progress To-Date – The Official PLOS Blog – goo.gl/alerts/x1sbPi Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 21 National Health and Medical Research Council stands-up on… read more
Creative Commons Office Hours
The Creative Commons (CC) legal team is making themselves available for office hours on the third Friday of each month. The sessions will start off with some brief comments on current topics and then will open up the floor to anything you’d like to chat about. Note – the CC… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest September 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 15 We Asked the Community: Is Research Integrity Possible without Peer Review? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/09/14/we-… via @scholarlykitchn Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 7 Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities statnews.com/2022/09/06/ope… via @statnews Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 5 Without appropriate metadata, data-sharing mandates are pointless – Nature – goo.gl/alerts/mk4yhn Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep… read more
TSW Highlights: Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting LLILAS! Founded in 1940, The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) is a language and National Resource Center integrating more than 30 academic departments at UT and offering programs that lead to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest August 16-31, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 19 What drives us: Changing the landscape to make Open Access more affordable – goo.gl/alerts/N8kFbV #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 18 Open Access Is Essential for Low-Income Countries – The Official PLOS Blog – goo.gl/alerts/UfZtmz #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Aug 17 Book Publishers Go to War With the Internet Archive – Hyperallergic… read more
Affordable Course Materials 101 Workshop
The UT OER Working Group is hosting a workshop to introduce participants to open educational resources (OER). Instructors can leverage the open licenses assigned to OER to offer their students free, immediate access to course materials as well as to copy and adapt those materials to meet the needs of… read more
Save the Date – Open Access Publishing Q&A
Tuesday, October 11th at 1:00pm If you’ve ever been curious about publishing an open access (OA) article, wanted to know what’s involved in running an OA journal, or how OA can work for books and monographs, then please join us for a virtual discussion with these panelists from UT: Paola… read more
UT and the Cambridge University Press Deal
We are about 18 months into our agreement with Cambridge University Press and are pleased with the amount of usage from our campus community and the general public. Check out this post on TexLibris to learn more about how many articles have been published, how many are open access, and… read more
Instructor Learning Community Applications Open
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group eagerly seeks applicants to join its second instructor learning community in Fall 2022. The facilitators will join participants from across disciplines in their efforts to make their courses as financially inclusive as possible by eliminating or substantially lowering course material costs. The emphasis… read more
