Farmers around the world now have the ability to build a tractor that meets their needs and doesn’t require them to lock-in all future purchases and maintenance with a single supplier. The Oggún tractor is designed with off the shelf parts, and is made to be fixed in the field… read more
TSW Highlights: Jewish American Heritage Month
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 16-30, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 26 Library deal to stimulate open access | Cornell Chronicle – goo.gl/alerts/LWcMg Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 21 Milestones: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Reaches 50,000 Titles…and Counting infodocket.com/2022/04/21/mil… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 19 Tips for creating open-access digital courses focused on tackling the climate crisis – goo.gl/alerts/cSFfm Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 15 New… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 15 New York Public Library makes banned books available for free npr.org/2022/04/15/109… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 12 Data scientists turn a new page for open-access books | News – goo.gl/alerts/T12Sc #GoogleAlerts Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 8 washingtonpost.com/technology/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 7 ‘Unparalleled in intensity’ – 1,500 book bans in US school districts. theguardian.com/us-news/2022/a…… read more
40 Hours to relieve Longhorns from expensive textbooks
Join the University of Texas Libraries in transforming classrooms across the Forty Acres from using expensive textbooks to using no-cost, free-use course materials through Open Educational Resources (OERs)! You can make a difference now during our 40 Hours for the Forty Acres campaign until April 7 at 10pm. Textbooks cost… read more
TSW Highlights: National Deaf History Month
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16-31, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo 21h A Mexican American superhero travels to Ukraine’s aid in new comic book nbcnews.com/news/latino/me… via @nbcnews Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 31 Cambridge University Press OA for UT Authors sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 PLOS launches new feature to promote data sharing and access – goo.gl/alerts/8idVo Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 21 World academies call for… read more
OER Highlighted
Cambridge University Press OA for UT Authors
It’s been over a year now and we wanted to share a reminder about the UT System deal with Cambridge University Press (CUP). This Read & Publish deal gives the UT community read access to all CUP journals, and also includes unlimited OA publishing for our authors. What does this mean… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 10 Meet the Texas librarian fighting book bans in schools chron.com/politics/artic… via @chron Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 7 Statement on Ukraine arl.org/news/statement… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 3 My Super Hero Is Black- Celebrates The History Of Marvel’s Black Heroes And Creators – blackenterprise.com/my-super-hero-… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 3 Open Access Through Clarity and Transparency:… read more
