Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 27 Hemingway’s Reading Habits Revealed After Parisian Library’s Records Digitized insidehook.com/daily_brief/bo… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Rising Voices Library Highlights Stories Of Black And Latino Boys wbur.fm/2X003k3 via @hereandnow Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 26 Open Access Stakeholders Make Their Case to White House aip.org/fyi/2020/open-… Texas ScholarWorks… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest May 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 14 New open-access archaeology database launched for geochemical artefacts heritagedaily.com/2020/05/new-op… via @HeritageDaily – Archaeology News Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 12 We Will Lose Libraries to COVID-19 by Kate Tkacik Sweeney link.medium.com/TU19fEAHq6 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 12 “Even before librarians closed their doors against the pandemic, they… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest April 16-30, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 29 The Library of Congress wants to help you remix public domain audio clips theverge.com/2020/4/27/2123… via @Verge Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 27 Here’s what you need to know about UNC libraries, Elsevier and open access dailytarheel.com/article/2020/0… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 27 Open Access, Open Source, and… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 14 Coronavirus article free access ‘doesn’t go far enough’ timeshighereducation.com/news/coronavir… via @timeshighered Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 13 Your Guide To Free Google Books (And Its Limitations)- bookriot.com/2020/04/13/fre… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 10 Nature to join open-access Plan S, publisher says nature.com/articles/d4158… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 9… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16-31, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo 23h Creative Commons Interview with Dr. Lucie Guibault: What Scientists Should Know About Open Access infojustice.org/archives/42216 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 Watch Zoe Saldaña & Eva Longoria Read Kids Books in Spanish as Part of the Save With Stories Campaign remezcla.com/film/eva-longo… via @remezcla Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 A Revolution in Science Publishing,… read more
OA During the Pandemic
As we consider, and are thankful for, the steps publishers are taking to open up resources about COVID-19, it’s worth considering why this level of access isn’t always considered necessary. Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei has a very thought-provoking blog post that addresses this issue. I encourage you to check… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 01-15, 2020
Mar 9 VCU Libraries will close Open Access Fund for faculty authors July 1 library.vcu.edu/about/news/202… Mar 9 Elsevier signs contract with California State University: News from the CSU Libraries Network: libraries.calstate.edu/csu-elsevier-r… Mar 5 Open Access at UT Blog: Open Education Week 2020 sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Mar 4 The Michael J. Fox Foundation… read more
Open Education Week 2020
It’s Open Education Week and we are trying to spread the work about the benefits of using open educational resources (OER). We were in the PCL lobby today telling students about OER and encouraging them to share how much they spent on course materials this semester and share a story… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest
Starting this month, we will create a digest every 2 weeks of the tweets we have sent out via Texas ScholarWorks and share it here. We try to find any interesting news pertaining to Open Access, archives, and libraries, in general. Remember, you can also follow us on Twitter here:… read more
Wiki Education
If you are interested in having your students contribute to Wikipedia as part of the activities for your class, you may want to consider working with Wiki Education. Instructors who sign up will have access to support materials to help guide their assignment. If you would like to try running… read more
