Learn about the scholarly publishing opportunities available to faculty members through the Texas Digital Library (TDL), a consortium of academic libraries that provides technology services in support of research, scholarship, and learning. Friday, October 25th, Noon – 1:00pm in the Student Activity Center (SAC) Room 1.118 Representatives from the TDL… read more
Open Access Movie Screening
Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in the learning more about the crossroads between copyright and creativity. Thursday, October 24th, 6:00-9:00pm in the Fine Arts Library, Room 3.200 Explore copyright and open access issues at a screening of RIP: A Remix Manifesto,… read more
Open Access Panel Discussion
Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in learning more about how open access affects both our scholarly research and access to information we need for everyday decisions. Tuesday, October 22nd, 12:00-1:30pm in the Student Activity Center (SAC) Room 2.302 A panel of… read more
Publishers behaving badly
A recent article in Science Magazine, http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.summary, reveals a troubling problem with peer review at some scientific journals. The author, John Bohannon, submitted a bogus, scientifically and ethically flawed paper to 304 Gold OA journals (meaning they charge a fee to publish), and so far 157 journals have accepted the article.… read more
Open Educational Resources – Past, Present, Future?
Wednesday, October 23rd, 12:30-1:30pm in SAC 1.118 In this presentation, Garin Fons, will discuss the inception and evolution of Open Educational Resources (OER) over the past 10 years and explore where the Open Education movement might be headed in the years to come. OERs are teaching and learning materials freely… read more
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Celebrate Open Access Week by joining other students, faculty, staff, librarians, and community members interested in becoming Wikipedians and improving the open educational content of this online encyclopedia. Monday, October 21, 4-6pm in PCL 1.124 The first thirty minutes of the event will be a short introduction to the basics… read more
Update on Google Books Case
Judge Denny Chin heard oral arguments yesterday in the long running case regarding the lawsuit over Google’s library book scanning project. Comments from Judge Chin during oral arguments seem to indicate he will be inclined to rule that Google’s digitization project including Google Books search engine fall within fair use.… read more
OA Week 2013 Events
Dates and times have been finalized for UT Libraries’ OA Week 2013 events. Monday, October 21st, 4-6 pm: Wikipedia Editathon in the Perry Castañeda Library (PCL 1.124) Tuesday, October 22nd, 12-1:30 pm: Open Access Panel Discussion in the Student Activity Center Legislative Assembly Room (SAC 2.302) Wednesday, October 23rd, 12:30-1:30… read more
Half of 2011 papers free to read
The European Commission recently released a report that finds that half of all articles published in 2011 are now freely available to read. The rise of open access journals, delayed free access in traditional journals (typically a 12 month embargo), and author-archived copies are all believed to contribute to the… read more
Responses to the White House OSTP Directive on Open Access
I had been waiting for the draft plans in response to the Feb, 2013 White House Directive on Open Access to be released, so we might see what affect the plans would have on our own planning for our institutional repository, the UTDR, as well as to plan educational and… read more
