Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 15 The Original Wilhelm Scream Recording Session Has Been Found pastemagazine.com/movies/filmmak… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 12 OE Fellows Publish Textbook sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 11 Cambridge Open Access Fees Waived for Low- and Middle-income Countries – goo.gl/alerts/Cp9PmY Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 6 First steps taken by project mapping diamond open access – Research… read more
Who Owns History?
Filmmaker Richard Misek has created a short film composed of videos that are already part of the public domain. These videos lack copyright protection, but because there are few high quality copies, the companies that physically own those copies can charge high prices for access. One of Misek’s goals in… read more
TSW Highlights: National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes
The National Deaf Center’s mission is to close the substantial gaps in education and employment that exist for deaf people in the United States and its territories. We are a technical assistance and dissemination center federally funded by the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and Rehabilitation Services Administration… read more
OE Fellows Publish Textbook
Open Education Fellows Mina Ogando-Lavín and Dr. Joshua Frank have published their OER textbook, Business in Hispanic Life and Culture. Their work was part of the 2021-2022 Open Education Fellows program, facilitated by UT Libraries, which supports UT faculty in adopting and creating open educational resources to integrate into their… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16 – March 31, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 New Recommendations for Encouraging Open-Access Publishing – Inside Higher Ed – goo.gl/alerts/eGfPDp Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 21 Internet Archive Faces Uphill Battle in Lawsuit Over Its Free Digital Library gizmodo.com/online-library… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 19 Free database to 107 million research papers released online freethink.com/science/scient…
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 1 – March 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 10 Open Science Advocacy and Capacity Building for Leadership in African Higher Education … – goo.gl/alerts/5WMF1J Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 3 What’s a preprint, and how do I use it? – Astrobites – goo.gl/alerts/42euMH Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 3 Springer Nature shuffles leaders, citing open-access developments researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 3 New open… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest February 16 – February 28, 2023
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