The 2024 Open Access Summer Series will feature four open access practitioners and advocates in a series of talks on the third Thursday of each month this summer. This is a collaborative event between the University of North Texas Libraries and the Texas State University Libraries.

All talks will take place via Zoom and will run from 1-2 p.m. on Thursdays:May 16, June 20, July 18, and August 15. Register here to save the dates!

The themes of the talks are:

May: Toward Equity in Global Scholarly Communication: The Role of OA in Reducing Epistemic Injustices

June: Transformative Open Data Practices: Unveiling the Impact of TXST Inaugural Open Datathon

July: Open & Copyright

August: Labyrinth: The Legalities of Publishing Student Work Openly

Our May speakers were Dr. Angel Ford and Dr. Daniel Alemneh. The session recording can be found here.

Our June speaker was Dr. Xuan Zhou. The session recording can be found here. 

Our July speaker was Yvonne Dooley.

Our August speakers were Tricia Boucher and Kristin Van Diest. 

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming OA Symposium, and watch for a call for proposals soon.

If you have questions, please contact: scholarlycommunication@unt.edu 

Special Thanks to all those who helped plan and organize this event:

• Isabelle Antes, OER Librarian, TXST
• Tricia Boucher, Open Pedagogy and STEM Librarian, TXST
• Whitney Johnson-Freeman, Repository Librarian, UNT
• John Edward Martin, Director of Scholarly Communication, UNT
• Tiffany Davis Norris, Head of Research Support Services, UNT
• Kristin Van Diest, Digital Publishing Librarian, TXST
• Laura Waugh, AUL Digital Scholarship and Research, TXST
• Xuan Zhou, Data Curation Specialist, TXST

And, of course, to all our guest speakers, presenters, and attendees!