This year’s Open Access Symposium, sponsored by the University of North Texas Libraries and the Texas State University Libraries, will be held on October 25, 2024, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., via Zoom.

The event will be free and open to the public.

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The theme of this year’s symposium is "Open About Open". 

It’s been 14 years since the first UNT Open Access Symposium. While the original goals of the Open Access movement seemed clear, the current state of Open is more complex. Have we achieved our goals? Have we failed? What are the next steps for us as educators, researchers, students, or a community of practice?

We want to hear from others in the OA community about how they are navigating the current state of Open and to share in both the successes and failures as a community. These may include efforts to promote open scholarship and open publishing, develop OER and open pedagogy, create incentives and reward structures to recognize innovation, or to educate faculty, students, administrators, or others in the community about any aspect of Open Access.

We invite Open Access practitioners, advocates, support teams, policy makers, educators, and others in higher education to join us by attending this event or submitting a proposal for a presentation, panel, or other opportunity to share the work that you're doing.

Note: The CFP for this event is CLOSED. Our complete program schedule is now available in the "Sessions" tab on the left.

This event has been organized by the 2024 OA Symposium Planning Committee:

• Whitney Johnson-Freeman, University of North Texas

• John Edward Martin, University of North Texas

• Tiffany Norris, University of North Texas

• Daniel Alemneh, University of North Texas

• Tricia Boucher, Texas State University

• Alexa Hight, Texas State University

• Xuan Zhao, Texas State University