Open Access Week
Open Access Week 2020: Open Pedagogy, Equity, & Inclusive Teaching
Please join the UNT Libraries for a virtual roundtable discussion of “Open Pedagogy, Equity, & Inclusive Teaching” in celebration of International Open Access Week.
When: 10/19/2020 - 11:00am
Screening of "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship"
Join us in the Media Library for a screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
12–2 p.m.
Chilton 111C (Screening Room)
When: 10/24/2018 - 12:00pm
Open Access Week 2016: What's Brewing at UNT?
UNT Faculty are invited to come sip delicious craft brews as you learn how Open Educational Resources can create a classroom and lower costs for students.
When: 10/24/2016 - 5:00pm
Open Access Week 2015: Free Textbooks Presentation
Free Textbooks?
Join us for a streamed presentation titled "No Barriers for You or Your Students: Free Textbooks and Resources, With Access on Day One" by Nicole Finkbeiner (Associate Director, Institutional Relations, Rice University Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship & OpenStax College). The talk will explore how you can use and create free textbooks and other educational materials.
A light lunch, funded by the Student Innovative Fund for Teaching, will be provided.
When: 10/22/2015 - 12:30pm
Open Access Week 2015: Workshop for Students
What is Open Access?
This event will help you learn how to find resources and make your works of scholarship more widely available by using UNT’s institutional repository, Creative Commons licensing, online resources about OA, and much more. Coffee and snacks will be available to attendees.
Location: Willis Library, Second Floor, Room 250H
When: 10/21/2015 - 2:00pm
Open Access Week 2015: Tabling on the Library Mall
Visit Our Table!
Stop by the Open Access Week table outside Willis library (or inside in case of bad weather) to get free Open Access information, buttons, t-shirts, and candy.
Date and Time: Tuesday October 20th 9:00am - 12:00
A special thanks to CLEAR for sponsoring this event.
When: 10/20/2015 - 9:00am
Online Contest for 2015 Open Access Week
Winner Announcment: Congratulations to Giselle Greenige for her response on Open Access' ability to increase scholarly visibility, publishing speed, and citation rates.
How has open access impacted your research or studying?
Eligibility: Any currently registered University of North Texas student, staff or faculty member is eligible to participate.
Prompt:
“In a short statement (no more than 200 words), describe the value of Open Access to you.”
When: 10/19/2015 - 9:00am
Maximizing Impact and Reaching your Audience with your Scholarship
Open access -- making your research free to read online and allowing your works to be reused in certain ways without people needing to ask permission -- is not just good for readers but good for your career as well.
Dr. Masood Raja, Associate Professor of English, will speak about responding to his colleagues' skepticism about open access and how to tell that your open access scholarship is reaching a greater audience than non-OA publications.
When: 10/24/2014 - 12:00pm
Fall 2014 Data Day
Do you have a dataset that you would like to add to the UNT Data Repository? Have you heard of the UNT Data Repository but would like to learn more? Do you have questions about formats, rights, or privacy issues related to your datasets that might limit you from sharing it broadly?
When: 10/22/2014 - 9:00am
Open Access and the University Press
How are university presses responding to the move toward open access publishing? What does this mean for authors who want to publish with a university press?
Ron Chrisman, Director of the UNT Press, and Kevin Hawkins, Director of Library Publishing at UNT, will discuss changes at university presses and alternative publishing venues being created by scholar collectives and by libraries.
When: 10/20/2014 - 12:00pm
Building Your Academic Profile Workshop
Have you heard about ORCID, ISNI, ResearchGate, or any of the other numerous networking and academic profile websites and wondered how to successfully use them to promote your research and professional experience?
When: 10/25/2013 - 11:00am
All Library and College of Information Poster Session
Did you present a poster at a conference this past year? Do you have a poster accepted for an upcoming conference? If so, you are invited to share your work with the UNT Library and College of Information community at this special poster session.
When: 10/24/2013 - 3:00pm
Data Visualization and Poster Design Workshop
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn your research into an award-winning academic poster?
This Data Visualization and Poster Design Workshop is a follow-up to a Lecture held earlier in the week.
When: 10/23/2013 - 3:00pm
Data Visualization and Poster Design Lecture
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn your research into an award-winning academic poster?
When: 10/21/2013 - 3:00pm
UNT Speaks Out on Student Research and Open Access
This UNT Speaks Out event features student and faculty speakers from various disciplines describing their research and perspectives on open access. Dr. Gloria Cox, Dean of the UNT Honors College, will introduce this event and discuss The Eagle Feather publication and the impact of open access to student research.
When: 10/25/2012 - 3:00pm
Academic Poster Design Workshop
Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn your research into an award-winning academic poster?
This Academic Poster Design Workshop is led by Dr. Jesse Hamner, Director of the UNT Research and Visualization Environment (RAVE), and provides tips and instruction on academic poster design and how to achieve wider dissemination of your work through the open access UNT Scholarly Works institutional repository.
When: 10/23/2012 - 10:00am
UNT Speaks Out on Faculty Research and Open Access
This UNT Speaks Out event features speakers from various disciplines offering perspectives on faculty research and the impact of open access. Dr. William Moen will discuss the process of implementing the UNT Open Access Policy and serve as moderator for the event. Laura Waugh, Repository Librarian for UNT Scholarly Works, will discuss the importance of providing open access to research and the option of including it in ones institutional repository.
Featured Speakers:
When: 10/22/2012 - 3:00pm
