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.

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.”

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

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.