Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week 2015: Free Textbooks Presentation

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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.

Online Contest for 2015 Open Access Week

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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.”