Open Access @ UNT - 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.

Please register online

Event Information: Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 12:30PM, Willis Library, Room 140

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Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week

Date and Time:

Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

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.”

Statements can be submitted by posting on the UNT Libraries Facebook page, Twitter feed, or via an e-mail to openaccess@unt.edu.

Judging

Library staff will evaluate the submissions according to the following criteria.

Approach to theme
Use of clear, concise language
Mechanics of writing

Awards: Three winners will receive free registration to the 2016 Open Access Symposium and a prize basket.

Notification

Contest winners will be announced Friday October 23, 2015. Their posts will be highlighted on the UNT Libraries Facebook page, Twitter Feed, and the UNT Open Access website.

Timeline:

Contest Announcement: Monday, October 19

Deadline for Entries: Thursday, October 22, at 5PM (Passed)

Announcement of Winners: Friday 23 on UNT Libraries Facebook page

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Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week

Date and Time:

Monday, October 19, 2015 - 9:00am to Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 5:00pm

Open Access Week 2015: Workshop for Students

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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

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Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week

Date and Time:

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Open Access Week 2015: Tabling on the Library Mall

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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.

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Open Access Week 2015

Open Access Week

Date and Time:

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 9:00am to 12:00pm