UNL Libraries and students celebrate Open Access Week 2011 with a series of informational events and action. Beginning Oct. 24, volunteers from the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and ASUN will be hosting an information booth in the Nebraska Union to talk about Open Access to research and what it means to education.
Additional events include a viewing party event for a live webcast of presentations, a film screening and discussion of the documentary, RIP: A Remix Manifesto, and a roundtable discussion open to faculty and students. Dates, times, and locations are listed below for each of the events. More information is available at http://www.unl.edu/gsa/openaccessweek.
These events are sponsored by the UNL Libraries, UNL Graduate Student Association, and ASUN.
SCHEDULE
Monday, Oct. 24
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Alcove, City Union
Open Access Information Booth
Learn about OA and how to get more involved.
6:45 to 9 p.m. in Heritage Room, City Union
Live Webcast Viewing Party - “The State of Open Access and the Student Role in Creating Change.” –
Speakers:
Heather Joseph serves as the Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), an international coalition of over 800 libraries working to enable a more open system of scholarly communication. Goldis Chami is a medical student at the University of British Columbia and a member of the Right to Research Coalition Steering Committee.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
6:30 pm in Heritage Room, City Union
Screening of documentary, RIP: A Remix Manifesto, and discussion
Wednesday, Oct. 26
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Alcove, City Union
Open Access Information Booth
Learn about OA and how to get more involved
12 to 1 p.m. in Love Library South, room 110.
Roundtable Discussion about Open Access issues. Open to faculty and students.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/3fr