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Tag Archives: Open Access Week
Open Access Week @ GC: Authors’ Rights Workshop, 10/21
Next week (October 20-26, 2014) is Open Access Week, an annual global event promoting open access as a new norm in scholarship and research. At the Graduate Center, we’re celebrating Open Access Week with a workshop about understanding and preserving your rights … Continue reading
Posted in OA Week 2014
Tagged Authors' Rights, copyright, green open access, Open Access Week
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Curl Up with a Good (Open Access) Book
This just in from LaGuardia Community College, in honor of Open Access Week 2013: LaGuardia’s library has 28 older model e-book readers (Sony Reader Touch PRS-600) that have been used with specific classes in past semesters. The library is now … Continue reading
Happy Open Access Week!
Open Access Week is here! There are lots of great events across the university this week, check out our Open Access Week 2013 page to see them all. And of course there’s a dizzying array of blog posts, news, tweets, … Continue reading
Two Open Access Week Programs @ City Tech
The Ursula C. Schwerin Library @ City Tech is delighted to offer two events during Open Access Week this year. Textbooks: Why is there a problem? What are some solutions? What are the problems with textbooks? Why do students sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OA Week 2013
Tagged arts, City Tech, intellectual property, Open Access Week, open educational resources, textbooks
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Open Access to Scholarly Literature: Which Side Are You On?
You are invited to the first event in the Information Interventions @ CUNY series! Open Access to Scholarly Literature: Which Side Are You On? Friday, October 25, 2013 10am – noon The Graduate Center Rooms C201/C202 (Concourse Level) Refreshments will … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OA Week 2013
Tagged Information Interventions @ CUNY series, Open Access Week, workshops
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Open Access: The Basics, October 21 at Queens College
The Center for Teaching and Learning at Queens College is sponsoring an event during Open Access Week. If you’d like to learn more about open access, this talk is for you! We will cover: – The benefits of open access … Continue reading
Save the Date: Our First Information Interventions @ CUNY Event!
Please save the date for our first event in a new series, Information Interventions @ CUNY: An Introduction to Open Access Friday, October 25 10am-Noon At the CUNY Graduate Center We expect that this event will provide an overview of open … Continue reading
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Tagged Information Interventions @ CUNY series, Open Access Week
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Open Access Week Thought of the Day #5
Let’s end Open Access Week with a simply rallying cry: CUNY needs an open access institutional repository! Want some detail and texture? Flip through my slideshow from the Open Access Week Double Feature:
Posted in OA Week 2012, Uncategorized
Tagged cuny, institutional repository, Open Access Week
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Open Access Week Thought of the Day #4
Today I’m thinking about how “open access” does not mean just one thing. Yes, all open access works are available online at no charge to readers. But there are aspects of openness beyond free reading: Open Access encompasses a range … Continue reading
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Open Access Week Thought of the Day #3
Today’s thought is short and to the point. I’ve been repeating it ever since I first heard it a year ago, and I’m going to keep repeating it — this time, in big, bold letters: “Closed access means people die.” … Continue reading
