(via Kestrel Ward, Florida Virtual Campus Library Services Consortium) Every year, the Florida Virtual Campus Library Services Consortium holds an OER Summit, and Summit 2024 is nearly upon us. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Innovations and Trends”. Join librarians, educators, instructional designers, and OER professionals from across Florida and the U.S. as we…
Category: Open Access
Registration Available for All Things Open Week–Online Mon., April 15 – Thurs., April 18, Starting at 12:00 PM CDT Each Day
(via Kristina Clement, Kennesaw State University) We’re familiar with open access resources and open educational resources but wait-there’s more! Join Kennesaw State University Libraries, in collaboration with Texas Tech University Libraries, as we highlight and explore a variety of open scholarship practices at our second annual All Things Open Week 2024. You might be wondering,…
Call for Proposals Extended–IACRL’s OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs (New Deadline Fri., April 12)
(via Kim Tipton, IACRL Communications Committee Chair) We understand the Illinois State Library OER Grant application is due Monday, April 1, and to ensure that those interested in applying for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs, we are extending the application due date to Friday, April 12. Please consider applying! The…
Registration Open for CARLI Webinar Series Get to Know the New, Upcoming Illinois SCOERs Open Educational Resources–Mon., March 4; Wed., March 6; and Thurs., March 7, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM CDT Each Day
Note: HSLI is a project partner. Join CARLI and the Open Educational Resource Committee as we celebrate a series of programs highlighting the upcoming publications of Illinois SCOERs Round Two and Three awardees. The Illinois SCOERs awards are made possible because of a generous grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)…
Registration Open for Online Panel Discussion with Editor of New OA Journal Imaging Neuroscience–Thurs., Oct. 26, 9:00-10:00 AM CDT
(via Katharine Dunn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Please join MIT Libraries and the MIT Press on Thursday, October 26, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM CDT, for an online panel with the editor of Imaging Neuroscience, a new open access journal that launched after editorial teams from two Elsevier journals left the publisher over disputes around…
Call for Submissions Extended–DLFtoolkit V.4: Critical Digital Literacy (New Deadline Fri., Sept. 15)
(via Mackenzie Salisbury, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) The DLF (Digital Library Federation) Digital Library Pedagogy group (aka #DLFteach) invites contributions to Volume 4 of the #DLFteach Toolkit, an open access resource providing peer-reviewed lesson plans and concrete instructional strategies. Volume 4 of the #DLFteach Toolkit will be a resource for information professionals…
Registration Open for CARLI OER Community Chats on Mon., Sept. 11 (2:00-3:00 PM CDT) and Mon., Oct. 16 (1:00-2:00 PM CDT)
(via Nicole Swanson, CARLI) Please join the CARLI OER Committee for upcoming informal discussions: OER Community Chats are intended as a space for Illinois libraries to have a conversation, to share current experiences, and to learn from each other. They are not recorded; however, discussion points will be shared afterwards. Please register for each session….
Call for Presentation Proposals: Kennesaw State University’s Virtual Open Access Week 2023 (Oct. 23-26, Mon.-Thurs.)–Deadline Mon., July 31
(via Chelsee Dickson, Kennesaw State University) We invite all interested parties to submit a presentation proposal for KSU Libraries’ celebration of Open Access Week 2023! The event will take place from Monday, October 23, to Thursday, October 26. All sessions will be virtual. This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization”. Speakers can choose from different tracks related to this theme, and…
Registration Open for ACRL STS Government Information Committee’s Annual Update, “AAAS & the Science Family Journals: Advocating for Government Budget Transparency in S&T and Open Science to Support Reproducibility” (Online Wed., June 14, at 2:00 PM CDT)
(via Andrea Pritt, Penn State Harrisburg) Please join the ACRL STS (Science & Technology Section) Government Information Committee on Wednesday, June 14, at 2:00 PM CDT, for our virtual Annual Update! Speakers Alessandra Zimmermann and Meagan Phelan, both from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will present, “AAAS & the Science Family Journals: Advocating for Government Budget Transparency…
Registration Open for MLA Scholarly Communications Caucus Webinar “ORCID: Under the Hood” (Thurs., May 25, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT)
(via Karen Gutzman, Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center at Northwestern University) Join us for a presentation and discussion on all things ORCID! “ORCID: Under the Hood” is offered by the Medical Library Association Scholarly Communications Caucus. In this shop talk, we will provide a quick introduction to ORCID, how it works, and recent…