{"id":1017,"date":"2017-10-13T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T14:39:13","slug":"uconn-celebrates-open-access-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/uconn-celebrates-open-access-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Celebrates Open Access Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The current system for communicating research is rooted in a print-based system, even though we are in the digital age. This conventional model does not take advantage of the extraordinary new possibilities for how researchers can create, share, and access scholarship.<\/p>\n

Here at the UConn Library, one of the tenets of our Purposeful Path Forward<\/a> is to engage in the driving of UConn’s ‘Scholarly Engine’, or the processes of research and knowledge creation. One of the core activities in our approach is educating our community on the importance of Open Access.\u00a0Open Access (OA), as defined by SPARC<\/a> (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), refers to the \u201cfree, immediate, online availability of research articles, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why Open? Open changes the way we discover knowledge. It can turn ideas into reality,\u00a0 break down barriers to learning, and lay the groundwork for breakthrough research.<\/p>\n

\"\"This month we are embracing the challenge provided by the 2017 International\u00a0Open Access Week\u00a0<\/a>by answering the question, “Open in order to…” through a series of programs and initiatives.<\/p>\n

OpenCommons@UConn<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The UConn Library is proud to announce the re-launch of the University\u2019s institutional repository, OpenCommons@UConn<\/a>, a showcase of the scholarship and creative works of the UConn community. The renaming of this services emphasizes the Library\u2019s role in providing the tools to enable independent learning, research, and scholarship. By making the University\u2019s diverse and unique resources openly accessible worldwide, we hope to inspire groundbreaking research and advance learning, teaching, and entrepreneurial thinking.
\nOpen in order to…provide access to UConn’s scholarship<\/span><\/p>\n

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Open Educational Resources @ UConn Exhibit: published teaching and learning materials under an open license<\/span>
\nOctober 18-31, 2017<\/strong>
\nHBL, Plaza Level
\n<\/strong>Open Access and Open Educational Resources (OER) are related but distinct, with the commonality of providing high quality learning materials at no cost. In an academic setting, the lines of Open Access publishing for research materials and Open Educational Resources for teaching and learning overlap in significant ways. UConn\u2019s OER Initiative<\/a> began only 2 years ago and to date has saved our undergraduates over $500,000 in textbook costs.\u00a0View some OER textbooks and learn more about the faculty who are working towards making UConn more affordable.
\nOpen in order to…save students money<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is this open access journal any good?<\/strong><\/span>
\nThursday, October 19, 9:30-11:00am
\nHomer Babbidge Library, Collaborative Learning Classroom
\n<\/strong>Faculty often struggle to identify good quality open access journals in which to publish or to serve as an editor or reviewer. Many new open access journals exist now \u2013 some are good quality, some are exploitative, and some are in-between. This workshop will include a brief discussion of faculty concerns about identifying journals. The majority of the session will be devoted to identifying and demonstrating indicator web-based tools which can help faculty to appraise a journal\u2019s quality.\u00a0 Please register at http:\/\/cetl.uconn.edu\/seminars
\n<\/a>Open in order to…find quality teaching materials<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paywall: A Conversation about the Business of Scholarship with Filmmaker Jason Schmitt<\/span>
\nWednesday, October 25, 2:30-4:00pm<\/strong>
\n Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center<\/strong>
\nHelp us celebrate Open Access Week by joining award-winning filmmaker Jason Schmitt as we screen and discuss footage from his in-progress documentary Paywall: The Business of Scholarship<\/a>. Schmitt will be accompanied in the discussion by a panel of UConn faculty who will share their views on making the results of academic research freely accessible online. Panelists include:<\/p>\n