Happy Open Access Week!
The University of San Francisco will be holding three events for international Open Access Week: Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge.
How to publish in open access venues with CRASE: Fear and Open Access in Demystifying the New Publishing Landscape
Tuesday, October 23 at 2:30pm
Gleeson Library Electronic Classroom Room 139
This interactive workshop will address the fear and uncertainty around open access to demystify the new publishing landscape. We will cover traditional publishing models, why open access exists, and how to publish in open access journals and make your work available to the world. Please bring your laptops!
“Paywall” Documentary Screening and Donuts
Wednesday, October 24 at 4pm
Gleeson Library Active Learning Classroom Room 213
Have you ever clicked on an article, seen a request for payment, and just closed the whole thing? This documentary “focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.”
OpenStax and Open Education Resources Webinar with CTE
Tuesday, October 30 at 2:30pm
Gleeson Library Electronic Classroom Room 139
OpenStax is a nonprofit educational initiative based at Rice University that has created 29 textbooks for AP and college courses that are freely and openly available for anyone to use. Please attend to learn more about their resources and to hear more about the library’s open education resources grants!
RSVP appreciated at https://goo.gl/forms/4G5VX6Z0mmBVR4H32 Or email Charlotte Roh at croh2@usfca.edu