International Open Access Week at the Michael Schwartz Library
From October 19 through October 25, the Michael Schwartz Library is celebrating International Open Access Week. Faculty, staff, and, students can attend free webinars, bring questions about their scholarly communications to an "Ask the Experts" session, learn how to register for a unique Orcid digital identifier, and more. This year's theme is Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.
Review the schedule of events and create your own itinerary. Here's how you can participate:
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To celebrate Open Access Week 2020, some faculty participants in CSU's 2020 Textbook Affordability Summer Symposium recorded short videos to describe their experiences using open educational resources (OERs) and to provide advice for other faculty considering doing the same. These videos demonstrate the value of OERs for student achievement, as well as CSU faculty members' commitment to student success. These videos are online and can be viewed at any time.
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October 20th, 10am-11:30am: Open Access Week Keynote Address & Panel Discussion: "Counting What Counts in Recruitment, Promotion, and Tenure". Elizabeth Gadd of Loughborough University, UK. What we reward through recruitment, promotion and tenure processes is not always what we actually value about research activity. This talk will explore how we can pursue value-led evaluations - and how we can persuade senior leaders of their benefits.
The Keynote will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the following panelists:
- Thomas Ewing, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of History
- Carla Finkielstein, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
- Bikrum Gill, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Sylvester Johnson, Professor and Director of the Center for Humanities
- Moderator: Tyler Walters, Dean, University Libraries
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October 21, 11am-noon: Ask the Experts about Scholarly Communications Do you have questions about how the library can support scholarly communications? Learn what EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University can do for you including publishing journals or books; posting articles; creating your own Scholars Page; learning about copyright; managing conferences or ongoing meetings, and more. Register at the link above for a zoom link.
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Register for an ORCID account An ORCID account provides you with your own persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher.
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Convinced? Apply for a Textbook Affordability Small Grant by October 30, 2020 and adopt or adapt an OpenStax book for your course.
About Open Access Week
Now in its thirteenth year, "International Open Access Week" facilitates the growing movement toward increased discoverability, sharing, use and preservation of information.
Academic and research communities are invited to learn how open access maximizes and promotes their work, provides stronger ownership for researchers and authors, and ultimately, has far reaching benefits for academia and society as a whole.