(via the American Library Association) Six people were elected to two-year terms on the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Board of Trustees in the annual FTRF election held this past April. Current FTRF Vice President Emily Knox and Executive Committee member Robert Holley were both re-elected to the board. Peter Coyl, Sara Dallas, Eldon Ray James and Cyndi…
Category: Open Access
Reminder: CARLI Webinar “Building an OER Workshop For Your Campus” at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, May 22
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of CARLI) Reminder: Webinar: Building an OER Workshop For Your Campus Day/Time: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Covering: Why should we care about the cost of textbooks? Finding an audience on your campus. What OER is and what it isn’t…
Reminder: Registration Deadline for April 29 CARLI OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago is April 24
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Open Educational Resources Task Force invites you to attend an OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago at their Water Tower Campus on Monday, April 29. Please register by Wednesday, April 24, for this program. The workshop will include a keynote from Rebel Cummings-Sauls from the Florida Academic Library Services…
Registration Open for CARLI OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago on April 29
(via Elizabeth Clarage, CARLI) The CARLI Open Educational Resources Task Force invites you to attend an OER Workshop at Loyola University Chicago at their Water Tower Campus on April 29, 2019. The workshop will include a keynote from Rebel Cummings-Sauls from the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative on building support for a campus OER program….
Registration Open for Stony Brook University OA Symposium on Oct. 26
(via Jessica Koos, Stony Brook University) Stony Brook University Libraries Open Access Symposium 2018 VALUES & ETHICS IN OPEN ACCESS Friday, October 26, 2018 REGISTER HERE <http://library.stonybrook.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-symposium-2018/register/> *Values & Ethics in Open Access* will feature visionary ideas from inspirational speakers. The symposium will explore influential scholarly communication initiatives that concern values and ethics in open access environments, systems,…
Open Education Southern Symposium (Oct. 1-2): Registration Still Open (Through 9/7) and Schedule Available
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) The Open Education Southern Symposium Planning Committee is excited to announce that our program schedule is now live! You may view the session descriptions and full schedule here. As a reminder registration is still open until Friday, September 7. Registration is $99 for our day and a half event…
Registration Open for DataONE Users Group Meeting (July 16)
(via Bob Sandusky, University of Illinois at Chicago) The DataONE Users Group meeting is just over a month away. Register today! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join us for the 2018 DataONE Users Group Meeting. Co-located with the with the ESIP Summer Meeting, we will have one full day of talks, break-out sessions,…
Call for Proposals: Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference (Deadline June 30)
(via Jill Hallam-Miller, Bucknell University) Bucknell University will host its fifth annual digital scholarship conference (#BUDSC18) from October 5th-7th. The theme of the conference is “Digital Scholarship: Expanding Access, Activism, and Advocacy.” #BUDSC18 will bring together a community of practitioners-faculty, researchers, librarians, artists, educational technologists, students, administrators, and others-committed to promoting access to and through digital…
Reminder: Proposals Deadline for Open Education Southern Symposium is May 31 (Registration Now Open)
(via Stephanie Pierce, University of Arkansas) The Open Education Southern Symposium at the University of Arkansas is accepting proposals for its day and a half conference on Monday, Oct. 1 and Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Proposals should fall into one of three categories: o Presentations: 15-20 minutes (Please allow 10 to 15 minutes for Q&A after…
Call for Applicants: Scholarships to Colorado Alliance/GWLA Conference, “OER: From Vision to Action” (Deadline June 15)
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on healf of Lars Hagelin, Greatrer Western Library Alliance) The Colorado Alliance and Greater Western Library Alliance are pleased to offer four (4) scholarships for the upcoming conference: OER: FROM VISION TO ACTION, to be held August 1-2, 2018, in Denver, Colorado. Two (2) scholarships are targeted…