Open Access Week to Feature Library Events on OER and Scholarly Publishing

Each October, researchers, educators, and scholars all over the world participate in hundreds of events to mark International Open Access Week, now in its 13th year. The Open movement seeks to make scholarly literature digital, online, free of charge at the point of use, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. 

Queens College Library is proud to announce two Open Access-themed events:

On Wednesday, October 21 at 3 PM, Emerging Technologies and Digital Scholarship Librarian Leila Walker will present Getting Started With Open Educational Resourcesa workshop on how to find and teach effectively with OER.

On Thursday, October 22 at 3 PM, Scholarly Communications Library Nancy Foasberg will present Scholarly Publishing and Author’s Rights: Your Writing and Your RightsIf you have questions about publishing contracts, copyright, or what you can and can’t share after your work is published, this is the workshop for you!

Both workshops are free and open to all.