Open Access Information Table
Monday and Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Robertson Library Breezeway
Monday, October 23, 2017
Open Access and Open Educational Resources
Presented by Donald Moses and Simon Lloyd
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Faculty Lounge, Main Building, Rm 201
Canadian copyright remains beset by churn and change, and the UPEI Library continues its efforts to keep the campus community informed on recent and pending developments relating to higher education.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon: Improving Music Articles
Presented by Rosie Le Faive
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)
In coordination with the Music and Belonging Wikipedia Project, the UPEI library invites all to improve existing PEI-related music or artist articles by adding citations to existing articles, or creating new articles. Sign up on the project's dashboard.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Open Access & Publishing: How to avoid Predatory Publishers
Presented by Kim Mears
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)
This session will introduce you to open access publishing and its business model and review predatory publishing practices so that you can learn how to avoid publishing your research in a bad journal.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Current trends in Open Access for Research Data [Webinar]
Presented by Erin MacPherson from Dalhousie Univiersity, Lee Wilson of Portage/ACENET and Maggie Neilson of Acadia University
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Robertson Library, Rm 265 (LINC)
This webinar will explore current trends in open access for research data; new funder expectations for data and a brief overview of the current tools and platforms available to help researchers share their data.
For more information on these events, contact Kim Mears, Health Sciences and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Robertson Library, kmears@upei.ca, 902-566-0453