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5 Tips For Getting Started With Open Access Publishing, Joshua Neds-Fox

Open Access Week

You've considered participating in open access, but the tradeoffs involved in making your publications open access often don't seem worth the cost. It doesn't have to be that way. Join us for a quick walkthrough of strategies for participating in open access publishing without having to feel like a radical.

Open Access Textbook—Access, Quality, Use, Veronica E. Bielat, Ariel Levi

Open Access Week

Veronica Bielat, Learning & Research Support Librarian, Wayne State Libraries

Ariel Levi, Senior Lecturer of Management, School of Business

Veronica Bielat provides an introduction to the open source textbook movement, including providers and current trends. Ariel Levi discusses the pro’s and con’s of his adoption of a Flat World Knowledge open source textbook for his MGT2530 course.

Scholarly Communications Brown Bag & Workshop For Librarians, Wsu Libraries Scholarly Communications Team

Open Access Week

This brown bag / workshop will provide liaison librarians with the opportunity to learn and discuss the value of scholarly communications & outreach efforts at Wayne State, as well as see the new scholarly communications / open access presentation targeted towards faculty that was developed by the Scholarly Communications Team.

Open Access Week: Public Domain And Digitization (Webinar), Freya Anderson, Sandra Enimil

Open Access Week

A Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) Open Access Week 2013 Webinar.

In celebration of Open Access Week, we will explore the issues of Public Domain in the framework of Digitalization and Digital Media. The issues of Open Access, Public Domain and Digital Rights continue to pose vexing issues for the Digital Environment. From the point of view of Information Services and Copyright Resources; this session will highlight the Challenges, Issues and Opportunities in this arena.

Discussion Questions:

1. What are the parameters and scope of Public Domain?
2. What are the obligations of Digital users in regard to Public Domain?
3. Discuss the …

Publishing Conference Proceedings And Events With Digitalcommons@Wsu, Jonathan Mcglone

Open Access Week

Learn how you can organize and present conference and event information on the web using DigitalCommons@WSU.

Publishing Open Access Journals With Digital Commons, Jonathan Mcglone

Open Access Week

Learn how the Library can help you launch an Open Access Journal using DigitalCommons publishing software.

Digitalcommons@Wsu: Visibility Of Your Scholarship Matters, Dave Stout

Open Access Week

Wayne State University Libraries is taking a leadership role in helping scholars at Wayne distribute their scholarship and creative works via the Digital Commons service. Why is this important to you? Because visibility of your academic output to other scholars and stakeholders, around the world, is important. Digital Commons helps to remove barriers (paywalls, access restrictions, etc...) to your scholarship that is a common aspect of traditional commercial publishing avenues, and increases the global reach of your scholarship. It's easy, effective, and it works!

Join Dave Stout, Director of Sales for Digital Commons at Berkeley Electronic Press, to learn more …

Readers' Copyright, Jessica Litman

Open Access Week

An open lecture on reclaiming copyright for readers, listeners, and viewers, given by University of Michigan Law professor Jessica Litman.

A system of copyright protection makes little sense unless it is designed to encourage the use and enjoyment of the works it induces authors to create and publishers to disseminate. Litman argues that a clear-eyed examination of copyright's history reveals that solicitude for readers and members of the audience is, in fact, deeply encoded in copyright's DNA. Recently, readers' interests have faded in apparent importance in the copyright scheme in ways that have unbalanced the copyright system, and undermined public …

What Is Open Access?, Jonathan Mcglone

Open Access Week

Come learn about the growing electronic publishing movement that seeks free access to scholarly materials -- Open Access. WSU Scholarly Communications Librarian Jon McGlone will introduce the topic, share examples of Open Access across North America and at Wayne State, and address some of the basic questions and issues Open Access raises.

Scholarly Communications Outreach: A Workshop For Librarians, Wsu Libraries Scholarly Communications Team

Open Access Week

This workshop will help liaison librarians in their scholarly communications and open access outreach efforts with faculty. Workshop will incorporate current videos created by BePress on outreach and discussion of these videos, and teach librarians the process behind adding faculty contributions to DigitalCommons@WSU, focusing on how to conduct permissions and rights checks for faculty publications that may be good additions to DigitalCommons@WSU and the deposit process.