Open Access Week 2020

Brief description: Wikipedia’s often-quoted mission and purpose is a quote from co-founder Jimmy Wales: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.” Almost twenty years since the creation of English Wikipedia, which now has more than six million articles, there are over 54 million articles on more than 300 different language Wikipedias. However, there are still major gaps in content: some topics are covered incredibly well, others barely at all. In this presentation, Michael Barera will discuss some of the content gaps on Wikipedia that relate directly to issues of structural equity and inclusion or, as Wikipedia often refers to it, “systemic bias.” Two of the best known are the gender gap and the gap between the global south and the global north. Michael will discuss Wikipedia-wide initiatives to address these and similar gaps in content as well as discuss how work is being done here at UTA to engage with these issues. He will also discuss the issues surrounding recruitment and retention of a more diverse user community on Wikipedia, which is likewise directly related to equity and inclusion on the site. Note: this will not be recorded.

Brief description: As academic research continues to advance there are a number of tools and resources to help you, the researcher, manage your scholarship and help it stand out. In this session you will be introduced to:

• Scholarly identifier system – ORCID
  
  ORCID is also an essential platform that is being required by most publishers and grant finders
• Tools and resources to create and manage your scholarly identity
  
  You’ll learn how to boost your scholarly impact using social media and how to make sense of alternative metrics that come with these new methods of knowledge communication and dissemination. You’ll also learn how to identify journals in your field and how to identify metrics that enable you to determine journal quality.
• UTA’s institutional repository – UTA ResearchCommons
  
  Utilizing an institutional repository (IR) to disseminate your research to a broader audience is essential in today’s fast paced publishing environment. You will be also introduced to a new submission tool for collecting student scholarly works. Note: this will not be recorded.

Brief description: What does it mean to be an author in the 21st century? Or do you want to share copies of your articles with your colleagues and students? Join Emilie Algenio for her presentation aimed at authors who are interested in actively managing the rights in their written work. Attendees will learn about copyright ownership, resources and tools, and what a balanced approach to copyright management looks like. Question and Answer period will follow. Note: this will not be recorded.