Open Access Week 2022
According to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), open access:
- is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment
- ensures that anyone can access and use these results—to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives
- is the needed modern update for the communication of research that fully utilizes the internet for what it was originally built to do—accelerate research
Find out more in our Open Access LibGuide!
This year’s theme seeks to encourage connection and collaboration among the climate movement and the international open community. Sharing knowledge is a human right, and tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries.
UTA Open Access Week Schedule
Please register to attend these free presentations by Friday, October 21. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
OPPx2 – Iterating, Improving, and ReReleasing an Open Project
Monday, October 24, noon-1 p.m., Central Library FabLab
Building on last year’s OA Week presentation about the Open Press Project, we have continued to modify the original plans to create a press that is twice the size and exponentially more powerful! We will discuss and demonstrate the design process and examine differences in functionality between the original design and our iterative re-make. Attendees will be invited to use the OPPx2 to print their own keepsake Open Access Climate Justice print!
Presenters
Morgan Chivers has built upon an uncommonly diverse educational background to integrate the UTA FabLab into curriculum across campus since 2015; first as a FabLab Technician, then as the FabLab Librarian, and now as the Maker Literacies Librarian for Experiential Learning. Morgan is interested in almost everything, especially empowerment pedagogy at the intersection of formal and informal learning spaces.
Perla Vargas is an Interdisciplinary Dallas based artist and Coordinator of UTA’s Fablab. She graduated from UTA with a Bachelor of Fine Art with a concentration in Sculpture (2022). Her work has been exhibited across Dallas and UTA’s Gallery west and The Gallery. During Perla’s academic career at UTA, she was the recipient of the 2019 UTA Outstanding Student Employee Award, the Libraries’ Student Leadership Award Scholarship in the same year, and upon graduation was awarded Outstanding Senior for her work in sculpture. Her main work is rooted in the origins of wool and its complete process, from caring and shearing a sheep to cleaning and dying the wool with natural pigments. Perla has been a part of the Fablab team as a student since 2018 and has been the Fablab Coordinator since graduating. Perla hopes to continue her contribution to student empowerment, open creative engagement, and encourage critical thinking workflows in every individual she engages with.
A Case of Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth or Many Hands Make Light Work? A Departmental OER Case Study
Monday, October 24, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Central Library 6th Floor Atrium
When the Department of History wanted a low/no-cost text for a required course for our majors, we turned to the idea of developing an OER. The initial plan was perhaps too ambitious and stalled until a single author with a smaller vision took over the project. This presentation considers the advantages and pitfalls of multiple-authored OER text for departmental use, with clear advice on what to do, and what not to do.
Presenters
Kim Breuer, right, is an associate professor of instruction specializing in the history of science and technology, the early modern world, and the study of teaching and learning. She is active in CRTLE, Professional Learning Communities, and is an Experiential Library Fellow. In her spare time, she fields virtually every question about Canvas and all other things EdTech posed by history faculty.
Stephanie Cole, left, is an associate professor of history, specializing in US women’s history and historical research methods. Having taught at UTA since 1996 and currently serving as interim chair of the history department, she knows where the bodies are buried.
Environmental Sustainability and Preserving Digital Content
Tuesday, October 25, 2-3 p.m., Central Library 6th Floor Parlor
Giving access to digital materials and storing these materials in perpetuity calls for questions about how we store them, as well as how we can reduce our digital footprint. This session will give an overview of environmental impacts of digital storage, discuss the steps we have taken here at UTA Libraries to implement environmentally sustainable policies, and give take-aways on how to look at your own digital footprint.
Presenter
Whitney Russell is the Metadata Projects Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Whitney serves as the Secretary for the Society of Southwest Archivists, and lead for the Sub-Committee for Metadata and Digitization through the UTA Libraries’ DEI committee. She earned her Masters in Library and Information Science and Graduate Certificate in Archives and Special Collections from the University of Southern Mississippi, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in History from Mississippi University for Women. Whitney is also certified as a Digital Archives Specialist through the Society of American Archivists.
Climatic Conditions in Texas Using ArcGIS
Friday, October 28, 1-2 p.m., DataCave (Central Library basement)
Climatic Conditions in Texas using ArcGIS is a presentation for beginners interested in learning about GIS and how to use ArcGIS software. The presenters will use Climate data of Texas and explain the basic tools that can be used in ArcGIS.
Presenters
Sakshi Kabadi is a graduate student at UTA pursuing Master’s in Engineering Management. She is also a Student Associate at University of Texas at Arlington Libraries dataCAVE. She assists students, faculty, and staff with GIS (QGIS, ArcGIS, etc.) related tools.
Aditi Kale is a graduate student at UTA pursuing Master’s in Civil Environmental Engineering. Currently she is a Teaching Assistant at her department and an ex Graduate Research Assistant (Summer, 2022) at UTA Libraries dataCAVE. She also has professional experience of working on ArcGIS for 3 years.