Upcoming Events
Open Access Month at UNM
This year we will be celebrating Open Access Month through the entire month of October! That way we can share even more activities and knowledge with everyone. See the events below and the UNM Press Release.
Poster Display Showcasing OER at UNM
The University of New Mexico is proud to showcase the innovative work of faculty who are transforming teaching and learning through Open Educational Resources (OER).
From October 1 – October 31, 2025, a special poster display will be featured inside Zimmerman Library’s North Entrance. Visitors will be able to explore posters highlighting 12 different UNM classes currently using OER, spanning disciplines from Chemistry to Art History, World Literature, Architecture, Swahili, and more.
The display will also include an introductory poster about OER, explaining how these free and adaptable learning materials help increase student success, reduce textbook costs, and make education more accessible for everyone.
We invite students, faculty, and community members to stop by Zimmerman throughout the month of October to learn more about how OER is shaping the classroom experience at UNM.
Showcasing Scholarship: A Tour of UNM’s Digital Repository
📅 10/6/2025
🕛 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
📍 Zoom; Register for the session
This session will provide faculty, researchers, and students with an overview of the newly redesigned UNM Digital Repository, including:
- A virtual tour of the refreshed interface and improved navigation
- An overview of how the repository supports open access and public scholarship at UNM
- Guidance on how to upload scholarly and creative works
- Tips on increasing the visibility and long-term impact of your contributions
Speakers: Raelynn Richardson & Laura J. Hall
Identifying Open Access Practices in Librarianship Journals
📅 10/9/2025
🕐 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
📍 Zoom, Register for the session
Do librarianship journals really practice the values of open access? Librarians Blair Solon and Jennifer Jordan will present findings from their recent publication, “Identifying Open Access Practices in Librarianship Journals.” While librarians have long championed open access publishing, this study reveals varying inconsistencies and gaps in how journals actually apply these principles. From transparency challenges to uneven policies, this research presents a snapshot of the situation and why this is important to scholarly communication. Come to this exciting talk to hear more about librarianship journal open access policies.
Speakers: Blair Solon & Jennifer Jordan
Open Access 101
📅 10/13/2025
🕐 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
📍 Zoom, Register for the session
The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center is pleased to offer Open Access Publishing 101. This session will provide researchers and scholars with basic information about open access publishing including:
- Models and paths to Open Access
- Funding options such as article processing charges, publisher/transformative agreements, and including as a line item in grant proposals
- How these options may influence selection of scholarly output
- Open access publishing options currently available at UNM including existing publisher agreements and the UNM Digital Repository will also be discussed.
Understanding the NIH Public Access Policy
📅 10/15/2025
🕛 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
📍 Zoom, Register for the session
Are you doing National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research or applying for an NIH grant? Recent changes to the NIH Public Access Policy—created to increase equitable access to funded research—could impact your publications. In this workshop, we will briefly review the requirements of the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, which applies to all peer-reviewed journal manuscripts from NIH-funded research accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025.
Speaker: Dr. Danielle Maurici-Pollock
Practicing Open Research: Graduate Student Workshop
📅 10/21/2025
🕚 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
📍 Zimmerman Library Graduate Commons, Register for the event
This session is specifically designed for graduate students! We’ll tackle practices that support you creating research that is findable, accessible, and replicable:
- Registering studies before you begin
- Federal mandates for open research
- Tips for contacting researchers for data sharing
- Re-using other study’s data
- Planning for Open Access publishing
- Quick Tools-for-You run through
Speaker: Dr. Margo Gustina
Open Access Month: Free Book Fair
📅 10/21/2025-10/22/2025
🕚 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
📍 Smith Plaza, Between Zimmerman and the SUB
Join UNM OER and the Friends of the Public Library for a free book giveaway! The Friends will bring a wide selection of books for UNM students to take home.
Along with free books, you’ll also learn about the power of Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER):
- Open Access (OA) makes research freely available online without paywalls or subscription fees. OA promotes scholarly growth by removing barriers, allowing knowledge to be shared widely and equitably.
- Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that anyone can freely use, adapt, and share. OER lower costs for students, expand access to course materials, and give educators the flexibility to customize content.
Stop by to:
- Pick up a free book to enjoy.
- Learn how OA and OER are transforming access to knowledge.
- Explore how open licensing makes it possible to reuse and remix educational and research materials.
- Get details on other Open Access Week events happening across campus.
Opening the Canon: Copyright, Access, and Creativity
Part of International Open Access Month 2025
📅 10/22/2025 & 10/23/2025
🕖 7:00 pm
As part of International Open Access Week, the public is invited to “Opening the Canon: Copyright, Access, and Creativity,” a lively evening of film, conversation, and discovery on October 22nd and 23rd at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque at 7:00 pm each day. On October 22nd, Bryan Konefsky of Basement Films will guide a discussion on copyright, open access, creativity, and the art of working within a canon. He will also introduce the three films:
- Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse’s first sound cartoon, newly in the public domain.
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. starting Buster Keaton, the film that inspired Disney’s steamboat adventure.
- Citizen Mickey by Salise Hughes: A Basement Films gem reimagining the mouse we all know.
On the 23rd, the event will include only a showing of the three films, no discussion. This event will explore how works move from private ownership into the public domain, and what that means for creators, educators, and the public. The event will conclude with an open Q&A session with Konefsky. This event is free and open to the public. Opening the Canon is created through the support of the New Mexico Open Educational Resources Consortium, University Libraries, New Mexico Library Association, and Basement Films, which has been around for 35 years supporting underrepresented forms of media.
International Open Access Month is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.
Open Access Week offers a chance to connect with the global momentum of openly sharing knowledge.
Open Science Framework: Research Management & Repository
📅 10/24/2025
🕚 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
📍 Zimmerman Library B30, Register for the session
Track progress! Publish study registrations! Share protocols, instruments, data, and markdown files! Collaborate! Show the research products beyond your final publications in a single cross-study linked platform that ties your work from study design through pre-pub all in one place. Workshop participants will:
- Tour the platform
- See how to create a research home that is both useful for managing multiple components AND engaging to people learning more about your work
- Discuss small shifts to make open and transparent research a regular part of your research practice
Speaker: Dr. Margo Gustina
Data Horror Stories
📅 10/29/2025
🕛 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
📍 Zoom, Register for the session
Disappearing data! Unreadable ancient files! Ordinary researchers losing hours of their time trapped in data nightmares! This Halloween week, join UNM HSLIC's Research Data Specialist for an hour of spine-tingling, hair-raising data horror stories...and some advice to prevent them from happening to you. Feel free to lurk or bring some data horror stories of your own to share. Beware: This session is not for the faint of heart.
Speaker: Dr. Danielle Maurici-Pollock
NMOER Roadshow
OER Consultations
You can also learn more about Creative Commons licensing by contacting the OER Librarian in the University libraries:
Jennifer Jordan
Or you can schedule an appointment:
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