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UNM's 2023 Open Access Week Events

International Open Access Week, a global event that entered its sixteenth year in 2023, is an opportunity for Open Access advocates to engage and teach their communities about the potential benefits of free access to information. 

Open Access Week brings the scholarly community together in the hopes of making Open Accesswhen research outputs are distributed online, free of access chargesa new norm in scholarship and research. This year's theme for Open Access Week is "Community over Commercialization."

Nine white logos of different locks over nine different squares of people interacting with communities. On the left side, it says Open Access Week 2023.

OA Week 2023: Print Archival Practices and New Media Panel


Panelists:
Carol A. Wells, Executive Director of Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Emily Sulzer, Archives Director · Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Dr. Kenneth Oravetz, Coordinator and Lecturer of Critical Text Analysis at the University of New Mexico, Printmaker
Dr. Susanne Anderson-Riedel, Assistant Professor of the History of Art at the University of New Mexico.

 

 

Panel: Open Access Publishing 101 - Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

The Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center was pleased to offer Open Access Publishing 101. This session  provided 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, the UNM Digital Repository, and Native Health Database will also be discussed. The UNM Digital Repository has provisions to create, manage and publish Open Access journals, datasets, posters and presentations. 

Comprised of historic and contemporary research articles, reports, grey literature (and much more) intended to improve health outcomes for Indigenous populations, the Native Health Database embeds concepts of Indigenous Data Sovereignty into the management of the database – effectively encompassing a more nuanced “Open-ish” Access model for users.  

Speakers
  • Robyn Gleasner, MLIS, Resource Management Library, UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
  • Lori Sloane, Data Manager, UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
  • Jonathan Pringle, MAS, NHD Advisory Council Member

Open Textbook Pilot Program

The University of New Mexico Open Textbook Pilot Program is designed to support faculty with the adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER materials into their courses as a way to increase student success. OER work, particularly OER authorship and development, can require a additional effort on the part of instructors. Through this program, faculty can submit proposals for the funding of their own OER projects.

Faculty interested in applying for the OER funding were also able to attend any of the three online informational sessions hosted by the OER Librarian. 

  • Wednesday August 30th, 2023 at 1 p.m. 
  • September 13th, 2023 at 1 p.m.
  • September 27th, 2023 at 1 p.m.

The deadline to submit applications for the first Open Textbook Pilot Program was October 1st, 2023. Those proposals are now being considered by the program's evaluation committee. Work for this program will begin in the spring of 2024.


 Open Textbook Review Program

UNM Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) partnered with the Open Education Network (OEN) to offer an open textbook review workshop for UNM faculty from any campus, guest facilitated by Meggie Mapes from the University ofPicture of the Open Textbook Library Logo, which contains the title of the library and a multicolored diamond Kansas. The first workshop took place virtually on Friday, April 7, 2023 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Attendees were eligible to receive a $200 stipend for attending and writing a review of a textbook in the Open Textbook Library. The stipends will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To receive info on future Open Textbook Review Workshops, sign up for the OER Listserv.

For more information: OER Library Guide: Open Textbook Review Program


Open Ed Week 2023

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University of New Mexico Events

The UNM Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group organized a slate of exciting and informative events to raise awareness of current initiatives and inspire visions of how OER could develop across the UNM system and across New Mexico.

Oregon's Statewide Open Education Program


Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 PM Mountain Time, Virtual/Zoom

Amy Hofer, Statewide Open Education Program Director with Open Oregon Educational Resources, has coordinated
Oregon's OER program for higher education since 2015. She provided an overview of Oregon's statewide program and shared lessons learned along the way that can be applied in New Mexico and at your institution. 
Picture of Amy Hofer, who is wearing glasses and has curly brown hair.
Amy Hofer, Open Education Program Director, Open Oregon

OER Informational Program

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 1:00 – 2:30 PM Mountain Time, Hybrid/Zoom
UNM-Valencia Campus Library

Attendees familiarized themselves with open educational resources and learned how to incorporate these resources into their courses. In-person attendees were also invited to a welcome reception in the library at 12:30 PM.
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UNM OER Initiative Showcase

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Mountain Time, Hybrid/Zoom
UNM Zimmerman Library, Waters Room

This event spotlighted the latest work in this area with an emphasis on what OER adoption can mean for our campus community, as well as ways to get involved. Light refreshments will be served.

Chat with ASUNM about OER

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All week, March 6-10 2023, In-Person
UNM Student Union Building

Throughout Open Education Week, ASUNM tabled in the SUB. ASUNM and University Libraries partnered to give students a chance to learn more about OER from their peers. 

Open Access (OA) Week 2022

OA Week Theme: Open for Climate Justice

International Open Access Week is a global event where Open Access advocates engage their communities to teach them about the potential benefits of Open Access and to share what they’ve learned with colleagues. “Open for Climate Justice” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. Open Access Week, founded in 2008, is organized by SPARC, a non-profit advocacy organization that supports open systems for research and education in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. UNM is participating in this event by disseminating information on global events and through illustrating to the local community how Open Access materials positively impact climate justice. 

UNM Open Access Week 2022 Events

The University LibrariesHealth Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC), and the UNM Law Library have collaborated together to bring the UNM community and the global community access to lectures, panels, and workshops on topics related to Open Access research and Open Educational Resources. Information about the team behind these events and more about the Open Access movement can be found on the Open Access Library Guide. Down below, you will find the calendar of UNM's OA Week 22 events.

Monday, October 24th, noon - 1:00 p.m. Mountain time

Open for Climate Justice: To Solve the World’s Biggest Problems, We Need Open Knowledge

The University Libraries is excited to virtually host Dr. Monica Granados (she/her), the Climate Change Campaign Manager for Creative Commons, as a speaker on the first day of Open Access Week, October 24th, 2022 at noon Mountain Standard Time. Register to attend here: https://goto.unm.edu/climate.

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Dr. Granados has a PhD in ecology from McGill University. While working on her PhD, Monica discovered that incentives in academia promote practices that make knowledge less accessible. Since then, Monica has devoted her career to working in the open science space in pursuit of making knowledge more equitable and accessible.

As a Senior Policy Advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada she provided subject matter expertise and supported the delivery of open science in the Government of Canada. Monica is now working at Creative Commons on a global campaign promoting open access of climate and biodiversity research. As a member of the Leadership Team at PREreview she works to make peer review more open and diverse. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Open Data Society promoting open data in Canada and alumna of the Frictonless Data Fellowship.

 

 Monday, October 24, 2022 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm Mountain time and *in-person* @ Zimmerman Library 

MAKE -A- ZINE!  

In celebration of Open Access Week, stop by Zimmerman Library on Monday, October 24 between 2pm -4pm and learn to make a zine from a single sheet of paper. Marya Jones, founder of ABQ Zine Fest, shows you how! Zines created through this event will be eligible for inclusion in our Open Access Week 2022 Digital Symposium.

What's a zine? A zine is short for magazine - it's thoughts, feelings, and ideas on paper, using images, writing, and drawings. Making a zine is a great way to connect with your creative side.  

Tuesday October 25th, 2022, 10:00am MT 

Think Global: Act Local - Ensuring an Equitable Transition to Open Science 

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center is excited to virtually host Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) to speak during Open Access Week.  Shearer will present Think global: Act local - Ensuring an equitable transition to open science October 25, 2022, at 10:00am. Register here: Think Global, Act Local.

Shearer's presentation "Think Global: Act Local - Ensuring an Equitable Transition to Open Science" will focus on how open science promises to offer unprecedented access to the full corpus of research, breaking down access barriers for many researchers.  However, there is a risk in the transition to open science - new barriers will be erected and a significant portion of researchers/authors will again be excluded from the system because of the predominance of pay to publish models. This presentation will examine the systemic factors including the transition to open science and discuss potential avenues for ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusivity across the scholarly publishing ecosystem. 

Picture of Kathleen Shearer. She is smiling and has shoulder length hair and wearing a black shirt.

Shearer has been working in the area of open access, open science, scholarly communications, and research data management for over 20 years. She is the author of numerous publications and delivered many presentations at international events. Most recently, she was the lead author of the paper Fostering Bibliodiversity in Scholarly Communications: A Call for Action (April 2020). She participates in the work of numerous other organizations to advance open science around the world and is also a Research Associate with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and has been instrumental in many of CARL’s activities related to open science, including the launch of the Portage Initiative in Canada, a national research data management network. 

Wednesday October 26th, 2022 noon - 1:00 p.m. Mountain time

Indigenous Data Sovereignty and the Open Access Movement 

The UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC), in conjunction with HSLIC’s Justice, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, is pleased to host a roundtable-style discussion around the critical concepts that inform the exchange of information related to research by and about Indigenous and Native American communities. Nested within the methodology of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, panelists will highlight best practices and considerations for rights management, governance, sharing, and use of Indigenous data as it relates (and oftentimes conflicts) with the Open Access movement. Register to attend here: Indigenous Data Sovereignty Panel.

Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll (she/her/hers) is Dene/Ahtna, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, and of Sicilian-descent. Based at the University of Arizona (UA), she is Assistant Professor, Public Health and American Picture of Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll. She is wearing glasses, has long hair, and is wearing a bright orange shirt.Indian Studies Graduate Program; Acting Director and Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy; Associate Director, Native Nations Institute; and Affiliate Faculty in the College of Law. Stephanie’s interdisciplinary research group the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Stephanie co-edited the book Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy and led the publication of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. Stephanie co-founded the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and co-founded and chairs the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) and the International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group at the Research Data Alliance. She Chairs the Indigenous Data Working Group for the IEEE P2890 Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples' Data. 

Picture of Dr. Debra MacKenzie, who is wearing a black shirt and has shoulder length hair.Dr. Debra MacKenzie (she/her) is co-director of the Community Environmental Health Program (developed and co-directed by Dr. Johnnye Lewis). Dr. MacKenzie and Dr. Lewis lead the Navajo Birth Cohort Study, a prospective birth cohort study investigating the impacts of pre-natal and early life exposures to uranium and other co-occurring metals on child health and development. This study is part of the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcome (ECHO) program. Dr. MacKenzie is also involved with an ongoing clinical trial on Navajo Nation investigating the potential benefits of supplemental zinc for mitigating metals toxicity. 

 

 

Friday, October 28th @ 1 p.m. Mountain timePicture of Jennifer Schaller, Mary Willms Wohlwend, and an image of the acronym OER

Opening Up Curriculum: Incorporating OER into Your Course Design  

During this Open Access Week webinar, UNM’s OER Librarian, Jennifer Schaller (she/her), and Mary Willms Wohlwend (she/her) from Digital Learning @ the Center for Teaching and Learning will give an overview of options available for faculty who would like to incorporate Open Educational Resources into their curriculum. Jennifer will give a primer on OER materials and the OER movement. She will also equip attendees with resources to find and evaluate OER in their own disciplines. Meanwhile, Mary will discuss options for how Canvas can support faculty adoption of OER materials. Register to attend here: https://goto.unm.edu/opencurriculum

Open Access Display in Zimmerman Library

Runs from October 10th - November 4th

In celebration of Open Access Week, the University of New Mexico Libraries is highlighting environmental posters from the Sam L. Slick collection, a collection of 12,000 Latin American and Iberian political posters. The Center for Southwest Research has digitally archived 5,000 of these posters, and they are available for the public to openly access through the New Mexico Digital Collections. Image of a tree and inside the tree are images of a healthy environment, including a rainbow, white clouds, a healthy river, some countryside imagery, and buildings.

The collection covers political topics such as the Sandinista Revolution, the Falkland Islands War, the El Salvadoran Anti-Government/Exile movement, the Bolivian Government, Mexico’s Partido Popular Socialista, Cuba under Castro, Paraguay’s Stroessner, the Panama Canal Treaty, and Post-Franco Spain. Subjects covered in the Slick collection include tourism and travel, historic figures, historic events, film, imperialism, solidarity, safety, the environment, energy conservation, health and sex education, peace, nationalism, agriculture, industrial production, music, religion, and women. 

Reproductions of a few of the collection's environmental posters will be displayed throughout Zimmerman during Open Access Week, including the picture on the right from Chile, which promotes an environmental awareness program held at the National Museum of Natural History in Chile.

Permission for reprinting “Nosotros y el Medio Ambiente ‘87” was granted by the Center for Southwest Research. You will find more Open Access materials from this collection in the New Mexico Digital Collections.