21st October, 2024
Join UTS Library from 21- 27 October to celebrate Open Access Week with an exciting program of events that will help you better understand Open Access and how you can use it to enhance your teaching and research.
Community over commercialisation
Open Access Week is part of an international campaign to raise awareness of the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems. This year’s theme is Community over Commercialisation and is about prioritising approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community.
What's on
Join us online for a series of expert panels and workshop events unpacking Open Access and its impacts.
- Research Impact at UTS: Enhancing your Impact with Open Access
Seminar featuring UTS Aspire and UTS Library experts.
11am to 12pm, Tuesday, 22 October
- Open and Accessible: When open isn't enough
Panel session featuring experts from Australia and USA.
12pm to 1:30pm, Tuesday 22 October
- Communities in Action: Cutting through the rough with diamond journals and open knowledge
Panel session featuring experts from South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
12pm to 1:30pm, Wednesday, 23 October
- Communities con-tech-ualised? How can technologies support communities and their decisions around opening their knowledges?
Panel session featuring New Zealand and Australian experts.
12pm to 1:30pm, Thursday, 24 October
- Navigating publishing in Open Access journals
Workshop run by UTS Library.
1:30pm to 2:30pm, Thursday 24 October (External link)
Want more?
- Check out Open Access explained(External link), a short video which looks at scholarly publishing and resources.
- Read up on the advantages of Open Access publishing, common Open Access policies you should publish your research under and the benefits to your work.
- Watch the short video to discover How and why you should deposit your research in OPUS(External link).
- Explore UTS ePress(External link), the Open Access publishing arm of UTS which is dedicated to removing barriers to knowledge by freely disseminating high-quality scholarly works.
- Browse key open educational resources available in the UTS Library collection.
- Browse the LX Futures Blog(External link) for news, events and innovative ways your colleagues are utilising OERs.
- Request a consultation with a librarian(External link) to discuss how to find and use open access materials in your teaching or research.
