Month: March 2014

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Open Books, Not Open Wallets: How OER Helps Students Spend Less and Learn More

The Open Books, Not Open Wallets: How OER Helps Students Spend Less and Learn More panel was great. In case you missed it, here are some of the materials shared:

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Opening the Textbook

Cover of Opening the Textbook

Thanks to Jill Cirasella for pointing out this Ithaka briefing paper on the role of libraries in open education resources.

There’s a lot of great stuff in the paper, including this interesting musing:

What if…collaboration among university presses, university libraries, campus-based instructional design groups, and faculty could produce the best of class textbooks? The presses have needed expertise in developing collections, editing manuscripts, and managing distribution channels; libraries have a strong position on campus to support faculty and students and could identify useful materials, whether created on campus or
elsewhere.

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You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?

You are invited to an event in the Information Interventions @ CUNY series:

You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights As an Author

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When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? Different journals have different policies:

  • Some journals require you to relinquish your copyright. (You then have to ask permission or even pay to share your article with students and colleagues!)
  • Some journals allow you to retain some rights (e.g., the right to post online).
  • Some journals leave copyright in your hands. (You simply give the journal a non-exclusive license to publish the article.)

How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author? Come learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.

And what about articles you’ve already published? What did you sign when you were publishing them? Bring agreements you signed in the past, and we’ll examine what you agreed to, as well as what options you have now for altering the terms.

Friday, March 28, 2014
2pm – 4pm
Graduate Center, Room C197 (Concourse Level)
Space is limited! Please RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/cunyrights

There is one more Information Interventions @ CUNY coming up this year: Stay tuned for a panel about the controversy surrounding dissertations and open access!

Sponsored by the OpenCUNY, LACUNY Junior Faculty Research Roundtable, LACUNY Scholarly Communications Roundtable, and Just Publics @ 365.