Author: Alycia Sellie

Alycia Sellie is the Associate Librarian for Collections at the Graduate Center Library.
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CUNY OA Meetup

Join us for a CUNY-wide meetup about Open Access. We hope that this will be an open discussion where we could talk a bit about the nuts and bolts of OA, free culture, etc. And also about what has (or hasn’t) been happening surrounding OA on our campuses, and actions we might take in the future to educate and mobilize. The meeting will be informal, and open to all–students, faculty and staff.

Wednesday, January 18
3pm
@ the Mina Rees Library at the CUNY Graduate Center
Room C196.05 on the concourse level (the room is located at the back of the computer lab on the lower level of the library–folks should remember to bring CUNY ID and enter on the 1st floor, then go down a level and back into the corner of the floor).

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OA @ the CUNY IT Conference

A few of us who have been involved with the Open Access @ CUNY movement were part of the 2011 CUNY IT Conference last Friday at John Jay College. Jill Cirasella and I joined CUNY library faculty members Kathleen Collins and Rhonda Johnson for the panel “Copyright, Fair Use and Open License Tools Online.” Kathleen and Rhonda did a great job presenting all of the resources available to the copyright-curious through the (C)OPYRIGHT @ CUNY website–a resource ripe with information for students, faculty and librarians about using copyrighted works in the classroom and academia at large.

Jill and I then talked a bit about licensing your own work outside the parameters of standard copyright. My presentation, “You Don’t Need My Permission: Freeing Scholarship by Hacking Copyright,” which can be seen here, ran through some of the basics of free licenses and why you might consider using one for your work. Jill’s presentation, “Going Open Doesn’t Mean Going It Alone: Tools to Help Make Your Content Open,” which can be viewed here, showcased a number of tools that can help navigate the waters of Open Access publishing.

We would love if these materials could reach a wider audience than just those who were able to make it to our talk, and the conference!

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Thanks for a Great OA Week!

OA Panel

We had a fabulous panel on October 28 at the Graduate Center. I wanted to share a few links for the presentations that our panelists shared, and once again to thank everyone for coming out to this event as well as the other celebrations that were held throughout the week. We organizers were inspired by our discussions, and already are working hard on new projects and collaborations, in and outside of CUNY.

Matthew K Gold’s slideshow from October 28 can be viewed here, and more about the work of Trebor Scholz can be found at MobilityShifts.org. You can keep up with Radical Teacher at their website, and perhaps find more information about why Michael Mandiberg is critical of Open Access (he wants to touch, not just view) at his website.