The University of San Diego Digital Initiatives Symposium features workshops and user group meetings for a variety of institutional repository platforms, focusing on the digital elements of library ecosystems and institutional repositories.
For more information, visit http://digital.sandiego.edu/symposium/2018.
This call brings together all librarians working with, or learning about, all things Open--and gives participants an opportunity to connect with each other to better their work and librarianship.
You can find all the proposed agendas and minutes from our OpenCon librarian community calls here.
To join the conference call from your computer, go to https://www.uberconference.com/SPARCconference.
To join the conference by phone within the US, dial 855 277 1599. To join the conference by phone outside of the US, see https://www.uberconference.com/international. This page provides local dial-in numbers for 50 countries. If available, you can dial into the local number for your country then enter our conference line information when prompted (phone number: 855 277 1599). If a local dial-in number isn’t available for your country, we suggest you either login from your computer using the instructions above or dial the US number using Skype.
For more information, visit http://www.opencon2016.org/feb_2017_librarian_call_2017.
This call brings together all librarians working with, or learning about, all things Open--and gives participants an opportunity to connect with each other to better their work and librarianship.
You can find all the proposed agendas and minutes from our OpenCon librarian community calls here.
To join the conference call from your computer, go to https://www.uberconference.com/SPARCconference.
To join the conference by phone within the US, dial 855 277 1599. To join the conference by phone outside of the US, see https://www.uberconference.com/international. This page provides local dial-in numbers for 50 countries. If available, you can dial into the local number for your country then enter our conference line information when prompted (phone number: 855 277 1599). If a local dial-in number isn’t available for your country, we suggest you either login from your computer using the instructions above or dial the US number using Skype.
For more information, visit http://www.opencon2016.org/january_2017_librarian_call.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, 202.538.1065, [email protected]
Washington, D.C. (September 26, 2016) – Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education for SPARC, issued the following statement commending Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Michael Bennett (D-CO) for including support for open educational resources (OER) in Section 3 of the Innovation for Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2016 (S. 3344).
“SPARC commends Senator Hatch and Senator Bennet for promoting innovation in career and technical education programs through open educational resources. High quality career and technical education is key to preparing a strong and modern workforce, and the cost of acquiring high quality instructional materials and tools can be a significant barrier, particularly for those in our nation’s most economically distressed communities.
“A growing body of evidence shows that using open educational resources in place of purchasing traditional resources can yield the same or better student outcomes, while substantially reducing costs. Section 3 of Hatch-Bennett bill would empower state and district leaders to invest in flexible open educational resources, so that the instructional materials supporting CTE programs are more affordable, sustainable and locally-relevant. We strongly encourage Congress to adopt the open educational resources language in this proposal as part of the next Perkins CTE Act reauthorization."
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SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC empowers people to solve big problems and make new discoveries though the adoption of policies and practices that advance Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education. Learn more at sparcopen.org.
Hosted by SPARC and the Right to Research Coalition, OpenCon 2016 will bring together leading students and early career academic professionals working to advance openness in research and education. The main conference will be held November 12-14 in Washington, DC, with satellite events held around the world.
OpenCon is more than a conference. It’s a platform for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, develop critical skills, and catalyze action toward a more open system for sharing the world’s information—from scholarly and scientific research, to educational materials, to digital research data. OpenCon 2016 will be held in Washington, DC on November 12-14, with satellite events hosted around the world.