Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Features a Week of OA Events

Join us in exploring Open Access publishing trends, issues, and transforming scholarly communication during International Open Access Week, October 19 – 23, 2009, sponsored by The Wallace Center’s Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship Services.

Stop by the Publishing & Scholarship Support Center (PSSC) to have your questions answered on open access journal/article publishing, the RIT Digital Media Library, and more. Enter for a chance to win the Handbook of Digital Publishing vols. 1 & 2 by RIT Professor Emeritus Michael L. Kleper.

All of the sessions are FREE. No registration required.
To request interpreting services, contact: http://myAccess.rit.edu/

 Scheduled Events:

 Monday, October 19
2:00 – 3:30 pm
“The Open Publishing Guide”
Presented by: Rachel Gootnick, CIAS Open Publishing Lab
Location: VIA Lab; The Wallace Center (Bldg. 5; 2nd floor)

 Tuesday, October 20
3:00 – 3:30 pm
“Publishing a Journal Article”
Presented by: Scott Anson, Program Chair, Manufacturing Engineering Technology; Editor-in-Chief of JASET
Location: The Publishing & Scholarship Support Center (PSSC); The Wallace Center

 Wednesday, October 21
Noon – 1:00 pm
“Information Wants to be Free: Introducing Open Access”
Presented by: Marianne Buehler, Publishing & Scholarship Support Services
Location: The Center for Student Innovation (Bldg. 87)
ATTENTION, RIT STUDENTS: Learn about two contests to promote the open exchange of information.

 Thursday, October 22
9:30 – 10:30 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Open Access Publishing and RIT”
Featuring: Jeremy Haefner, Provost, and RIT Faculty
Location: Idea Factory; The Wallace Center (Bldg. 5; 1st floor)

 1:00 – 2:00 pm
WEBINAR: “Open Access to Teaching Knowledge: From Commons to Collaboratory” 
Hosted by: Tom Carey, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
Login: https://connect.rit.edu/r84276161/

 Friday, October 23
10:00 – 11:00 am
ACCESS GRID VIDEO CONFERENCE
Participants from RIT, NTID, U of R, and the American University in Kosovo will discuss “Open Access Worldwide.”
Location: The Wallace Center (Bldg. 5; 1st floor; near Idea Factory)

 1:30 – 2:30 pm
WEBINAR: “Teaching and Learning Unleashed Through Web 2.0 and Open Educational Resources”
Hosted by: Christine Geith, Assistant Provost and Executive Director of Michigan State University’s MSUglobal
Login: https://connect.rit.edu/r59513685/

 PSSC Website: http://library.rit.edu/publishing/publishing-scholarship-support.html

 For more information, contact:

Marianne Buehler: mabwml@rit.edu; 585-475-5589