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Hi all
There are a few events listed below worth noting planned for Open Access
week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/> which takes place October 21-27. All are
welcome. Note: you need to register for the Decolonize Open afternoon. We hope to see you
there! You can keep up with how KPU is celebrating Open Access week by monitoring our
events page at https://www.kpu.ca/library/Open_Access.
1. Can we Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event at KPU Richmond
Join Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC for an exciting half-day celebration of Open
Access Week (Oct 21-27, 2019). This year’s theme from SPARC is Open for Whom? Equity in
Open Knowledge. Our keynote speaker, Jessie Loyer, will explore this question alongside
participants through the lens of decolonization. The conversation will continue with local
panelists engaged in open knowledge work.
Light refreshments will be served courtesy of our partner
BCcampus<https://bccampus.ca/>. All are welcome.
Date: Tuesday, October 22 2019
Time: 12:30pm-1pm (check-in); 1pm-4pm (program)
Place: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 8771 Lansdowne Road, Richmond BC; Wilson School of
Design, room 4900
Cost: Free! Registration
required<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD_hrXdrCfPgVUj2AN-aO…nk>.
Summary of Jessie’s talk
Sometimes when folks are in the midst of a monumental, feel-good shift, they fail to
realize who has been excluded from that space. Librarians and scholars have been
advocating the ideals of open access for many years and have seen the exciting changes the
movement creates for public knowledge. Yet we rarely think about whose voices are absent
and the structures of power that limit this project. Together, we’ll query our
positionality in these spaces, and consider how the politics of refusal and an ethic of
care might intersect to complicate the open access movement, potentially creating
futurities of reciprocity. If rethought as a tool of resurgence, open access can support
justice.
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2. Intro to Open Science & Open Access (Student Directed Presentations)
Kicking off Open Access Week 2019, join us for a presentation about Open Science and Open
Access. Learn about the benefits of open science practices such as pre-registering your
hypotheses and sharing your data and research materials in open repositories. We will
discuss the academic publishing process, sharing your pre- and postprints, and resources
and other supports available to you at KPU, such as our institutional repository KORA. The
talk will focus on practical steps that (student) researchers can take at KPU that will
help make their work more visible, transparent, and rigorous.
Date: October 21, 2019
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Place: Surrey Conference Centre (Cedar 1205C)
All are welcome!
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Systems Librarian
t 604.599.3036
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