Hello everyone,
Just a quick reminder that you can register for one or more of next week’s events celebrating Open Access Week 2018 by visiting:
https://www.kpu.ca/OpenAccessWeek
Whether you are interested in hands-on training with Pressbooks (for creating/adapting open textbooks), Open Journal Systems (for launching an open access journal), embedding library resources into your Moodle course
sites (for the Zed Cred), or listening to our own Melissa Ashman (along with others from UBC, SFU, the Commonwealth of Learning, and the Nun wa dee Stewardship Society) talk about the invisible labour of Open, the KPU Library & Office of Open Education have
got you covered.
Cheers,
Rajiv
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From: Openkpu <openkpu-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Karen Meijer-Kline <karen.meijer-kline@kpu.ca>
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 2:20 PM
To: KPU Open Education listserv <openkpu@mail.bccampus.ca>
Subject: [Openkpu] Celebrating Open Access Week 2018
Join us in celebrating Open Access Week 2018!
October 22-28
International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions and organizations across the world.
The library will be hosting 3 different workshops, in 4 separate offerings for your scheduling convenience:
- Launch your own OJS journal:
Get a tour of OJS from KPU Librarians and learn how it can support your course or journal.
- Create and adapt using Pressbooks:
Learn how to make accessible open textbooks.
- ZED CRED READY: Update your course so it has zero textbook costs!
Find out how to embed library resources into your course web sites.
Register at
https://www.kpu.ca/OpenAccessWeek
Furthermore, on Wednesday evening
please join SFU, BCIT, KPU, Langara, UFV and UBC and the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL) group for this panel event on the topic of invisible labour in open scholarship:
- OPEN BUT NOT FREE: INVISIBLE LABOUR IN OPEN SCHOLARSHIP. Enjoy an evening downtown for a panel and discussion
on invisible labour, sustainability, participation and exclusion as they relate to Open Education.
Date: Wednesday October 24, 5-8pm
Location: SFU Vancouver (Harbour Centre), Rm 700
More information and registration:
https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/scholarly-publishing/33758
If you have any questions please let me know.
Hope to see you there,
Karen
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Karen Meijer-Kline |
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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