Library Proposal Spawns New SEC Academic Collaboration Award Workshop Feb. 6-8 | Texas A&M Today

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-04

Summary:

"When Texas A&M University proposed the teaming of student government and university libraries in the Southeastern Conference to improve scholarly communication, the SEC took notice and presented it the first-ever SEC Academic Collaboration Award. The award-winning idea will become a reality Friday-Sunday (Feb. 6-8) at a workshop at the Sterling C. Evans Library, bringing students and representatives from each SEC university together to formulate a strategy. The proposal calls for the two-day workshop to focus on raising the profile of research produced by SEC universities through the use of high-quality, openly-licensed textbooks. The workshop will enable students and representatives from each SEC university to build strategic plans advancing open access and open educational resource initiatives at SEC universities.  Since winning the award, Texas A&M library officials have partnered with The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Right to Research Coalition to organize the workshop ... Teams of SEC university representatives in attendance at the workshop will be comprised of two student leaders from student governments (one undergraduate, one graduate), as well as relevant library experts, scholarly communication librarians and library directors. Each team will design and complete an open-access initiative that draws upon the strengths of the library-student government partnership, while aligning with other campus initiatives and meeting the needs of the team’s campus community.  The workshop will also feature nationally recognized experts on programs that effectively promote open access and open educational resources ..."

Link:

http://today.tamu.edu/2015/02/02/library-proposal-spawns-new-sec-academic-collaboration-award-workshop-feb-6-8/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

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Date tagged:

02/04/2015, 10:23

Date published:

02/04/2015, 05:22