Open Access Week

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The University Libraries at Virginia Tech began sponsoring events for the globally celebrated Open Access Week in 2012. Find information about open access and this year's schedule at the library's open access guide, http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oa/.

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    Open Archives Initiative
    McMillan, Gail (2000-06-01)
    This presentation, which was given at the annual meeting of the Society of Scholarly Publishing on June 1, 2000, describes the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), a protocol for exchanging content between digital repositories. The presentation outlines OAI's history, core components, key stakeholders, and ongoing developments.
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    Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Progress, Issues, and Prospects
    McMillan, Gail; Fox, Edward A.; Srinivasan, Venkat (Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech, 2009)
    ETDs form an important component of global scholarship and research output. Many universities around the world require, accept, or at least encourage students to submit their theses and dissertations electronically. The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), which promotes ETD activities worldwide, now has over 779,000 ETDs accessible through its Union Catalog, run by Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Other NDLTD partners provide powerful tools for searching, browsing, and visualization...
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    ETDs@VT: Copyright--Your Rights and Responsibilities
    McMillan, Gail (Virginia Tech. Graduate School, 2011-10-11)
    Gail McMillan discusses copyright, permissions and representing other authors' works in your ETD. Recorded 18 October 2011 at the Graduate Life Center, Virginia Tech.
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    Copyright in Scholarship & Instruction and an Open Access Primer
    McMillan, Gail (Digital Library and Archives, 2012-02-06)
    Increase your understanding of US copyright law, particularly US Code Title 17, Sect. 106-108, and your appreciation of rights and responsibilities with regard to intellectual property issues that faculty and students regularly face. Questions and concerns from the VT community will illustrate the legal code and university policies developed this spring will be revealed. The Open Access Primer provides information and links to better inform ourselves about the issues as well as the resources available. Drawing on resources provided by such OA experts as Peter Suber and the recent ALA Midwinter 2012 panel, we can discuss a library policy or resolution.
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    DLA: Who We Are and What We Do
    McMillan, Gail; Gilbertson, Keith; Hall, Nathan; Lawrence, Anne S.; Weeks, Kimberli; Wills, D. Jane; Xie, Zhiwu (2012-05-24)
    In Service Day (ISD) 2012 presentation about the Digital Library and Archives (DLA).
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    Gail McMillan's Faculty Activity Report for FY'12
    McMillan, Gail (2012-06-29)
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    Introduction to Open Access
    Young, Philip (2012-10-16)
    This is a general introduction to open access that describes the two roads to OA, self-archiving and publishing in an OA journal. Also covered are predatory publishers and the importance of open licensing. Library services in support of OA are described, as well as actions that faculty can take. Prepared for a FDI course in conjunction with a copyright course. This presentation is about 35 minutes live.
  • Open Access 101
    Young, Philip; McMillan, Gail (2012-10-17)
    This short course was provided to faculty, staff, and students during Open Access Week at Virginia Tech to help them (1) gain a better understanding of Open Access--unrestricted access to scholarship, (2) increase their mastery of copyright, (3) learn how to access to their online works, and (4) learn how to take advantage of the Libraries' Subvention Fund.
  • Introduction to Open Access & Copyright
    Young, Philip; McMillan, Gail (2013-02-18)
    In this FDI (Faculty Development Institute) class at Virginia Tech, the goal is for attendees to gain a better understanding of Open Access--unrestricted access to scholarship, increase their mastery of their copyrights, and learn how to take advantage of the Libraries' Subvention Fund and increase access to their work.
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    Promoting Universal Knowledge for All: Open Access Week 2012 at Virginia Tech
    Miller, Rebecca K.; DeBose, Kyrille; Hall, Nathan; Lindblad, Purdom; Scripa, Allison; Griffin, Julie; Young, Philip (Virginia Libraries, 2013-06)
    This article describes the events and activities organized by the University Libraries for Virginia Tech's first Open Access Week celebration in 2012.
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    Open Access Week Library Survey (June 24, 2013)
    McMillan, Gail (2013-06-11)
    Ten multiple-choice questions about what activities the library might sponsor during Open Access Week 2013
  • Scholarly Communication for FDI Track K, June 27, 2013, 10:30 am
    McMillan, Gail (2013-06-27)
    Scholarly communication discussion topics for Track K (From Kindles to Open Access: The New Ecosystem of Digital Publishing) at Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute, June 27, 2013, 10:30 am.
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    Altmetrics
    McMillan, Gail (2013-08-07)
    This is a brief introduction to the topic of "alternative metrics" for University Libraries.
  • Introduction to Open Access and Copyright
    Young, Philip; McMillan, Gail (2013-10-21)
    This presentation introduces open access and copyright and was given as part of Open Access Week 2013 at Virginia Tech.
  • ETDs and Open Access: Understanding the Digital Landscape of Open Access in the Graduate School Arena
    McMillan, Gail (2013-10-21)
    During this Open Access Week panel, Gail McMillan shared data from some of the ETD projects she has collaborated on, including the 2013 ETD base line survey of institutions and the 2011-2012 surveys of journal editors and university press directors about their ETD policies.
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    Publishing Services from the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
    McMillan, Gail; Lawrence, Anne S. (2013-10-22)
    If you want to publish a journal or conference proceedings online, the library can help you. OJS, Open Journal Systems, and OCS, Open Conference Systems, are software and support that is available from the Center for Digital Research and Scholarlship. See a demonstration of these new library services and learn about the support available for scholarly publishing.
  • Snagging Funds to Publish Your Articles: VT's Open Access Subvention Fund
    McMillan, Gail (2013-10-22)
    Let your journal articles be openly accessible. Don't hide your research behind a pay-wall that only the well-endowed researchers can access. Learn about the cooperative venture between the Library, the Provost, and the Office of Research that will fund open access scholarship.
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    Open Access Faculty Panel 2013
    Panel Presentation (2013-10-23)
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    ETDs and Open Access: the Digital Landscape of Open Access Publishing in the Graduate School Arena
    McMillan, Gail (2013-10-31)
    Gail McMillan will discuss her research on the effects of open access for theses and dissertations on publishing opportunities for graduate students.