Sustainable scholarship

Guest post from Dave Ghamandi, Open Publishing Librarian and Managing Editor of Aperio:

The UVA Library, in collaboration with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, is embarking on a new IMLS-funded project to develop a collaborative community hub, designed as a dynamic resource to support librarians, educators, and technologists in navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of AI and open educational resources (OER).

The project will feature:

The post below was originally published by Brandon Butler in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

The post below was originally published by Brandon Butler in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week 2024 by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

The post below was originally published in 2023 and has been updated for Open Access Week by Scholarly Repository Librarian Sherry Lake.

Charlotte Hoopes had no idea what open educational resources (OER) were until she had to build an introductory business course from scratch in 2021, her first year as an assistant professor in the McIntire School of Commerce*. The cost of business case studies and simulations consumed her class budget, leading her to discover free, “open” textbooks.

The story below was updated for 2024: read more about Aperio and Diamond OA at UVA.

 


Guest post by Brandon Butler, the Library’s Director of Information Policy.

The story below was updated for 2024: read more about open access at UVA.

 


Guest post by Brandon Butler, the Library’s Director of Information Policy.

The story below was updated for 2024: read more about open publishing at UVA!

 


This year’s theme for Open Access Week is “Community over Commercialization,” and it’s easy for those of us at the Library to understand the connection between community and the power of the dissemination of knowledge.  


Guest post from Dave Ghamandi, Open Publishing Librarian and Managing Editor of Aperio:

In his 1973 book, “The Sociology of Science,” the influential American sociologist Robert K.

There have been a lot of news stories in the past few years about the “big deals,” academic publishing, and its relationship to journal access in higher education, including here at UVA. And it’s true: what’s happening now is, well, a big deal; one that will affect the way we publish and read for decades to come. This article focuses on three aspects: tools you can download and utilize to make for easier access, processes we’ve put in place on the back end to ensure your access is uninterrupted, and opportunities that have come from this unique moment.