UNM Celebrates Open Access all month long

The University of New Mexico celebrates International Open Access Month, Oct. 1-31. The University Libraries, Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, and the Law Library have collaborated to bring exciting, fun events throughout October that highlight open access issues and projects.

This event is in collaboration with International Open Access Week Oct. 19 - 25, which celebrates the benefits of free, immediate, online access to scholarly research, and the right to use and reuse materials as needed.

Open Access is the free, immediate and online publication of research articles that are openly licensed and digitally accessible. At its core, Open Access publishing is a social justice issue that aims to make research more accessible to the greater public. Open Access scholarly publishing is related to Open Educational Resources (OER) in that they share similar licensing and ideology. OER materials provide students and teachers with free access to educational materials. OERs can significantly reduce the costs students spend on textbooks and other course materials. The UNM OER Initiative seeks to lower college costs for UNM students by encouraging and supporting UNM faculty with resources to adopt quality open materials in their courses.

Accessing and sharing knowledge is a human right. Yet, the costs to access and share knowledge continue to increase, often dramatically. This year's theme asks why? And who benefits?

Please find a list of the UNM Open Access Month events below. The event list consists of in-person and online formats. For more information about OER and Open Access Month, visit the Open Access website.

Oct. 7, 11 a.m. - noon | Open Data, Hidden Risk: Understanding Data Re-identification
Online | Register

This session explores re-identification risk and what it means for researchers who share data openly. Topics include:

• Weighing the benefits of open data against potential privacy risk
• Understanding privacy standards and regulations and how they relate to re-identification risk
• Exploring statistical disclosure limitation methods and their implications for data sharing
• Considering additional challenges related to data sharing in visualizations

Speakers:

Sabrina Templeton is the Data Visualization Specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC).

Oct. 8, 11 a.m. - noon | Getting Started with Open Access Publishing
Online | Register

This hour-long workshop will provide an overview of best practices for open access publishing, including:

• Basics of article licensing agreements
• Types of open access without article processing charges, including green (self-archiving) and diamond (completely free to read and publish)
• Finding reputable open access journals through tools like DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Agreements)
• UNM's read and publish agreements with Cambridge University Press and Company of Biologists
• Avoiding predatory journals using the Think, Check, Submit guidelines

Speakers:

Will White, MSLIS, is an assistant professor and a scholarly communications librarian at the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC)

Leah Everitt, MSLS, is an assistant professor and a research and education librarian at the Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC)

Both Everitt and White are on HSLIC's Exploring Open Access Working Group, which contributes to HSLIC's understanding of the HSC's needs surrounding open access publishing and provides programming on open access.

Oct. 12, noon - 1 p.m. | Data Are Power: Big Data, Open Data and Critical Data Studies
HSLIC Room 223 or Online | Register

Who benefits from big data and open data? Who bears the costs? What does it mean to think of data as a form of power? In this talk, Danielle Maurici-Pollock, assistant professor and HSLIC research data specialist, considers this year's International Open Access Week theme "The Cost of Knowledge" from the perspective of critical data studies, examining the sometimes hidden and often unevenly distributed costs of data, including topics such as privacy concerns, ethical challenges, environmental impacts and the invisible labor supporting data infrastructures.

Speakers:

Danielle Maurici-Pollock, Ph.D., is the research data specialist at The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.

Oct. 14, 10 - 11 a.m. | Accessible Archives: Online Historical Resources about the University of New Mexico
Online | Register

In this online presentation, UNM University Archivist Portia Vescio and UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center Archivist Abbie Olivas will discuss locating and using historical resources about the University of New Mexico in two online platforms: New Mexico Digital Collections and the UNM Digital Repository. They will highlight important collections related to UNM's history as well as discuss the cost (subscriptions, equipment, staff time, etc.) of providing online access to these resources.

Speakers:

Portia Vescio is a university archivist at the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences

Abbie Olivias is an archivist at the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC)

Oct. 15, 1 - 2 p.m. | Adapting and Synthesizing Open Textbooks
Online | Register

This session introduces participants to open textbooks, their benefits and how to adapt and synthesize them. Discover ways to modify existing OER and combine works to create a book-length adaptation project. Explore methods of organizing openly licensed materials through a spreadsheet system for collaboratively vetting OER resources. This presentation is based on the work Jennifer has done modifying resources and working with faculty on open publications, and it will introduce attendees to resources developed for the OER publication process at UNM.

Speakers:

Jennifer Jordan works as an open educational resource (OER) librarian in the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences

Oct. 20, 1 - 2 p.m. | Cost Comparison of Open Data Repositories
Online | Register

This session offers a practical roadmap to navigating generalist open data repository options and will cover:

• When to share data openly in a generalist repository
• A comparison of the different options (Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad, etc.)
• Cost and size constraints to consider
• Code sharing and how it differs from data sharing

Speakers:

Sabrina Templeton is the data visualization specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC).

Oct. 21, 1 - 2 p.m. | Showcasing Scholarship: Using the UNM Digital Repository
Online | Register

This session will provide faculty, researchers, and students with an overview of the UNM Digital Repository, including:

• A tour of the interface and navigation highlighting key scholarly and archival collections
• An overview of how the repository supports open access and public scholarship at UNM
• Guidance on how to upload scholarly and creative works
• Tips on increasing the visibility and accessibility of your contributions

Speakers:

Will White, MSLIS, is an assistant professor and a scholarly communications librarian at the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC)

Raelynn Richardson is a library services coordinator at the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences

Abbie Olivias is an archivist at the Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center (HSLIC)

Oct. 21 & 22, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Open Access Week: Free Book Fair
Duck Pond | No registration needed

Join UNM OER and the Friends of the Public Library for a free book giveaway! The Friends will bring a wide selection of books for UNM students to take home. Stop by to:

• Pick up a free book to enjoy.
• Learn how OA and OER are transforming access to knowledge.
• Explore how open licensing makes it possible to reuse and remix educational and research materials.
• Get details on other Open Access Week events happening across campus.

Oct. 26, noon - 1 p.m. | Data Horror Stories
HSLIC Room 223 or Online | Register

It's baaack! Celebrate this Halloween week with an all-NEW sequel to our most terrifying workshop event: Data Horror Stories. Join us online or in person for spine-tingling tales of data management gone wrong...and some advice to help you escape a research data nightmare. Feel free to lurk or bring some terrifying tales of your own.

Speakers:

Danielle Maurici-Pollock, Ph.D., is the research data specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center.

Sabrina Templeton is the data visualization specialist at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center (HSLIC).