Library Workshops

Open Access (OA) scholarship is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. OA publishing shifts the costs of content creation and distribution away from subscribers, so that OA scholarship is freely available to anyone worldwide with an internet connection - no subscription necessary. Open Access Week is a global event celebrating the benefits of free, immediate access to scholarship produced by the research community. It is held annually in late October.

Who Owns Our Knowledge?

Rice Library Open Access Week Events.

Scholarly Communication Trends

• Monday, October 20 at 12:00 pm noon- 12:30 pm
• Learn and explore the current scholarly publishing trends.

Outdated Notions of Scholarly Communication

• Tuesday, October 21 at 12:00 pm noon - 12:30 pm
• Learn and explore the modern scholarly communication resources including Open Educational Resources (OER) and more!

Open Access Rice Library Information Table

• Wednesday, October 22 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Location: University West table near the food court and campus store
• Open Access swag and conversations about Open Access.

Your Digital Profile Explored

• Thursday, October 23 at 12:00 pm noon - 12:30 pm
• Creating a digital profile including the ORCiD and SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) Author Profile