Open Access Week is celebrated each year in October. International Open Access Week, a global event now entering its fourteenth year, is an opportunity for open access advocates to engage their communities to teach them about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.

Rowan University Libraries is pleased to celebrate Open Access Week this year. Open Access Week will be held virtually during the last week of October, October 25-29, 2021. The schedule of virtual events is as follows:

Monday, October 25, 2021

10:00-11:00am – External speaker: Sara Rouhi, Director of Strategic Partnerships, PLOS – Register
Sara Rouhi’s talk will touch upon the economics of open access publishing, the new PLOS Community Action Publishing program and impact metrics of open access publications (as they pertain to publications in PLOS journals).

Tuesday – October 26, 2021

12:00-1:15pm – Assessing credibility of open access journals workshop – Register

Presenters
Shilpa Rele, Scholarly Communication and Data Curation Librarian
Daniel Kipnis, Life Sciences Librarian

2:00-3:00pm – Rowan Faculty panel on Open Access – Register
Rowan faculty share their perspectives on open access and open access publishing

Faculty Panelists:
James Grinias (Associate Professor, Chemistry)
Stephanie Spielman (Assistant Professor, Biology)
Alison Novak (Assistant Professor, Public Relations & Advertising)
Ane Johnson (Professor, Education)
Kathryn Behling (Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences)
Gonzalo Carrasco (Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences)

Wednesday – October 27, 2021

Fair Use and Instruction Workshop – Register

Presenters:
Bret McCandless, Performing Arts Librarian
Shilpa Rele, Scholarly Communication and Data Curation Librarian

Thursday – October 28, 2021

Open Licensing: Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses – Register
Presenters:
Christine Davidian, Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian
Bret McCandless, Performing Arts Librarian
Shilpa Rele, Scholarly Communication and Data Curation Librarian

Friday – October 29, 2021

Introduction to Open Scholarship [This workshop is offered in collaboration between the Division of University Research, the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and Rowan University Libraries. Registration details will be forthcoming.]
Presenters:
Shilpa Rele, Scholarly Communication and Data Curation Librarian
Stephen Robishaw, Manager, Office of Research Development, Division of University Research