Open Access: OA Week

Open Access Week 2024: October 21-25

Since 2012, Virginia Tech's University Libraries have explored open access with talks, panel discussions, and workshops to help faculty and students understand open access and the support for it that the library provides.  Please join us!

All of our events this year will be hosted via Zoom. Please find registration information for each event below.

Connecting the Opens: Open Access, Open Data, & Open Education Resources

Monday October 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm  |  Newman Library 207A and Zoom | Register

This event will feature introductions to open access, open data, and open educational resources, with time for discussion.

Affordable (and free!) course materials: What, why, and where to find them

Tuesday October 22, 9:30am - 10:45am |  Zoom only | Register

Are you curious about better-fitting and zero-cost course material options for your courses? This session introduces a wide array of course material approaches, strategies, and services available to the entire campus community.  Sponsored by the University Libraries, join this session to learn about options for zero-cost access to course materials for students including library-owned eBooks, Fair use scanning services, Library Reserves, Open Educational Resources (OER), linking Library journals, homework software access code replacement options, case studies, video, and more.

How to Take Advantage of Virginia Tech’s Open Access Policy

Wednesday October 23, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |  Zoom only | Register

Since March 2021, all Virginia Tech researchers can provide immediate open access to the accepted version of scholarly articles through the university’s repository, VTechWorks, regardless of their copyright transfer agreement. This session helps researchers understand and use the policy, including version preparation, ways to deposit, and article discovery.  Open access to peer reviewed research is vital to scholars and citizens globally, and authors benefit through greater readership, downloads, and citations.  This session is open to all faculty, staff, and students. 

For other international 2024 Open Access Week events, see http://www.openaccessweek.org/ 

Accessibility

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-accessibility-g@vt.edu at least 10 business days prior to the event.