This week (Oct. 20-23) Kennedy Library is joining a host of institutions around the world to celebrate Open Access Week (OA Week), a global event that aims to promote open access as a new norm in scholarship and research. Open…
Written by Karen Lauritsen five years ago
Exploring Open Data: Campus and city perspectives
Open data has begun to rapidly transform business, government, the sciences, and citizen engagement in the 21st century. Built on the principles of open access, open data promotes free access to datasets to use, re-use and distribute for an ever-growing…
Written by Lauren Young six years ago
LibRAT tips and tricks for saving money
Since working as a LibRAT, I have learned many library tricks to save some extra cash on my course textbooks. Now, I get to pass on some of my tips to you! Tip #1: Link+ “links” us to more libraries…
Written by Karen Lauritsen six years ago
Opening up knowledge in Geneva: OKCon 2013
This is a guest post by Anna Gold, the university librarian at Cal Poly. Open Week 2013 is the perfect time to share what I learned about the global movement to open up knowledge! The global Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon…
Written by Lauren Young six years ago
Seeing (and thinking) orange: A LibRAT living in an open access world
As you stay awake till the library’s closing hours, cramming for your midterms and finishing your essays this week, you may have seen bright orange banners and logos. Don’t worry. Your over-caffeinated mind isn’t playing tricks on you. All the…
Written by Karen Lauritsen six years ago
Discover what open access means to you at Open Week 2013
What does open access mean to you and your teaching and research? Find out at Open Week 2013, a series of events from Oct. 17-24 designed specifically for Cal Poly as part of the global Open Access Week movement. Join…