HAPPILY OPEN AFTEREngaging Your Students with Open Access Resources

Robyn Hall | MacEwan University | Fall 2012

Overview Open Access Open Students Activities, Ideas, & Opportunities

OA in a

Nutshell

Knowledge

Breaking News: Open Access Wave Sweeps World: http://vimeo.com/24171277

Source: MIT Libraries

Open Access 101: http://vimeo.com/6973160

Source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/124

Source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/124

Source: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/124

OpenStudents?

Source: http://www.cybernetcom.ca

‘Sharers’

Source: http://www.datpiff.com

Source: http://twitchfilm.com

Mashups

InformationLiteracy

- ACRL, 2000

• “foundation for continued growth throughout their careers”

• “informed citizens and members of communities”

Access Denied

Real WorldResearch

“Doctor Doctor” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA4BZGG86XM

The gift of

OpenLiteracy

Perspectives

Problems

Adding the concept of OA would be increasing irrelevant "noise" in an already overwhelming information learning process.

There are already so many things to show students, it seems like an extra frivolity.

Open Access doesn't include titles of interest to our students, many of them are rather obscure.

We feel that our resources are sufficient.

After finding an article through the search engine not

being able to find it

Not getting full articles

Not being able to “Get” articles The title comes but

when you click it says cannot find

and open.

Limited options

I don't know how it could be done, given the institutional culture.

http://thecostofknowledge.com

... OA is primarily of importance to librarians.

…the students care about the information and its quality, not the packaging.  

We’re in this Together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxg67UER7dc&feature=related

Suggestions

openaccessweek.org

righttoresearch.org

Use OA

http://scholarlyoa.com

http://www.anthropologymatters.com

http://www.librarystudentjournal.org

www.sparkyawards.org

OA Assignments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSRmTWXk9c&feature=related%20ideas%20possibilities

http://davinci.lib.uoguelph.ca

OA Publishing

If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.- George Bernard Shaw

Questions?Suggestions?

Thank You!