UNM celebrates 2024 Open Access Week

This year's theme focuses on "community over commercialization" The University of New Mexico celebrates International Open Access Week (Oct. 21 - 27). International Open Access week celebrates the benefits of free, immediate, online access to scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use materials as needed.

A collaborative team consisting of the Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, Law Library, and University Libraries has planned a week of speakers and workshops bringing awareness to open access.

Open Access is the free, immediate, and online publication of research articles that are openly licensed and digitally accessible. At its core, Open Access publishing is a social justice issue that aims to make research more accessible to the greater public. Open Access scholarly publishing is related to Open Educational Resources (OER) in that they share similar licensing and ideology. OER materials provide students and teachers with free access to educational materials. OERs can significantly reduce the costs students spend on textbooks and other course materials. The UNM OER Initiative seeks to lower college costs for UNM students by encouraging and supporting UNM faculty with resources to adopt quality open materials in their courses.

This year's theme of "Community over Commercialization" encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community-and which do not.

Please find a list of the UNM Open Access Week events below. The event list consists of in-person and online formats. For more information about OER and Open Access Week, visit goto.unm.edu/oaweek.

Navigating the Evolving Open Access Landscape: Local and Consortial Library Perspectives and Strategies
October 21, at 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Online | Register at https://libcal.health.unm.edu/calendar/events/OAWeek

Explore the evolving landscape of Open Access in this session featuring two key presentations. We will begin with an environmental scan revealing how North American universities are supporting OA initiatives and addressing challenges. This will be followed by insights from an academic consortial perspective, focusing on the challenges of implementing consortial transformative agreements and sharing approaches for navigating them. This session aims to provide practical strategies for institutions looking to enhance support for authors and promote sustainable OA models.

Speakers:

• Robyn Gleasner, resource management librarian, UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
• Laura Hall, division head, Resources, Archives & Discovery, UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
• Danielle E. Maurici-Pollock, research data specialist, UNM Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center
• George Machovec, executive director, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries

AI and Open Educational Resources: A Community-Centered Approach
Oct. 21, at 1 - 2 p.m.

Online & In-person: Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters Room 105 | Register at https://libcal.unm.edu/calendar/register/AIandOER

Come explore the principles of openness and inclusivity and learn about ways UNM researchers are making education as widely available as possible through AI tools. This Open Access Week session, available to the public, will allow attendees to learn about curriculum developed by University of New Mexico instructors to meet the needs of their students. This research project was tailored to support faculty and instructors across diverse disciplines to use AI for OER development. AI tools can empower educators and learners with tools to create, customize, and adapt open educational resources.

Projects from this program include the development of case studies and assignments and even a chatbot tailored to beginner and intermediate Russian language learners. Members of the Graduate and Faculty Engagement team within the University Libraries will also be on hand to talk about this program and share content and ideas. Speakers for this event include University Librarians David Gustavsen and Jennifer Jordan and UNM faculty members Jeffrey Houdek, Irina Meier, and Xaver Neumeyer.

Refreshments will be served at the in-person event happening in the Frank Waters room 105 inside Zimmerman Library. Registration for this event is recommended.

Speakers:

• David Gustavsen, assistant professor, Graduate and Faculty Engagement Librarian, University Libraries
• Jennifer Jordan, assistant professor, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University Libraries
• Jeffrey Houdek, lecturer, Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy
• Irina Meier, senior lecturer of Russian and the director of the Russian Program in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures
• Xaver Neumeyer, assistant professor, Anderson School of Management

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