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Boston College and Boston University Libraries are pleased to announce OpenCon 2018 Boston. This year's event will feature a screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. We are excited to welcome the film's producer and director Jason Schmitt for a panel discussion.
Preliminary schedule:
8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Check-in / Breakfast |
9:00 - 9:15 AM |
Welcoming Remarks / Update on OA at BU |
9:30 - 10:00 AM |
Presentation: Lauren Slingluff and Janine Kuntz, Wheaton College Pathways to a Z-Degree: Capitalizing on the Course Adoption |
10:00 - 10:15 AM |
Break |
10:15 - 11:00 AM |
Lightning Talks |
Margaret Manion, Making Open Textbooks More Discoverable |
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Anna Newman, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gender Differences in Approaches to Open Access |
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Phoebe Ayers, MIT Libraries Wikipedia activities at MIT and beyond |
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Michael A Toler, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT Increasing visibility of Open Access Resources |
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Julia A. Lovett, University of Rhode Island Libraries The 1foldr Data Report for Populating IRs: A Lightning-Fast Review |
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Jim McGrath, Brown University Wikipedia, Public Humanities, and Hyperlocal History |
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Breakout Session: Anne Britton, Local History and Open Access |
12:00 PM- 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
1:00 - 1:45 PM |
Breakout Session: Kelly Fitzpatrick & Jack Cushman, Harvard University Caselaw Access Project API |
1:45 - 2:15 PM |
Presentation: Amod Lele, Boston University BULB: A WordPress Plugin for Open Educational Resources |
2:15 - 2:30 PM |
Break |
2:30 - 3:30 PM |
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship |
3:30 - 4:30 PM |
Q&A with Director/Producer Jason Schmitt |