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Register for free today! bit.ly/OpenConBoulder18 Registration will close August 31.
Are you a student wanting more affordable textbooks? A librarian seeking more information on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data? Are you a professor curious about open research and interested in supporting more affordable textbooks for your students? Then OpenCon Boulder is for you!
This full day event will start with a keynote from Dr. Bethany Wiggin, co-founder of DataRefuge and the Founding Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities. Her scholarship explores histories of migration, ecology, language and cultural translation since the Columbian exchange on both sides of the Atlantic world. She aims to engage audiences beyond the academy to participate in making knowledge to connect the arts and sciences.
The keynote will be followed by a panel on “Building Towards an Open Access Future.” Panelists for this event will include a variety of Colorado stakeholders in higher education:
Shelly Miller, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, CU Boulder
Shea Swauger, Researcher Support Services, Department Head, Auraria Library
Laura Michaelson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder
Following lunch, we will take a deep dive into Open Educational Resources (OER) for a full afternoon advocacy workshop, and an update about local initiatives and legislation. Each attendee will leave with their own engagement plan to apply workshop lessons to their own context and goals.
Join us on September 7 at University of Colorado Boulder to learn, advocate, and lead for open research and more affordable textbooks!
When
Mountain Time (US & Canada) local time
Where
1835 Pleasant St
Recreation Center, Large Ice Overlook Room
Boulder, CO 80303
United States
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Hosts
Chealsye BowleyCommunity Manager @ubiquitypress. Rogue #scholcomm librarian. Fan of all things Open: research, data, 24 hour diners. I talk a lot about honey and pies.
Melissa Cantrell