Happy Open Access Week! We’re celebrating this year’s theme “Open for Climate Justice” with an Iowa Research Online featured collection of recent University of Iowa scholar-authored open access journal articles related to climate change. We’re also officially launching our Open Scholarship Toolkit, which is a resource for UI scholars in every discipline to share the results ofContinue reading “Celebrating Open Access Week and a new resource for UI scholars”
Category Archives: Scholarly Impact
Libraries support OA book publisher Punctum Books
The University Libraries is pleased to announce it has joined Punctum Books Supporting Library Membership Program for three years. Punctum Books is a scholar-led, queer-led, and peer-reviewed academic book publisher devoted to academic and para-academic authors working in any field in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design who want to publishContinue reading “Libraries support OA book publisher Punctum Books”
2023 OpenHawks grants to help students save on textbooks
University Libraries is pleased to announce another 12 OpenHawks grants for the development of open educational resources (OER). OpenHawks is a campuswide grant program that funds faculty efforts to replace or avoid high-cost textbooks with OERs for enhanced student success. The cohort of projects, which are slated to be completed in 2023, will save UIContinue reading “2023 OpenHawks grants to help students save on textbooks”
Spanish Language OER with Giovanni Zimotti
By Georgia Page, UI Libraries Student Specialist, Scholarly Impact, georgiab-page@uiowa.edu In early March, UI Libraries celebrated Open Education Week in order to raise awareness about open educational resources (OER) and other open education practices. However, many students and faculty on campus are not yet familiar with the positive impact that OER has on students’ academicContinue reading “Spanish Language OER with Giovanni Zimotti”
Fair Use Week (February 21-25)
During the week of February 21, we celebrate Fair Dealing/Fair Use Week, which uplifts the Fair Use Doctrine and the educational and creative expression that it allows. Fair use of copyrighted information is a right that is guaranteed in the U.S. Code and allows us to use copyrighted material within the contexts of education, parody,Continue reading “Fair Use Week (February 21-25)”
Love Data Week 2022: The perfect time to remember the importance of data
We’re celebrating International Love Data Week from February 14 – 18. This year’s theme is “Data for everyone,” and it’s a great time to reflect on the significance of data and how it can help expand research. For instance, how do you care for and share it? And where might you look to find similarContinue reading “Love Data Week 2022: The perfect time to remember the importance of data”
Wiley Open Access Agreement
Important Update: All Wiley open access credits for 2022 have been used. UI authors will instead be offered a 10% discount on APCs. Information about an expanded Wiley open access agreement for 2023 and beyond will be announced as soon as possible. (12/16/2022) University Libraries is excited to announce an open access (OA) agreement withContinue reading “Wiley Open Access Agreement”
Company of Biologists: Free Open Access Publishing for UI Authors
The University of Iowa Libraries has entered into a transformative agreement with the Company of Biologists that allows University of Iowa authors to publish open access articles for free in their 5 journals. Key benefits of the agreement include: Publishing open access allows articles to reach a wider audience because they are free to readContinue reading “Company of Biologists: Free Open Access Publishing for UI Authors”
What’s New in the Public Domain in 2022?
Now, you have even more works—and for the first time, sound recordings—available to be freely digitized, read, and used as the basis for new work. On Jan. 1, 2022, debut novels by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, and about 400,000 sound recordings from before 1926 were among the many books,Continue reading “What’s New in the Public Domain in 2022?”
Regents OER Grant Recipients Announced
The Regents university libraries are proud to announce the awarding of grants to 5 faculty teams to support creation of free, openly-licensed course materials. This funding opportunity provides intensive training and support for faculty writing open textbooks or other materials to replace expensive, traditional textbooks. In addition to saving UNI, UI, and ISU students anContinue reading “Regents OER Grant Recipients Announced”