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Open Access Week 2015 Event - Oct 22, 2015

Hello Everyone,

In the spirit of the theme "Open for Collaboration"  the SFU Library has teamed up with UBC Library, BC Campus, Public Knowledge Project, and the BC Research Libraries Group to host a discussion about collaboration within the open movement and role of openness in higher education in British Columbia.  The event will include a reception during the registration period, a keynote from Dr. John Willinsky, and a panel discussion addressing the question "Is it time for Canada to implement a unified open strategy for higher education?".

Further information, including registration, follows my e-mail signature.

Best,

Carla

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Carla Graebner
Data Curator and Digital Preservation Project Manager;
Liaison Librarian: Economics and Government Information
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Canada
Email: cgraebne@sfu.ca
Tel: 778.782.6881
Fax: 778.782.6926


Open Access Week 2015 will take place October 19-25 and as part of the celebration SFU Library is honoured to be collaborating with UBC Library, BCcampus, the Public Knowledge Project, and the BC Research Libraries Group to host a discussion responding to the question: "Is it time for Canada to implement a unified open strategy for higher education?" 

Please join us on October 22, 2015 for our Open Access Week event:

Open for collaboration: Is it time for Canada to implement a unified open strategy for higher education?

Embedded within the vision of post-secondary institutions across British Columbia are the values of contributing to knowledge across disciplines and sharing the results of research with the local and global communities.


Spurred by the need to make higher education accessible to all, the open movement has gained ground as the Internet evolved to enable easy sharing of different forms of media. However, while the notion of "open" in higher education has been growing in British

Columbia, the default scholarly approach is still closed.  


It is time for the scholarly conversation to shift from why open, to why not open?


This event will feature discussion about collaboration within the open movement and role of openness in higher education in British Columbia and examine:

  • if and why BC’s universities and colleges should embrace open practices
  • what impact open access and the reuse of educational materials would have on the cost and efficacy of higher education
  • what role the governments of Canada and British Columbia should play in opening higher education
The event is open to all and free, but seating is limited and registration is required.

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/open-collaboration