The University of Northern Iowa celebrated Open Access Week this year by hosting a campus Open Access Day during International Open Access Week in mid-October. Open Access (OA) advances science and improves society as a whole by having free access to information and unrestricted use of electronic resources for everyone.

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 the Rod Library hosted a morning Open Access Fair and an afternoon Lecture Series on zero cost programs, an open textbook created at UNI, and demystifying open access publishing. The day's theme is "Information Wants to Be Free: Community over Commercialization". The campus campus community was invited to attend the activities!

UNI Open Access Day, October 24, 2023. PRINTABLE PROGRAM pfd. [FLIER pfd] pdf. Click the "Google Calendar" icon on events to add them to your calendar.

Morning Open Access Fair

• When: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon
• Location: Library Main Floor, snacks available
• Stations:
  • UNI ScholarWorks
  • Open Educational Resources
  • Special Collections & University Archives
  • UNI Museum
  • Open Access Crafts

• When: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m.
• Location: Room LIB 301 ScholarSpace and remotely through a single Zoom link
• Lecture Series - Attend individual sessions or all the sessions:
  • 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. [Keynote Presentation], by Roxanne Heimann (Department Head of Communication & Applied Arts at Hawkeye Community College). Title: From Textbook Snob to All In: One Department's Journey to Exclusive Open Educational Resources (OER) Use.
  • 1:45 to 2:30 p.m. [Panel Presentation], by Grant Tracey (Professor, Languages & Literatures), Rachel Morgan (Instructor, Languages & Literatures), and Emily Stowe (North American Review staff). Title: UNI Created Open Textbook.
  • 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. [Panel Presentation], by Janet Croft (Associate Professor, Library) and Jim Demastes (Professor, Biology). Title: Demystifying the Process of Publishing in Open Access Journals.