Spring 2022 Open Cafe Schedule

Want to learn more about open access, open educational resources, and open data? Want to share your wins and challenges working in the open? Join Fondren Library staff each month for brief presentations (10-15 minutes) and relaxed, coffee shop-style chats about “open” topics. 

Most sessions will be held via Zoom. Click on the links below to register for each session.

Fondren Support for Open Access

In this session, Fondren staff will provide an overview of the library’s open access initiatives. Learn about the library’s support for open access journal and monograph publication charges as well as our new open access journal publishing program.

This session will be held via Zoom. Please click on the link below to register. Sessions with fewer than 4 registrants will be canceled.

Getting Started with Open Educational Resources

Are you interested in using open educational resources (OER) but aren’t sure where to start? This session will provide a brief introduction to OER and offer several tips for incorporating OER into your course.

This session will be held via Zoom. Please click on the link below to register. Sessions with fewer than 4 registrants will be canceled.

Tools for Finding Open Scholarship

It can sometimes be difficult to find open access scholarship online. In this session, we’ll highlight several tools that can help you search across websites and repositories for open content.

This session will be held via Zoom. Please click on the link below to register. Sessions with fewer than 4 registrants will be canceled.

Owls Learn OER

This self-paced Canvas course serves as an introduction to open educational resources (OER) as well as an opportunity for further exploration and discovery of OER and open education practices.