This wonderful inforgraphic created by Shihaam Donnelly sums up the activities of UCT's Open Access week 2011. Thanks to everyone for taking part! Please click on the image to interact with the inforgraphic.
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03 November, 2011 10:24
Open Access Week at UCT 2011 Infographic Wrap up
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28 October, 2011 11:55
On Thursday 27th October Laura and Eve presented an open access 101 session in the library. The session was organised in partnership with the UCT libraries, OpenUCT and the Scholarly Communications in Africa programme.
Follow this link to view the presentation: http://slidesha.re/vwfQ4j
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27 October, 2011 15:35
Creative Commons Seminar by Dr Tobias Schonwetter
The Creative Commons session took place on Wednesday and was presented by Dr Tobias Schonwetter (pictured below) - view his presentation.
Dr Schonwetter is the legal lead for Creative Commons South Africa which is based in the UCT Law Faculty's IP unit. Images from the talk are available on Flickr - see the post below for links.
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26 October, 2011 08:52
See images of our events and celebrations - http://www.flickr.com/photos/openuct/sets/72157627980967610/ - new images to be uploaded daily until the end of the week.
Want to comment, ask questions, show your support? Tweet at us using the #oa_uct hashtag.
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26 October, 2011 08:07
OpenUCT and OpenContent hosted a student event on Tuesday to celebrate OA week with the students. As part of the event students were asked to show their support for open access by signing a canvas. We were assisted by two awesome student volunteers - Tasneem Jaffer and Sajjad Karamsi who got the crowd engaged and interacting on issues related to open access.
Good job and thank you to all the UCT staff and students that have come out in support of this week.
:-D
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26 October, 2011 07:53
The Finding Open Stuff sessions went well yesterday and sparked quite a bit of discussion. To view the presentation, go to: http://slidesha.re/vFpzQy
The image above is titled "Open" by loop_oh and is available in terms of a CC-BY-ND license.
The session was a showcase of a range of sites that offer open resources for use by everyone. As I stressed yesterday, no matter which site you visit - if you find a resource you would like to use in an online resource, always make sure to read the terms of use.
Happy site surfing :-)
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18 October, 2011 21:23
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18 October, 2011 10:02
Creative Commons
Presented by Dr Tobias Schonwetter
Brought to you by UCT Research Contracts and IP Services.
When: 26th October, 1-2pm , Research and Innovation Seminar Room, 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray
Limited spaces available
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 25 October.
This Creative Commons Seminar provides you with an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the Creative Commons approach to copyright licensing.
Highlights:
1. What is Creative Commons;
2. Why is there a need for Open Licensing;
3. How do I license my work under Creative Commons; and
4. Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 25 October.
Demystifying Open Access
Presented by Laura Czerniewicz and Eve Gray
Brought to you by the UCT Libraries in partnership with OpenUCT and Scholarly Communications
in Africa Programme .
When: 27 October 2011 at 2-3pm
Place: Ulwazi, Knowledge Commons, Chancellor Oppenheimer Library, UCT Libraries.
Email: ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za by 26 October.
This is an opportunity to hear everything you always wanted to know about Open Access - what it is, why we should care, and its implications for libraries and researchers.
UCT’s New IP Policy
Presented by Dr Andrew Bailey
Brought to you by UCT Research Contracts and IP Services.
When: 28th October, 1-2pm , Research and Innovation Seminar Room, 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray
Limited spaces available
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 27 October.
Council approved the new UCT IP Policy in July 2011. This seminar will highlight the important changes that were made to the 2004 version, which brought it in line with the IP Rights from Publicly Financed R&D Act as well as current IP trends such as OpenSource and Creative Commons.
Finding Open Stuff
Facilitated by Shihaam Donnelly
Session 1: 25 October, 10 - 10:30am, Upper Campus Student Learning Centre
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Session 2: 25 October, 2 - 2:30pm, Upper Campus Student Learning Centre
Email: shihaam.donnelly@uct.ac.za
These workshops will be a showcase of different sites where you can find open images, audio,
video, courseware and open source software.
