Upcoming library workshops for Open Access Week to focus on support for publishing and sharing projects


Know Your Rights: Negotiating contracts and retaining rights to your work
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Zurack Family High-Technology Collaboration Center
Learn more about publishing contracts from Donna Dixon and James Peltz, Co-Directors, SUNY Press, including the types of rights to consider, publishing models such as open access, and how to consider digital humanities projects within your contracts. Donna and James will also discuss the royalties process and standard contract language. Refreshments will be served. Register for the event here: https://libcal.binghamton.edu/event/5919664?hs=a
Open is a Destination: Collections, Scholarship and Inclusivity in the Digital Age Panel
Date: Friday, October 25, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Zurack Family High-Technology Collaboration Center
Panelists Thai Jones, PhD, Curator, US History, Columbia University, REVEAL Digital Diversity & Dissent Collection; Lisa Theo, Assistant Editor, Alpenglow Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal; and Daimys Garcia, graduate student in theĀ  Department of Comparative Literature and founding member of the Broadcasting World Literature WHRW radio series will discuss their experiences creating scholarly content for a diverse audience, including the challenges of collecting and creating shared models for controversial content and the benefits of using the ORB (Open Repository at Binghamton) for hosting student-focused journals and audio projects. Lunch will be served prior to the panel discussion. Register for the lunch here: https://libcal.binghamton.edu/event/5919907?hs=a
If you have questions please contact Beth Brown (ebrown@binghamton.edu)