Copyright (c) 2013 University of Massachusetts - Amherst All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/oct19 Recent Events in Tuesday, October 19, 2010 en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 22:15:03 PDT 3600 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/oct19/3 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/oct19/3 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:00 PDT An open discussion about the OER movement, which offers materials for all to use freely. Learn how instructors can re-mix, repurpose and redistribute materials while saving students money. We will hear from UMass faculty who have successfully used OERs and touch on issues raised at the 9/21 event “How Can a Textbook be Free: Keeping Higher Education Affordable with Open Resources.” Lunch included. RSVP requested to mcharney@library.umass.edu. Drop-ins also welcome.

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]]> http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/oct19/1 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/oct19/1 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:00:00 PDT Join the keynote speaker, Susan Leschine, Professor from Department of Microbiology, for sharing her experience working with ScholarWorks for Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels. Other speakers include Michael Ellman, Director of UMass Amherst Hospitality and librarians from Scholarly Communication Office. Let’s explore more on ScholarWorks and see how it can help your conference.

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