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International Open Access Week Symposium

October 28, 2022

Schedule with Speakers

In Person Symposium will be held at the Hazelbaker in Wells Library. The Hazelbaker is on the 1st Floor of the East Tower. It is to the left behind the reference desk. 

9:30 am Welcome by Karen Farrell, Head of Scholarly Communications.

9:40 am Black Libraries and the Diffusion of Knowledge: Decolonizing Access in the Early Twentieth Century with Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor in Humanities, History, and Social Sciences at Columbia College-Chicago: Q&A will follow.

10:30 am Open Access in Anthropology: Q&A will follow.

  • Ilana Gershon, Ruth N. Halls Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University
  • Eduardo S. Brondizio, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University

11:20 am By Their Very Nature, Ideas Cannot Be Property: A Vision for Publishing Otherwise with Eileen Fradenburg Joy, Founding Director of Punctum Books 

12pm Lunch 

12:30 pm Faculty Perspectives on Publishing OA: Q&A will follow.

1:20 pm Wellness Break  

1:45 pm University Press Perspectives: Open Access Publishing in the Humanities: Q&A will follow.

Introduction of Speakers by Haley Norris, Diversity Resident, Scholarly Communication Librarian.  

3:10 pm Climate Change, Open Pedagogy and the ALA Civic Imagination Station Project by Maria Eliza Hamilton Abegunde, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Introduction by Willa Tavernier, Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian.

3:55 pm Thanks and dismissal by Karen Farrell, Head of Scholarly Communications.

4:00-6:00 pm Open House Reception featuring digital book displays from OA publishers at IQ Wall and north consultation rooms