This year’s “International Open Access Week” (IOAW), which took place from 19 October to 25 October 2020, was centred around the motto “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion”, which emphasised the political and social implications of Open Science and focused on the philosophy behind the term “Openness” as a set of values.
Den Beitrag weiterlesen The International Open Access Week 2020 at Chemnitz University of Technology – a summary
Screenshot: HTML-Code https://opensource.org/osd by Anja Hähle/ University Library
A software is called open resp. free if it is equipped with a licence which grants the user the right to freely view the source code, to use, to copy, to distribute and to modify the software and to disseminate modified versions.
Den Beitrag weiterlesen Open Software – Inclusion by Definition
The topic of digitisation has been an important one to schools and universities in Germany for some time now. This year, however, the coronavirus pandemic meant that the topic had to be implemented as quickly and effectively as possible. Digital teaching presents us all with great challenges but offers great opportunities as well. Making teaching appealing and interactive is easier than ever with digital educational materials – and that is precisely why we depend so much on high-quality and freely available material. It is precisely this purpose that Open Educational Resources (OER) are intended for.
Picture: Giulia Forsythe – OER is sharing on flickr. Use under the conditions of the Creative Commons BY (Attribution).
Den Beitrag weiterlesen The importance of free teaching and learning materials for digital higher education
Bild: Jacob Müller /Pressestelle der TU Chemnitz
Free and permanent access to reliable research results accelerates, among others, finding effective measures against pandemics and global threats to the environment and health.
Den Beitrag weiterlesen From Research Results to Open Access Publication
Quelle: oxygenweb.de (Bernd Hahn)
Why does this e-book not open? Is there any better literature than the one I have found so far? How do I format the paragraphs in my LaTeX document? What license do I apply to my materials to make them available as OER? How do I find a suitable repository for my research data?
Den Beitrag weiterlesen Come in. We are open – more inclusive through open consulting services
For the second time, the University Library received the Open Library Badge of the initiative of the same name for more openness in libraries.
We are proud to again meet the revised criteria of 2016 in the required number and beyond. The Open Science Team has taken up the new challenge
and is implementing openness in the following contexts, for example:
Additional points are displayed as best practices on the badge page.
The award is an incentive for us to further expand the Open Science Network at Chemnitz University of Technology, because open science already permeates all disciplines in science and research. Digital teaching, open educational materials are two of many exciting topics.
For the upcoming International Open Access Week from 19-25 October 2020, we will again be offering various virtual services.
You can find our team at: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/ub/openscience/