Open October 2019

A month-long series highlighting trends in open science, open data and open access

 

Full Schedule of 2019 Open October Events

	10-10:30 a.m.	ORCID ID Overview	Learn about ORCID – a unique identifier for your works – and what having one can do for you.	Olin Library Room 142 (Danforth Campus)	Registration not required
	9 a.m.-12 p.m.	Flash Session Blast	15-minute topic overviews on Scopus, PubMed/PMC, ORCID ID and more. View the topic schedule.	Becker Room 300	Registration not required
	5-7 p.m.	Equity Edit-A-Thon	Eat pizza while editing Wikipedia to improve its coverage of women and the LGTBQ+ community. No experience necessary.	FLTC Room 204	Register Registration is encouraged but not required.
	12-1 p.m.	Data Management Planning and Practice	DMPs make files and datasets easier to find, interpret, reuse, and protect. Learn the basics of DMPs and resources at WashU to help create one.	FLTC Room 205	Register
	12-1 p.m.	NIH Public Access Policy	Learn about the NIH and other public access policies, and steps for compliance.	FLTC Room 204	Register
	11 a.m.-12 p.m.	Critical Appraisal – The Basics	Learn the basics of study design and methods as a basis for how to read research articles with a critical eye, and decipher strength of evidence and clinical applicability.	Becker Room 400	Registration not required
	12-1 p.m.	Data Sharing and FAIRness	An overview of data sharing requirements, preparing data to be shared, finding a repository and the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reproducible) principles for data sharing.	FLTC Room 205	Register
	12-1:30 p.m.	Open Access at WashU: Why Here, Why Now?	Forum and roundtable discussion presenting diverse disciplinary perspectives. Share your experience making research and scholarly works more accessible.	Olin Library Room 142 (Danforth Campus)	Registration not required
	12-1 p.m.	After the Big Bang: The Expanding Universe of “Open” in Scholarly Communication	Presented by Kathryn Funk, program manager for PubMed Central at the U.S. National Library of Medicine	Holden Auditorium	Register
	10-10:30 a.m.	ORCID ID Overview	Learn about ORCID – a unique identifier for your works – and what having one can do for you.	Becker Room 405	Registration not required

Presented by Bernard Becker Medical Library in collaboration with Washington University Libraries

*The Open Science Framework Workshops are sponsored by Becker Library, Center for Cellular Imaging, Institute for Informatics, Olin Library, and Research Infrastructure Services

Learn more about open access:

What is “open access”?
What is the Washington University Open Access Resolution?