Open Access Week: Remix and Reuse

Anne Morrow — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:27:33 +0000

August 18, 2011

by allysonmower Open Access Week 2011 at the University of Utah

October 24-27, 2011

The 3rd annual Open Access Week at the University of Utah brings an exciting line-up of events to campus from a keynote address to a hands-on workshop about mashup skills from the renowned Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck creator to a panel of experts about digital textbooks. As digital technology and content proliferate, questions of access, copyright, and fair use come to the surface. The week’s events offer an opportunity to explore these new areas of creativity, scholarship, and technology.

Free and Open to the Public.

Schedule of Events

Monday, October 24

Keynote address

LIVE STREAM

Hacking Pop Culture with Remix Video

Jonathan McIntosh, Rebellious Pixels
11:00 am-12:00 pm, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium

sponsored by the Department of Communication & the J. Willard Marriott Library

Jonathan McIntosh, a self-proclaimed pop culture hacker, is a video remix artist, new media teacher, fair use activist, and blogger. Best known for his video “Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck,” Jonathan uses mass media to tell new and different stories grounded in popular culture. As he says it, “Basically I’m a pop culture hacker, but instead of computer code I hack television.” Check out Jonathan’s work at Rebellious Pixels

Tuesday, October 25

Film: rip! Remix Manifesto

11:30 am to 1 pm, Marriott Library, Gould Auditorium

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

Workshop: How to Remix and Reuse

presenter: Jonathon McIntosh
1:00-3:00 pm, Marriott Library, Room 1008 (Mac Computer Lab)

sponsored by the Department of Communication & the J. Willard Marriott Library

Interested in learning simple video remixing tools, tricks and techniques? This workshop will present an overview of online and offline remixing apps as well as provide hands-on experience in how to download videos from the web and convert them into easily editable formats. Jonathan will also cover the best practices of fair use when it comes to using copyrighted material in your own work.

Wednesday, October 26

Panel: Free & Open Digital Textbooks? Perspectives on a Possible Future
3:00 pm-4:00 pm, Marriott Library, Room 1150
As textbook prices continue to soar, students rely on several options to get access: rent, find an e-version, buy used, borrow from the library, etc. An additional, affordable, alternative option includes open textbooks. More than just a textbook rental, you can read an open textbook for free online, reuse it in the future, even print your own copy, and faculty can edit & adapt it for a course. This session will provide an overview of textbooks in higher education, the ways campus entities such as the bookstore and library respond to the affordability question, and introduce participants to the open textbook initiative.

panelists:

Neela Pack, Student Body President, University of Utah
David Smith, Student Regent, Utah State Board of Regents
Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections, Marriott Library
Dave Nelson, Textbook Buyer, Campus Store

moderator: Alison Regan, Head of Education Services & acting Head of the Digital Scholarship Lab, Marriott Library

Thursday, October 27

Workshop: Publishing SMART

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Marriott Library, Room 1009

(register here)

Authors want their scholarly articles to be seen, cited and utilized. This class provides opportunities for researchers to increase their visibility by exploring various publishing and archiving choices. Tools for evaluating journal impact factors, online usage, local online availability, retaining copyrights, and submission to online archives are covered.