Open Access Week: Increasing Research Impact and Academic Prestige through Open Access Publishing

Open Access Week: Increasing Research Impact and Academic Prestige through Open Access Publishing    

Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Location: Dana Porter Library Computer Lab (LIB 329)

Facilitator: Laura Bredahl

Are you a researcher with questions about the citation impact of Open Access (OA) publishing?

OA scholarly publishing enables subscription-free access to academic research with the goal of increasing the reach of a work. This in-person workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will discuss the perceived barriers as well as the benefits of OA publishing, with a particular focus on research impact.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand of the benefits of open access scholarly publishing
• Understand of the citation/research impact of publishing open access

This in-person workshop has limited capacity; please register to reserve your seat. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to Laura Bredahl (libbibliometrics@library.uwaterloo.ca) with your needs.

Attend for a chance to win! Attend any of the Library’s Open Access Week workshops to be entered for a chance to win a Library prize pack.

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