{"id":7908,"date":"2015-10-07T14:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=7908"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T18:06:53","slug":"nick-shockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/nick-shockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Event | &#8220;Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness&#8221; with Nick Shockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/10\/NickShockey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7910\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2015\/10\/NickShockey-199x300.png\" alt=\"NickShockey\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of our celebration of International Open Access Week, the Brown University Library is pleased to welcome <strong>Nick Shockey<\/strong>, who will deliver a talk entitled, &#8220;Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness,&#8221; on <strong>Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab<\/strong>. A question and answer session and reception will follow the talk, which is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Technology has revolutionized the way we create and share knowledge, opening up pathways to advance and democratize\u00a0research and education that are just beginning to be realized. New models that fully harness this potential are developing, from\u00a0Open Access, which ensures the free, immediate online availability of research articles with full reuse rights, to Open Educational\u00a0Resources, which make textbooks and other materials free for anyone to use, tailor, and share. <strong>Nick will discuss how openness can accelerate scholarship, benefit\u00a0researchers,\u00a0and improve education\u2014including specific recommendations for how members of the campus community can get involved<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u00a0is the Director of Programs &amp; Engagement for SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition,\u00a0and founding Director of the Right to Research Coalition, an international alliance of student organizations that promote Open\u00a0Access to the results of research through advocacy and education.<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch in 2009, the Right to Research Coalition has\u00a0grown to include more than 75 member student organizations, which collectively represent nearly 7 million students in over 100\u00a0countries around the world. In 2014, Nick led the launch of OpenCon, a new conference series that brings together leading students and early career advocates from around the world to advance the issues of Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data.<\/p>\n<div><b><\/b><strong>Date<\/strong>: Tuesday, October\u00a020, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Time<\/strong>: 7\u00a0p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab, Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street, Providence<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our celebration of International Open Access Week, the Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Nick Shockey, who will deliver a talk entitled, &#8220;Raising the Impact of Research and Education through Openness,&#8221; on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 7 p.m. in the Patrick Ma Digital Scholarship Lab. 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