Open Access @ UNCW
For more information about open access publishing and support for open access at UNCW Library, check out this LibGuide and/or contact our Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian at the links below.
Open Knowledge & Research Impact Librarian
Featured Event
"Data Cartels & Commercial Obstacles to Open Access" with Sarah Lamdan, hosted by Penn State University Libraries
1:30-3:00pm EDT, Thursday, October 24. Registration is required (link here), but attendance is open and free to anyone.
"The Penn State University Libraries will participate in the 17th annual global celebration of Open Access Week by hosting Sarah Lamdan, Deputy Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and author of Data Cartels, for a talk, “Data Cartels and Commercial Obstacles to Open Access.” Lamdan has worked on data justice projects across the spectrum from open government to personal privacy. She researches and writes about information access, surveillance and privacy, and informational capitalism. Her most recent book is Data Cartels (published in 2023 by Stanford University Press), in which she calls out the companies that control and monopolize our information, which she will be discussing at this event.
At the American Library Association (ALA), Lamdan combats book bans and works to educate librarians and the public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries. Before joining ALA, Lamdan was a professor at CUNY School of Law, where she taught administrative law, environmental law, open government law, and data privacy courses. In addition to a JD, she holds a master's degree in library science and legal information management and a law certificate in environmental law.
Lamdan has been a SPARC Senior Fellow, a fellow at the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at the NYU School of Law and is a member of the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative. She is an Invest in Open Infrastructure council member and has worked with immigration groups on government surveillance issues."
Citing: Edmunds, J. (2024) "Open Access Week." The Pennsylvania State University.
Data Cartels by ISBN: 9781503615076Publication Date: 2022-11-08In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the democratic sharing of knowledge. Just a few companies dominate most of our critical informational resources. Often self-identifying as "data analytics" or "business solutions" operations, they supply the digital lifeblood that flows through the circulatory system of the internet. With their control over data, they can prevent the free flow of information, masterfully exploiting outdated information and privacy laws and curating online information in a way that amplifies digital racism and targets marginalized communities. They can also distribute private information to predatory entities. Alarmingly, everything they're doing is perfectly legal. In this book, Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. This in turn has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals.
Open Access Week Virtual Events
Tuesday 10/22
2:00pm-3:00pm
"Open Access and Copyright: A Conversation" with Brandon Butler, presented by Johns Hopkins Libraries and Johns Hopkins University Research Administration
"Join us for a moderated conversation with fair use expert Brandon Butler about copyright in open access, AI, software, and more."
Wednesday 10/23
11:00am-12:00pm
"Copyright Confusion: Demystifying Creative Commons Licenses for Industry-Funded Research" hosted by the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals
"This webinar will give participants an overview of CC licences in the context of industry-funded research publications. We will explore the factors to consider when selecting a CC licence and the implications of selecting each type of CC licence. We will also discuss case studies that show the consequences of CC licence selection on content reuse."
2:00pm-3:00pm
"Publishing and Licensing Choices that Support Research in an AI World" with Rachel Samberg, presented by Johns Hopkins Libraries and Johns Hopkins University Research Administration
"Join us with guest expert Rachel Samberg who will address the dual role scholarly authors have in contemplating the use of AI in research: they are both users of other people’s content, and creators of new content themselves."
Thursday 10/24
9:30am-11:00am
"Open to Interpretation: Translating the Vocabulary of Open Access into Action" hosted by Karger Publishing
"This Open Access Week, uncover the hidden nuances of Open Access with us, as we analyze critical terms and concepts like "Transformative Agreement" and "cost neutral". Join four leading experts as they dissect these and other key terms, revealing how local biases, historical contexts, and practical challenges shape our understanding."
1:30pm-3:00pm
"Data Cartels & Commercial Obstacles to Open Access" with Sarah Lamdan hosted by Penn State Libraries
"Lamdan has worked on data justice projects across the spectrum from open government to personal privacy. She researches and writes about information access, surveillance and privacy, and informational capitalism. Her most recent book is Data Cartels (published in 2023 by Stanford University Press), in which she calls out the companies that control and monopolize our information, which she will be discussing at this event."
Friday 10/25
12:00pm-1:00pm
"Open Access Week 2024 with Harvard Data Science Review" hosted by Harvard Library
"We are delighted to welcome Xiao-Li Meng, Founding Editor-in-Chief, and Rebecca McLeod, Managing Director, of the Harvard Data Science Review to give a special presentation about HDSR and its mission as an open access platform."