Open Access and Open Educational Resources for Equitable Scholarly Communication: Rethinking Educational Planning Post-COVID

Presentation that discusses Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in light of the iniquities in scholarly communication that were made more apparent by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation discusses how OA and OER can address social justice concerns, improve scholarly communication, and facilitate equitable educational planning.
Date: October 14, 2021
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library

North-South Scholarly Collaboration: Opportunities & Experiences in Africa

Presentation given to stimulate future north-south collaborations by increasing awareness of both funded opportunities and low budget initiatives for scholarly exchanges and collaborations, benefits for scholars and their institutions in developed and developing countries, and best practices with respect to north-south collaborations and scholarly exchanges.
Date: October 31, 2021
Creator: Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Fourie, Ina; Raju, Jaya; Julien, Heidi; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Rorissa, Abebe
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access in the Age of Pandemic

Presentation on the potential of open access to increase exposure and use of published research. The presentation includes sections on the impact of open access in relation to OA community initiatives, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the COVID-19 pandemic, and open access data.
Date: October 27, 2020
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Chang, Hsia-Ching; Hawamdeh, Suliman M.; Rorissa, Abebe; Assefa, Shimelis & Helge, Kris
System: The UNT Digital Library

Celebrating a Legacy of Global Friendships: The Experience of an Ethiopian Cohort

Presentation given at the Fulbright Association’s Virtual 44th Annual Conference that presents the experiences of multiple Fulbright scholars' research and service at various universities in Ethiopia.
Date: October 20, 2021
Creator: Ford, Angela; Kidane, Addis; Wilfong, Tara & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
System: The UNT Digital Library

Open Access Increases Educators Ability to Plan Equitable Curriculum: Global Context

This presentation gives an overview of Open Access including its definition, basic assumptions, open access registries, technology and trends, technological structure, policy frameworks, challenges and opportunities. It then applies this to the need for developing countries' contributions to global knowledge production and creating institutional initiatives.
Date: 2020-10-14/2020-10-16
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library

Forging Connections at the University of North Texas to Comply with Funder-Mandated Public Access to Research Data

Presentation highlighting the collaboration between the University of North Texas Libraries and the Division of Research and Innovation to proactively document and provide stable, long-term access to information about federally-funded grant projects received at UNT, but more importantly to act as a centralized location for accessing research and grant artifacts including documentation and datasets created during the award period. It was presented virtually at the Southeast Data Librarian Symposium held on October 13-15, 2021.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Johnson-Freeman, Whitney R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Working Towards an Index of Music Printed in American Newspapers: 1900-1920

Presentation highlighting a project to create an index of music printed and shared via newspapers in the United States from 1900 to 1920. It also shares some results of the project so far. It was presented at the Texas Music Library Association's fall meeting held October 20-21, 2023 in Denton, Texas.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn
System: The UNT Digital Library

Digital Innovation in Education: the Evolution of Open Access

Presentation details digital innovation in education, specifically, the evolution of open access.
Date: October 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Laughton, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library

Data-Driven Decision-Making Practice in Higher Education Institutions in Ethiopia

This presentation details how the authors' study investigates the practice of data-driven decision-making in higher education institutions in Ethiopia. The study also involved interviews with two directors from the university's education program relevance and enhancement office and four senior officers from library departments.
Date: October 2023
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Asfaw, Zelalem; Jimma, Worku & Ferede, Bekalu
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reducing Epistemic Injustices in Scholarly Output Management: Individual and Collective Levels

Presentation discusses scholarly output dissemination and production in different disciplines. It also touches on the role of open access and the removal of barriers in facilitating access and enhancing the research impact.
Date: October 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library

Beyond Scholarly Communications: The Role of Open Access in Facilitating Digital Preservation

Presentation asserts that ensuring long-term access to digital information resources is one of the key challenges facing cultural heritage intuitions today. This presentation looks broadly into the contributions that open access (OA) has made towards facilitating the preservation of data.
Date: October 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Laughton, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library

Towards Reducing Epistemic Injustices Identified During Fulbright Experiences

Presentation describes how teaching is one of the activities as a Fulbright Scholar. Alemneh describes a plethora of open-source tools and technologies used to prepare, organize and deliver the courses I taught.
Date: October 2023
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Assefa, Shimelis & Ford, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library

Scholars Experiencing Epistemic Injustice Due to Management of Scholarly Outputs

Presentation describes the ways scholars experience epistemic injustice. Authors of the presentation claim that these cases of epistemic injustice are due to management of scholarly outputs.
Date: October 2022
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Ford, Angela
System: The UNT Digital Library