News from 2020
See all upcoming Libraries events — including our featured events, workshops, and exhibits — on the UMN Twin Cities Events Calendar.
Evidence-based practice and open access
One of the reasons people advocate for open access publishing is the idea that the article will receive more citations — and thus the author will be able to show a greater scholarly impact. Allison Langham-Putrow, Caitlin Bakker, and Amy Riegelman decided to investigate whether the evidence supported this idea.
Open Access in the classroom
The phrase “Open Access” refers to published scholarly research — often shorter form articles or papers, but also longer form open monographs. By contrast, the phrase “Open Educational Resources” tends to be used to refer to open textbooks and other course materials like question banks, handouts, or worksheets.
Here’s how to make your scholarly research open and accessible
The University of Minnesota is committed to ensuring the greatest possible scholarly and public access to research and scholarship produced by the University community.
COVID, publishers, and open access
As we continue our celebration of Open Access Week 2020, we move to an exploration of what COVID-19 has meant for scholarly publishing and open access.
Structural inequalities in scholarly communications
Each year in late October, we mark Open Access Week — an international event to raise awareness of issues around access to scholarly publications and to inspire wider participation in open access publishing and projects.
Women on the Air: Cokie Roberts
You are listening to U of M Radio on Your Historic Dial Podcast. Welcome to Season 3 Women on the Air: Episode 4 Cokie Roberts.
1970 Student Strike, 50 Years Later
Throughout the spring of 1970, tensions were high amongst students and the campus community at the University of Minnesota in regards to the anti-war movement. At that time, President Richard M. Nixon decided to continue the United States’ military efforts, which ignited student strikes across the nation, including the University of Minnesota. Now fifty years later, we look back on the history of the student strike and the impact it had on campus and student activism.
Women on the Air: Dr. Joyce Jackson
You are listening to U of M Radio on your Historic Dial! Welcome to Season 3 Women on the Air: Episode 3 Joyce Jackson.
The Roseau Stone
The Roseau Stone is a small, smooth, one-and-a-half-inch oblong sedimentary stone. It contains a ribbon-like set of markings along its circumference. The stone was found in an area near the present-day town of Roseau, Minnesota, in 1916 or 1918. For the past 50 years, it was part of the collections at the University of Minnesota Archives.
A Matter of Elemental Facts: Ode to Carbon
Last year we celebrated the International Year of the Periodic Table in Walter Library with cookies and a trivia contest. Although it is no longer the Year of the Periodic Table, carbon is forever!