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This year’s Open Access Week celebration is coming to a close. We hope that you have enjoyed following along with UCF Libraries’ blog posts, social media posts, and other activities that highlighted the Open Access (OA) movement. If you missed any of our efforts, you can always revisit them by visiting the Libraries’ blog or by checking out the Open Access Week archives in STARS, UCF’s institutional repository.

Hello UCF STEM Faculty!

Did you know that UCF is a Patent & Trademark Resource Center (PTRC)? Patent and trademark information can provide your students with additional resources for their research. The video embedded below shares some great information on the value of IP in research, plus directions for scheduling an instruction session for your upcoming class.   

For more information please contact: Missy Murphy Missy Murphey, PTRC Librarian; Sandy Avila Sandy Avila, Science Librarian; and Ven Basco Ven Basco, Engineering Librarian.  

This week we’ll be posting a special 5 part Research Tip Week to help you get prepared to vote! Check back each day for a new tip. We’ll kick of the week with Fact Checking! This video will share questions to ask yourself when evaluating information, and resources you can use to dig deeper.

Find this tip and more at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

Even if you know HOW to cite sources, do you know WHY we cite them? This tip will explain how citations connect you as a writer to your readers and other authors to cultivate more knowledge.

Find this tip and more at guides.ucf.edu/rtt

This blog post is written by Humanities Librarian, John Venecek.

The idea of the library as a site of social justice is a long-standing interest of mine. I’ve explored this issue by developing exhibits, programming, and other events designed to shed light on social justice issues. As a subject librarian, I seek to build diverse and inclusive collections in the humanities including art, literature, Africana, and Latin American studies. I advocate for increasing the equity of and access to scholarship and I’m an active promoter of Open Education Resources (OERs) and textbook affordability initiatives. None of this is unique to me. Most librarians participate in these types of activities without considering themselves activists per se. They’re simply doing what librarians do every day: Promoting diversity, inclusion, equity, and access in the most seamless, transparent ways possible.