Open Access Week 2023

Abstract

Join us for a ResearchBites webinar on the Read and Publish scheme, a new way for researchers to publish their articles in open access journals without having to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs).

The University of Southern Queensland is a member institution of CAUL, which has negotiated Read and Publish agreements with several leading publishers, including Wiley, Springer Nature, Sage, and Elsevier. These agreements mean that eligible researchers from UniSQ can publish their articles in participating journals with open access, and the APCs are waived by the publisher.

Find out how the scheme works, which journals are included, and how to submit your articles for open access publication.

Speaker Bio

Tracy Bruce: Senior Research Librarian (Health, Engineering and Sciences).

Tracy is part of the Research Support Team at UniSQ Library. She offers support to researchers on search strategies for complex literature reviews, publication and metrics advice, EndNote training and troubleshooting, and data management processes.

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Heard about the different types of open access publishing but not sure of how you can get your paper made available to the public? This webinar will explain Green Open access and how you can achieve this for your future publications. As part of this it will also explain how to submit your work to the RISE Research Repository and update your Researcher Profile so that your publications are more easily discoverable. This is an opportunity to hear from some of our library specialists and make the most of your publications.

Speaker Bios

Mandy Callow: Manager, Research and Education Repositories

Mandy manages the institutional research repository team which supports researchers with submitting their publications and maintaining their profiles.

Margaret Bremner: Senior Research Librarian for Business, Education, Law, and the Arts

Margaret has worked in university libraries since 2008, they understand Open Access requirements and can support academics and students when undertaking publication planning and can advise on making the most of your academic research by publishing to your best options.

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Open educational resources (OER) have emerged as a powerful tool for fostering accessible and inclusive learning environments. However, the benefit of OER goes beyond access and affordability for students but also impacts the trajectory of academic careers. Join us for an enlightening session where we explore the experiences of two UniSQ academics who were early adopters of OER.

This event will provide invaluable insights into their motivations and learning journey in creating, adapting, and utilising OER within different academic contexts. They will share how their work within the OER community has provided opportunities for innovative collaborations and knowledge-sharing, as well as the impact that this work has had on fostering active student engagement and learning and influenced their own teaching and publishing practices.

This event will be of interest to academics, professional staff, and open education advocates seeking to recruit to the open education projects. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions with both speakers and the UniSQ Open Educational Practice (OEP) team to explore avenues for integrating OER into their own educational practice.

Speaker Bios

Associate Professor Tanya Machin

Tanya Machin is an Associate Professor in Psychology and Counselling, and Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) for Academic Affairs at the University of Southern Queensland. She is the current Convenor for the Australian Psychological Society Psychology Education Interest Group and a member of the Division of Psychological Research, Education, and Training.

Tanya has been the recipient of an Australian Psychology Society early teaching award (2020) and has been successful with three Open Access Practice Grants at the University of Southern Queensland. One grant was for an online Open e-learning course which focused on helping research students understand ethical research principles and complete quality ethics applications, and which all HDR students now complete at UniSQ.

Two open access texts: The Australian Handbook for Careers in Psychology Science (Machin, Machin, Jeffries, & Hoare), and Statistics for Research Students (Fein, Gilmour, Machin & Hendry); have been widely adopted across Australian Universities. The Statistics for Research Students made the Favourite Pressbooks books of 2022 – one of only two Australian books to do so. A further open access textbook “Common Client Issues in Counselling: An Australian Perspective” has been available since the start of the year.

Dr Susan Carter

Dr Susan Carter is internationally and nationally recognised as an award-winning educator, specialising in Specialist Education. She has more than with 35 years’ experience working in diverse educational contexts in several roles: teacher; deputy principal; and principal; before moving into the tertiary sector. Dr Susan Carter a Senior Lecturer and Specialisation Convenor for Special and Inclusive Education, at the University of Southern Queensland, in Australia. She is a Mental Health First Aider and a Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Dr Carter has a PhD with her study in the area of school principals’ subjective wellbeing, a Master’s degree (Special Education) and a second Master’s degree (Education Theology). She been the recipient of an Australian Council of Educational Leaders State Research in Educational Leadership and Management Award and the University recipient of the Excellence of Teaching Faculty Award. Her research is situated in field of education, specifically: inclusion; student, teacher and principal wellbeing; leadership; and special and inclusive education; case study; and Contributory Research Method (CRM).

Dr Carter is an advocate for accessible knowledge and has published two open access texts: Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity; and Wellbeing in Educational Contexts. Her efforts contribute to a culture for excellence and world-class research that has a positive social impact and a focus on “people matter!”.