In January 2025, University Libraries will begin hosting a series of workshops to promote and educate the academic community on how to deposit on FAS and SHAREOK and the services we provide to support faculty in making their research more accessible. We proudly showcase our commitment to open scholarship through OU’s new campus-wide Open Access Policy, effective 2025. In this workshop you will learn about the: 

• Open Access Policy Overview: Understanding the “Why,” “When,” and “How” 
• Myths vs. Facts: Debunking common misconceptions  
• Hands on help with depositing your work in SHAREOK 
• Q&A and Feedback: Your chance to shape the process! 

Join us to learn more about the tools, resources, and support available to help faculty and researchers embrace open access and make a lasting impact in their fields! For any questions, please contact the workshop instructor Scholarlycommunication@ou.edu.

Requirements

• Pre-requisites: none
• Software requirements: none
• Registration is: required
• Minimum registrations for workshop to be hosted is 10.

Accessibility

• Materials
  • The curriculum is freely available online at: https://libraries.ou.edu/open-ou 
• Format
  • This workshop will be offered in person.
  • Next semester, we will offer it in person. 
• Scheduling
  • This workshop is offered bi-weekly through the summer session. 
  • This workshop can also be scheduled on request. 
  • We have no scheduled breaks during this one-hour workshop.
• Captioning
  • Automatic captioning is not provided by default.
• Food/drinks
  • Food and drinks are not provided.
  • Food and drinks are allowed in the classroom.
  • Water fountains are available on all floors.
  • Bizzell Memorial Library has a coffee shop on LL1 (hours may vary) and vending machines on LL1, in the hall east of LL118 (the community room).
• Restrooms
  • Gendered restrooms are available on the same floor.
  • Family restrooms are available on the same floor.
• For additional accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact the workshop instructor Scholarlycommunication@ou.edu