All Things Open Week 2025 | All Things Open

All Things Open Week 2025, hosted by the Kennesaw State University (KSU) Libraries and Texas Tech University (TTU) Libraries the week of April 7-10, is a series of events dedicated to promoting inclusive and intentional open access practices regardless of discipline. The theme of this year's conference is "Sustainable Growth."

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Presentations will be hosted in Teams Webinar. Each conference day will have only 1 link. Please register for each day that you plan to attend in order to receive links to attend.

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Schedule
2025
Monday, April 7th
1:00 PM

Paths and Hurdles to OER Sustainability [Keynote]

Tiffani Tijerina

Teams.

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

2:00 PM

Empowering Libraries and Growing Knowledge: How to Cultivate a New Open Access Journal

Kathleen L. Schmand MLS, MOL, Middle Tennessee State University
Joyce Garczynski, Towson University
A. Miller, Middle Tennessee State University

Teams.

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3:00 PM

Exploring the Information-Seeking Behavior of Black Mothers with MLIS Degrees: A Phenomenological Study Through the Lens of Small World Theory

Kiera OShea, University of South Carolina

Teams.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Tuesday, April 8th
1:00 PM

Maintaining an open mind: sustaining open-source digital collections

Rachel Howard, University of Louisville
Emma C. Beck, University of Louisville
Terri L. Holtze, University of Louisville
Randy Kuehn, University of Louisville

Teams.

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

2:00 PM

Extracting, Evaluating, and Enhancing Metadata for Institutional Researchers in Wikidata

Rachana Kulkarni, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Dani Kirsch, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:20 PM

Mediated Deposit for IRs

Leila Sterman, Montana State University

Teams.

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

2:40 PM

Assessing open access publishing activities to inform open publishing services at a large R1 institution

Wenli Gao, University of Houston
Xiao Zeng, University of Houston

Teams.

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Acquisitions Ethics: Questions for the Round Table

Manda Sexton, Kennesaw State University
Ky Huddleston, Emory University
Jonathon Hudson, South College - Knoxville
Jean Sierra-Ramirez, Kennesaw State University

Teams.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Wednesday, April 9th
1:00 PM

Student Perceptions of Digital Reading

Krista Quinn, Rockland Community College

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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

2:00 PM

What We Found Behind the Door: Insights and Obstacles in OER Adoption

Bonnie J. Robinson, University of North Georgia
Laura J. Getty, University of North Georgia

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2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3:00 PM

Wyoming Research & Data Index: Developing a Statewide, Open Scholarly Index at the University of Wyoming

Katharine Teykl, University of Wyoming
Jordan Hemingway, University of Wyoming
Sierra Pandy, University of Wyoming
Esther Perez, University of Wyoming

Teams.

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Thursday, April 10th
1:00 PM

Got Resources?

Nicole Troutman, Tennessee State University

Teams.

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

1:20 PM

Navigating Open Pedagogy: A Library Guide to Accessible and Collaborative Teaching

Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern University

Teams.

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM

1:40 PM

How to Plan a OER Lunch: Combining Expertise with a Small Community

Jenny Townes, Emory University
Amber Prentiss, Emory University
Alexandrea Kord, Emory University
Jennifer Elder, Emory University

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1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Beyond the Gutenberg Copy & Paste: Three Key Considerations for Designing a Scholarly OER Literary Anthology

Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University

Teams.

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

3:00 PM

From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Leveraging Undergraduate Teams for Inclusive Open Courses

Greg Mayer, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Stephanie Reikes, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

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3:00 PM - 3:50 PM