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Open Access Week spotlights climate justice

How do we solve the enormous environmental challenges facing our planet? A good first step is to increase access to information and research. Open Access Week, an annual week promoting equitable and accessible information, kicks off Oct. 24 and runs through Oct. 30. The theme, Open for Climate Just...

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What does the NIH 2023 Data Management and Sharing Policy mean for you?

By Janice Hermer, Karalyn Ostler, Kevin Pardon, and Matthew Harp A new National Institute of Health (NIH) Data Management and Sharing Policy goes into effect on January 25, 2023. The last policy was implemented in 2003, nearly twenty years ago! With this update, all NIH gr...

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3 takeaways from the 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Anali Maughan Perry - Head, Open Science and Scholarly Communication It’s been an exciting first month of the semester, especially with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) releasing a memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Researc...

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Welcome to fall from Course Resource Services

Attention instructors! The ASU Library is here for you as you plan your fall semester classes. Make things easier for yourself and your students by working with our Course Resource Services team to select, organize and embed your course materials directly into Canvas. The ASU Library Resource Organ...

2022 Research Computing Expo

2022 ASU Research Computing Expo

ASU researchers can now register for ASU Research Computing's two-day in-person expo to prepare students, staff, and faculty for using the ASU supercomputer. The expo aims to inspire and motivate while showcasing the applications of these powerful resources. The event is from August 1st to 2nd, 2022...

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Government Information: An Overlooked Gem

CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern Handy, Levin C, photographer. Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. United States, 1894. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007664064/. Government inf...

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It's Open Education Week! How Do I Get Started with OER?

CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern This week is Open Education Week, a time to raise awareness for and highlight open education successes around the world. You may already be familiar with open educational resources (OER) - educational materials that are free to use...

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Fair Use Extends to Software Code

Laura Vlieg, Research Data Curation Intern In the course of my project as this semester’s Research Data Curation Intern, I recently learned (or tried to learn) about APIs – application programming interfaces, that is. Being thoroughly amateur in all things technological, I couldn’t put a finger on ...

Fair Use Week 2022: Why Does Fair Use Matter to Research?

CJ Garcia, Scholarly Communication Intern Welcome to Fair Use Week! As libraries and universities across the United States celebrate fair use, you may be wondering just what the fair use doctrine is, and why it matters in academic research. In short, fair use is a particul...