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Introducing the Virginia Tech Patents collection in VTechWorks and the patent harvesting software repository, Patent-Harvest

by Anne Lawrence Posted on June 2, 2017

Authors: Philippe Gray and Anne Lawrence Inspired by the Association of Southeastern Regional Libraries webinar, “Adding Patent Records to Clemson’s IR — Highlighting the University’s Output,” VTechWorks, Virginia Tech’s institutional repository, now offers a similar collection, Virginia Tech Patents. The … Continue reading →

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Recapping the 2018 & 2019 Open Education Symposiums at Virginia Tech

by Anita Walz Posted on March 25, 2019

OER are More than Just $Free Open Educational Resources (OER) are expert-authored and freely-shared learning materials available in various formats. They are not just textbooks and they enable much more than resources which are “low” or zero cost. OER are … Continue reading →

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OpenCon 2016 Reports from Virginia Tech Graduate Students

by Philip Young Posted on January 17, 2017

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered two travel scholarships to OpenCon 2016, a conference for early career researchers on open access, open data, and open educational resources. This is the third year … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals of Business : Virginia Tech’s New Open Textbook

by Anita Walz Posted on August 25, 2016

Virginia Tech Libraries and the Pamplin College of Business are pleased to announce publication of Fundamentals of Business, a full color, 440+ page free online textbook for Virginia Tech’s Foundations of Business course. This Virginia Tech course averages 14 sections … Continue reading →

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A Recap of Open Access Week 2015 at Virginia Tech

by Philip Young Posted on October 28, 2015

Virginia Tech’s fourth Open Access Week took place October 19-23 with five events, featuring the annual faculty/graduate student panel discussion and a keynote address by Victoria Stodden. As always, the panel discussion was one of the most interesting events of … Continue reading →

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University Libraries Host Open Education Week 2015

by Anita Walz Posted on March 23, 2015

Open Education Week is an annual event to raise awareness of free and open educational resources, and 2015 marked the second celebration of Open Education Week at Virginia Tech’s University Libraries. How are open educational resources (OER) defined? OER are … Continue reading →

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Open Data Day/CodeAcross Event Recap

by Philip Young Posted on February 26, 2015

Blacksburg’s first celebration of Open Data Day and CodeAcross was organized by Code for NRV, our local Code for America brigade, and the University Libraries, which hosted the event in Newman Library’s Multipurpose Room. Originally scheduled for Saturday, February 21 … Continue reading →

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OpenCon 2014 Reports from Virginia Tech Grad Students

by Philip Young Posted on December 2, 2014

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered two travel scholarships to OpenCon 2014, a conference for early career researchers on open access, open data, and open educational resources. From a pool of many … Continue reading →

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