Rice Library announces workshops for October
October 3, 2025
This semester, Rice Library is once again hosting workshops to discuss resources available at the Library. No advance registration is required to attend and all workshops are virtual and free. Each session is 30 minutes in length and includes a Q&A. Below is the schedule for upcoming events and links to join:
- Scholarly Communication 101
- Noon to 12:30, Wednesday, October 8
- Learn and explore all the Rice library scholarly communication services and resources available, including Scholarly Open Access Repository (SOAR) and Open Access Funding and Review.
- Zoom Link
- International Open Access Week: The 2025 theme for International Open Access Week is "Who Owns Our Knowledge." Join Library staff at virtual webinars and in-person information table during Open Access Week, October 20-26, 2025.
- Scholarly Communication Trends
- Noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday, October 20
- Learn all about the current scholarly publishing trends.
- Zoom link
- Outdated Notions of Scholarly Communication
- Noon to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 21
- Learn all about modern scholarly communication library resources including Open Educational Resources and more!
- Zoom link
- Open Access Rice library information table
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 22 at the UC West desk – near the food court and campus store
- Open Access swag and conversations about open access.
- Your Scholarly Digital Profile
- Noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, October 23
- Creating a digital profile including the ORCiD and SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) Author Profile.
- Zoom link