Open Access Kent State (OAKS)

Slide deck for Introduction to Open Access and Creative Commons Licensing, part of the UL Digital Scholarship Series. Presented February 12, 2021.

In this session, participants will learn about the concept of Open Access (OA) and what it can do for scholarly communication. Advantages as well as challenges will be presented, along with information on Creative Commons licensing and options for sharing and reuse of scholarship.

ORCID is a universal digital identifier that distinguishes researchers and ensures that their professional work is recognized. This season will cover creation of an ORCiD ID, how to add works, and how to use it for scholarly communication. Institutional repositories (IRs) collect, preserve, and disseminate the research and creative output of an institution. Examples of this output include, but are not limited to, research papers, datasets, conference proceedings, symposium papers and posters, peer-reviewed journals, creative works, and collections of other digital or digitized objects and documents. OAKS, which stands for Open Access Kent State, is Kent State’s IR. Learn about how using and contributing to OAKS can help grow your research and creative endeavors.

This session will cover the basics of digitization including benchmarks and best practices. However big or small your digital scholarship project may be, it’s important to have standards in place at the onset of the project. Session will also cover platform choice and long-term preservation issues for digital media.

In this session, we’ll talk about how to get started with text mining using R, a free and open-source statistical software.

In this session participants will learn about various ways data visualization can help enhance research. The session will cover tools and services available to University students, faculty, and staff.

Participants will learn about basic U.S. intellectual property laws and how they apply to research, creation, and invention. Learn about how copyright law works and when patents and trademarks are applied.

The OhioLINK Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Center is the Open Access platform which holds undergraduate, masters, and doctoral theses and dissertations from participating OhioLINK member schools. flexible publishing options. In addition to the standard PDF document format for text and diagrams, students can include music, video, and image files, increasing the strength and quality of ETDs. Learn about ETD Center features and requirements.