Like remixers, scholarly activity involves engaging in and furthering a conversation. Scholarly communication is influenced by publishing practices that often do not encourage open conversation.
As part of Open Access Week, a way to celebrate and advocate for open access publication, University Libraries is sponsoring a showing of the film, "RiP: A Remix Manifesto" on October 22, 7-9 p.m. in Kirkhof 2263. The open access film features Girl Talk, a music mash-up artist, and explores issues related to piracy and fair use.
Open Access Week takes place at universities worldwide October 18-24 to advocate for the open access movement. It seeks to create an alternative to the traditional publishing model by creating opportunities for authors to more freely share their work.
Jodi Tyron, scholarly communications initiatives coordinator at University Libraries, explains that scholars, like remixers, are creators of content. “How we share that content is important if we are to further academic dialogue and engaging in a larger conversation. I hope this movie starts conversations about access, publication, and piracy, and provides an opportunity for people to talk about how current copyright law affects our culture,” said Tyron.
While the original movie is over 90 minutes, library staff created a condensed 18-minute version for faculty to use for discussions with students. More resources are available at libguides.gvsu.edu/openaccessweek.
Faculty and students are encouraged to learn about managing their copyrights and submitting their work to open collections like ScholarWorks@GVSU, found at www.scholarlyaccess.gvsu.edu.
For more information about Open Access Week, visit www.openaccessweek.org.
