UK Libraries team participates in SEC Academic Collaboration Award Workshop

Mary Beth Thomson, Anna Gault, Michael Perry, and Adrian Ho

UK Libraries participated in the inaugural SEC Academic Collaboration Award Workshop held at Texas A&M University Libraries February 6-8.  The theme of the workshop was “Developing Partnerships to Advance Open Access Initiatives at SEC Universities.”

Invited teams of student and library leaders focused on developing their own institutional action plans to advance open access or the use of open educational resources on their campuses. The workshop also included presentations by nationally recognized experts on: exemplary open access programs, leadership, program design, and organizational change.

Senior Associate Dean Mary Beth Thomson, Director of Digital Scholarship Adrian Ho, undergraduate student representative Michael Perry, and graduate student representative Anna Gault formed the UK Libraries contingent. Thanks to all of them for representing UK Libraries.