Columbia has some great Open Access Week events on Thursday, October 25. Those not affiliated with Columbia are welcome provided they register in advance (using the links below):

3pm–3:45pm: Workshops in Butler Library (advance registration required).

• Copyright Protection and Data: How Does it Work? (Register)
• DIY Feminist Cybersecurity: A Primer (Register)
• Open Access and Open Research for Scholars in the Humanities (Register)
• Playing it FAIR (Making Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) (Register)

4pm–5:30 pm: Panel and Roundtable at the Brown Institute, Pulitzer Building

Opening Up Research for the Greater Good? Ethics, Privacy, and Data (Register)

In the current political climate, opening up access to research and research data can be both a moral imperative and a careless decision that puts the lives and livelihood of the most vulnerable at risk. In this panel discussion and roundtable, three scholars will discuss the social and ethical responsibilities of gathering, curating, and sharing data from very different perspectives.

• Manan Ahmed, “Torn Apart/Separados: Visualizing Data for/with Critical Eyes”
• Laurie Allen, “Open Data, Data Rescue, and Risk”
• Mary Marshall Clark, “Documenting Truth in a Time of Denial and Surveillance: Ethical Dilemmas Oral Historians Face”

5:30pm–7:00pm: Reception at the Brown Institute, Pulitzer Building 

Columbia has some great Open Access Week events on Thursday, October 25. Those not affiliated with Columbia are welcome provided they register in advance (using the links below):

3pm–3:45pm: Workshops in Butler Library (advance registration required).

• Copyright Protection and Data: How Does it Work? (Register)
• DIY Feminist Cybersecurity: A Primer (Register)
• Open Access and Open Research for Scholars in the Humanities (Register)
• Playing it FAIR (Making Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) (Register)

4pm–5:30 pm: Panel and Roundtable at the Brown Institute, Pulitzer Building

Opening Up Research for the Greater Good? Ethics, Privacy, and Data (Register)

In the current political climate, opening up access to research and research data can be both a moral imperative and a careless decision that puts the lives and livelihood of the most vulnerable at risk. In this panel discussion and roundtable, three scholars will discuss the social and ethical responsibilities of gathering, curating, and sharing data from very different perspectives.

• Manan Ahmed, “Torn Apart/Separados: Visualizing Data for/with Critical Eyes”
• Laurie Allen, “Open Data, Data Rescue, and Risk”
• Mary Marshall Clark, “Documenting Truth in a Time of Denial and Surveillance: Ethical Dilemmas Oral Historians Face”

5:30pm–7:00pm: Reception at the Brown Institute, Pulitzer Building