Generation Open: Researchers' Roles in the Age of Openness
Channel: University of Kentucky Libraries
Date: 11/11/2016

This panel discussion focuses on research and scholarship in an environment that is trending toward openness. The event starts with Mary Molinaro from the University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries providing a description of the current research environment and the expectation of researchers' roles. The first panelist (Dr. Douglas Scutchfield from UK College of Public Health) then discusses the benefits of open access from the researcher's perspective, and his personal experience of taking the lead to support open access by creating a new open access journal. The second panelist (Dr. Matthew Zook from UK Department of Geography) focuses on the value of openly sharing research data, especially in terms of how it contributes to scholarship, innovation, and the public good. There is a question-and-answer period after the two presentations.

This panel discussion took place at UK Libraries on Oct. 23, 2014. The presentation slides are available at: http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gen_open/Panel/