Dr. Christine Geith to Host Webinar for Open Access Week

On October 19, more than 200 sites around the globe will mark Open Access Week 2009. Research institutes, colleges, universities, and advocacy organizations everywhere will host events or wear buttons to express their support for free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research.

As part of the Rochester Institute of Technology's participation in Open Access Week, Dr. Christine Geith will be hosting a webinar titled "Teaching and Learning Unleashed Through Web 2.0 and Open Educational Resources." This webinar will be on Friday, October 23, 2009 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm EDT. This event is sponsored by The Wallace Center's Teaching, Learning, & Scholarship Services. A complete list and schedule of all the free events can be found at this RIT Libraries site.

For additional information, please contact: Marianne Buehler at (585) 475-5589 or Nick Paulus at (585) 475-7934.