FSCI 2020 Virtual Event

FSCI Course sign-up closed on July 20 and seats are no longer available in this course.
For all who have signed up for this course, the course instructor will receive the list of participants in their class and they will be contacting each student directly. Students MUST obtain an account with Slack and with OSF; both are tools we will be using when presenting courses. If you have any questions, please email 'fsci-info@force11.org'.

Here is a link to the FSCI 2020 Full Schedule

Researchers who must negotiate for access to existing texts and data from proprietary sources that don’t meet FAIR standards often face technical, economic, and legal challenges. In this course, we will interactively explore these issues through case studies and share resources and tips that will help researchers, librarians, and vendors to “move the needle” toward FAIR data. Class activities will include critique of license terms for computational access and reuse of publications and databases. Participants will practice accessing a database through publicly available API services (e.g., Crossref, PubChem) and compare these services with other computational access models.

Instructors:

• Ye Li, PhD, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
• Laura Hanscom, Scholarly Communications and Licensing Librarian, MIT Libraries
• Katie Zimmerman, Director of Copyright Strategy, MIT Libraries

ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS

LIVE ZOOM SESSION SCHEDULE
(All times Pacific)
Tuesday, Aug. 4
8-9 am: Introductory session
5-6 pm : REPEAT Introductory session
Thursday, Aug. 6
8-9 am: Activity Session 1
5-6 pm: REPEAT Activity Session 1
Tuesday, Aug. 11
8-9 am: Activity Session 2
5-6 pm: REPEAT Activity Session 2