Supporting Research: Equity in Open Government

Mills Library, Connections Room, L113

23/10/2019, 11:30 am - TO 23/10/2019 - 12:30 pm

Organizer: McMaster University Library

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In this one hour session, we will be reviewing the Open Government Portal (OGP) and briefly discuss the purpose and background behind the initiative, while relating it back to how open information and data can be incorporated into primary research and/or research papers. We will also demonstrate how the OGP functions; explain the services that it provides; and show how faculty and students can access datasets and information. Examples will include projects and applications using open data from the OGP. Bring your own laptop for hands-on learning.

Register or drop-in on one of the sessions. Light refreshments will be provided.

The session is part of Open Access Week (October 21-27, 2019), an annual global event that celebrates advances in Open Access, Open Data and Open Education – all part of a worldwide movement to make scholarly publications, data, and a range of educational resources available, free of legal, financial or technical barriers for the benefit of researchers, students, and society as a whole.