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SUMMARY:2026 Open Access
DESCRIPTION:University Libraries will celebrate Open Access Month this Octo
 ber with a series of programs exploring the opportunities and challenges s
 haping open scholarship. This year’s sessions will examine digital acces
 sibility and open research\, introduce OpenAlex as an open citation index\
 , and explore the evolving relationship between open access and artificial
  intelligence. Programs will be offered in person at Cook Library and onli
 ne throughout October.\n\nPanel Discussion: Open Access and Artificial Int
 elligence: Opportunity\, Threat\, or Both?\nTuesday\, October 27 | 2 p.m.\
 nCook Library Room 206Z and Virtual\nRegister\n\nPanelists:\nDr. Jose Mart
 inez Cruz\, Assistant Professor\, School of Computing Sciences & Computer 
 Engineering\nDr. Jason McCormick\, Assistant Professor\, School of Humanit
 ies and Director of the Writing Center\nDr. Lila de Tantillo\, Associate P
 rofessor\, School of Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice\nDr. Wei Wan
 g\, Professor\, School of Marketing\n\nJoin us for this session in which a
  group of Southern Miss faculty will discuss the effects that the rapid gr
 owth of generative AI tools may have on open scholarship and open access (
 OA). For example\, we will discuss whether open research being available f
 or AI models to scrape and train is a net positive or negative for OA. We 
 will also discuss the degree to which AI-generated works are appropriate f
 or inclusion in open research platforms. In addition to these and other re
 lated topics\, audience members will have the opportunity to ask the panel
 ists their own questions related to the relationship between OA and AI.\n\
 nVirtual attendees MUST register in order to receive the meeting links for
  the sessions. Registration is strongly encouraged but not strictly requir
 ed for in-person attendees. Please contact aquilastaff@usm.edu.\n\nOrigina
 l listing: https://calendar.usm.edu/event/2026-open-access-5651\n\nDetails
 : https://hattiesburg.events/events/b6053237-6326-4405-a67a-2aeb07b3e50f
LOCATION:Cook Library\, 206Z
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