The Price is Wrong

Sometimes, the cost of academic publishing can feel very wrong. Costs might feel wrong for students facing higher living and tuition costs, and for researchers seeking to make their work open access.

Textbooks, course packs, journal articles, academic books, and related online resources carry various price tags; some of which are shockingly high or low. Uncover the publishing costs in academia and learn about for-profit publishing alternatives. Participants who guess the accurate price will win prizes as we reveal how pathways within open scholarship and open education can lessen the financial burdens on students, educators, and researchers.

In twelve spins, our version of Price is Wrong features useful information, several slices of humour, and prizes for our winners. In this collaboration, Rachel Harris and Zo Kopyna from the Library’s Open Educational Resources Team, Ryan Van Huijstee from Concordia University Press, and Douglas Moffat from 4TH Space act as game-show hosts, radio announcers, and design magicians. Together, we encourage students, professors, librarians, and staff members to join us...volunteer game-show contestants and audience members, take your seats!

How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.

Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Organized by Rachel Harris, Library OER Team, Ryan Van Huijstee, Concordia University Press, and students on the Library’s OER Team, Zo Kopyna with assistance from Chhayhee Sok, conceptualized and designed the materials for our event.

More information on the Open Educational Resource Project can be found on the OER project website.