News item published on: 2025-08-20 09:45:00

Banner with yellow background and text in black 2025-26 Soar Sessions, click for more. To the right is a golden eagle with winds spread, flying .

The SOAR Sessions are a series of workshops featuring experts on a variety of topics pertaining to scholarship, open access, and research. Each session will include an overview of the topic, examples and best practices, and a time for audience questions and participation. The sessions are open to anyone, but faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The 2025–26 SOAR Sessions will focus on the challenges and changes shaping today’s publishing landscape, with sessions on research integrity, scholarly publishing, and new publishing models planned for the spring.

2025 Fall SOAR Sessions

Predatory Publishing
September 24 | 2 p.m.
Presented by Karen Burton, CAFLS Science Librarian, Clemson University
Registration

NIH Public Access Policy
November 12 | 2 p.m.
Olivia Chin, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Registration

All sessions will be held virtually. Registration is required in order to receive the meeting link, and the links will be sent out the week of each session.

For more information, please contact or 601.266.6200.