Open Knowledge Center Projects
About this department: The Open Knowledge Center (OKC) is an incubator for communities, projects, initiatives, and programs that build on NC State’s strengths and leadership in public, open, and experimental approaches to research, scholarship, and education. The Center is staffed by librarians, graduate assistants, and visiting scholars with deep expertise on information policy, open research and scholarship. The Open Knowledge Center offers particular skills and expertise in: copyright, licensing, open education, open science, and critical approaches to data and technology. Contact the OKC More about Open Knowledge Center
Projects on this page represent a selection of the work of this department.
Flash Futures Writing Workshop
The Libraries collaborated with NC State University Theatre to offer an intensive workshop bringing people together to write scripts for 10-minute audio scenes from the future.
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Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers on Campus
An immersive exhibit about urban beavers and the ecological benefits they provide, including on the NC State campus.
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Collaboration with Digital Library Initiatives (DLI)
The Pop-Up Library: A Curated Collection for Events
The pop-up library is a way for us to bring our collections to patrons by curating a small collection of books and other materials related to an event theme. Attendees of the event can check out the books on the spot to continue learning about the…
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Futurama, Autogeddon
A media-rich, web-only monograph examines the "fantasies of technological utopianism as well as anxieties about the destruction of the environment and the dehumanizing impact of modernity."
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Collaboration with Acquisitions & Discovery
Increasing the Public Impact of Research (pilot)
Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva partnered with the Open Knowledge Center to experiment with various modes of increasing the potential for her work to have impacts outside of higher education. As a pilot project, this public impact strategy offers a…
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Tally Tracker Explorer
Tally Tracker Explorer is a visualization depicting live and archived game data from all players in Tally Saves the Internet, a browser extension that transforms the data that advertisers collect into a multiplayer game. It was designed by…
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Collaboration with Data Science Services
Microwave and RF Design Open Textbook
Microwave and RF Design is a series of five open textbooks published by NC State University and distributed through UNC Press.
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Collaboration with Acquisitions & Discovery
Tess-Celestial
Tess-Celestial is a visualization project that explores the interplay of art, nature, culture, shape, perspective, and math in our everyday lives.
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Open Pedagogy Pit Stop: Touring the Forests of North Carolina From Your Classroom
Dr. Marcelo Ardon leveraged virtual reality and peer feedback from the Open Pedagogy Pit Stop program to create interactive, student-created forest tours—bringing accessible field experiences directly to large introductory classes.
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Collaboration with Learning Spaces & Services, Collections & Research Engagement
Open Pedagogy Pit Stop: The Nutrition Adventures
Dr. Renee Harrington built an interactive nutrition game in collaboration with the Libraries and DELTA to help gamify healthy habits.
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Collaboration with Learning Spaces & Services, Collections & Research Engagement
Open Pedagogy Pit Stop: A Case Study on How Google Gemini Can Help Build Educational Tools From Scratch
Dr. Stephanie Mathews partnered with the Libraries through the Open Pedagogy Pit Stop Program to use Gemini to help build a web-based platform to assist students in identifying biochemical test results.
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Collaboration with Learning Spaces & Services
Fermentology
Fermentology is a digital collection of written and media works about the culture, history, and science of fermented foods.
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Collaboration with Community Engagement