EDL professors  Ken Forman and Craig Markson shared the results of their research publication at the 2017 Stony Brook University Libraries' Open Access Symposium. "What are the Relationships Between Poverty, Attendance, Teacher Evaluations, and High School Graduation Rates?" appears inMaximizing Social Science Research Through Publicly Accessible Data Sets, published by IGI Global in October 2017.

Stony Brook University's annual Open Access Symposium explores influential scholarly communication initiatives, including digital humanities, open educational resources (OER), open science and data visualization. The symposium brings open access front and center, with presentations and discussions on its value and meaning for academics, researchers, and librarians.