OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS Betty Landesman Langsdale Library CAS Celebration of Faculty Scholarship April 9, 2013
A FEW DEFINITIONS Open Access Literature: “Access to material (mainly scholarly publications) via the Internet in such a way that the material is free for all to read, and to use (or reuse) to various extents” (Wikipedia) Gold OA Public Access
PUBLISHING Publishers Who pays? Copyright Who retains? Creative Commons Universities – Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies
“PREDATORY” PUBLISHING Publishers’ comments on potential dangers Jeffrey Beall http://scholarlyoa.com/ Lawsuits?
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