1. Important Resources DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org SHERPA/JULIET Research funder´s open access policies http://sherpa.ac.uk/juliet SHERPA/RoMEO Publisher copyright policies and Self- archiving http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo BTH Institutional Repository: http://www.bth.se/fou// Publish Open Access ~ How to self archive at BTH Contact Info at the BTH institutional repository website: http://www.bth.se/fou/ We also offer customized seminars and information meetings. Peter Linde: 0455-385103 Peter.linde@bth.se Anette Pettersson: 0455-385119 Anette.pettersson@bth.se Contact Info at the BTH institutional repository website: http://www.bth.se/fou/ We also offer customized seminars and information meetings. Peter Linde: 0455-385103 Peter.linde@bth.se Anette Pettersson: 0455-385119 Anette.pettersson@bth.se A folder from the BTH Library

2. Funders, Universities and Open Access The number of research funders requiring Open Access to scientific publications is increasing. The Swedish Research Council (VR), NIH and the European Research Council are examples of funders that require grantees to make publications available to all for free. Many universities also have open access policies. The policy of BTH was created 2007 and states that a copy of all scientific peer- reviewed documents should be submitted to the repository if copyright admits this. Provide Open Access to your work There are two basic approaches to make research findings Open Access. One is to publish in Open Access journals. The other is to deposit a copy of every journal- or conference article in an Open Access repository like the one at BTH, so called self-archiving. Most publishers allow authors to self-archive a so called post- print - the last author version that has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Funders, Universities and Open Access The number of research funders requiring Open Access to scientific publications is increasing. The Swedish Research Council (VR), NIH and the European Research Council are examples of funders that require grantees to make publications available to all for free. Many universities also have open access policies. The policy of BTH was created 2007 and states that a copy of all scientific peer- reviewed documents should be submitted to the repository if copyright admits this. Provide Open Access to your work There are two basic approaches to make research findings Open Access. One is to publish in Open Access journals. The other is to deposit a copy of every journal- or conference article in an Open Access repository like the one at BTH, so called self-archiving. Most publishers allow authors to self-archive a so called post- print - the last author version that has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Swan, A. (2010) The Open Access citation advantage: Studies and results to date. Technical Report UNSPECIFIED, School of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/ Swan, A. (2010) The Open Access citation advantage: Studies and results to date. Technical Report UNSPECIFIED, School of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton. http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/18516/ Self-archived article with a cover page in the BTH repository Open Access journals Open Access journals are freely available scientific journals which are subject to peer-review in the same way as subscription-based journals. Search DOAJ to find a journal in your subject area. Self-archive at BTH 1.Check the publisher’s policy regarding selfarchiving in SHERPA/RoMEO. 2.Get the right version of your article, usually the author’s version. 3.Upload the file to the BTH repository. 4.We will add a cover page with all the citation data according to the publisher´s policy. Open Access journals Open Access journals are freely available scientific journals which are subject to peer-review in the same way as subscription-based journals. Search DOAJ to find a journal in your subject area. Self-archive at BTH 1.Check the publisher’s policy regarding selfarchiving in SHERPA/RoMEO. 2.Get the right version of your article, usually the author’s version. 3.Upload the file to the BTH repository. 4.We will add a cover page with all the citation data according to the publisher´s policy.