Undergraduates & Open Access Stephanie Davis-Kahl, The Ames Library Illinois Wesleyan University Northern Illinois University Open Access Week October 25, 2013

:: implemented 2008:: 9,322 items :: focus on student research:: 1 million + downloads :: campus history, faculty work:: international reach

:: definitions :: Undergraduate Research An inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Intellectual Entrepreneurship “The aim of Intellectual Entrepreneurs is to educate “citizen-scholars” – individuals who own and are accountable for their education and who utilize their intellectual assets to add to disciplinary knowledge and as a lever for social good.” Professor Richard Cherwitz, 2000 (emphasis mine)

:: definitions, part II :: InstitutionalRepository “…a university-based institutional repository is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members.” Clifford Lynch, 2003 Open Access Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Peter Suber, 2004

:: respect for discipline/author intent :: FUTURE PUBLICATION FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH CREATIVE WRITING

:: teachable moments :: :: student peer-reviewed :: open access :: born digital :: authors retain copyright publishing as pedagogy

:: inclusion & breadth :: Fast Monster by Victoria Poll

:: legislation/policy ::

CC-BY-NC, Michael Linden Open Access to Research Articles Act IL Public Act

:: social justice ::

“In our view the most important lesson from this recent article in Science is that the publishing community needs stronger mechanisms to help identify reliable and rigorous journals and publishers, regardless of access or business model.” (OASPA)

:: challenges  conversations ::

My undergraduate will be your graduate student… (or employee…or intern…or your kid’s teacher…)

:: thanks :: Stephanie Davis-Kahl

:: attribution/resources ::  Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR), “FAQ: What is the definition of undergraduate research?” RetrievedOctober 23, 2013 from  Richard A. Cherwitz, “Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Can Intellectuals Innovate in Ways that Produce a Better World?” Retrieved October 23, 2013 from e.asp  Peter Suber, Definition of open access, Retrieved October 23, 2013 from  Clifford A. Lynch, "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age," ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 226 (2003),  Fast Monster by Victoria Poll (used with permission)  Illinois Capital Dome by Michael Linden( CC-BY-NC:  Future Tools of the Future! by ScottElliottSmithson (CC BY-NC-ND;