1. An Introduction to Open Access Randall Library October 21, 2014

2. Our Participants Kristin Andrews – Social Sciences & Humanities Librarian Dr. Nandana Bose – Film Studies Dr. Daniel Johnson – Music Dr. Anita McDaniel – Communication Studies Dr. Colleen Reilly – English Dr. Karl Ricanek – Computer Science Dr. Ann Stapleton – Biology

3. What is Open Access? Freely available (both access & cost) Shareable: can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link See the Budapest Open Access Initiative for a full definition.Budapest Open Access Initiative

4. Why Open Access? Increases visibility, transparency & impact Speeds up innovation & research Increases the availability of materials for your research Provides access to individuals, smaller institutions, and poorer countries that can’t afford expensive journals/databases Provides free access to publicly funded research (e.g. NIH Public Access Policy)NIH Public Access Policy

5. Why Open Access? What’s Wrong with the Traditional Model? We pay twice – For the original research – For the subscription Journals are expensive. Libraries must keep cutting resources to keep up with inflation. It benefits publishers, not authors (you don’t get royalties for articles, do you?) Research is a public good locked behind a paywall

6. Types of Open Access Green: Author deposits copy or pre-print in a repository (e.g. NCDOCKS or PubMed Central)NCDOCKS Gold: Author publishes in an OA journal Hybrid: Author publishes in a journal that makes articles OA only if the author or institution pays a fee.

7. Author Rights Don’t Sign Away Your Rights! Learn more about Author Rights & get an Author Addendum you can use from SPARC.

8. Open Access Myths OA articles are not peer reviewed/lower quality You can’t make an article published in a traditional journal OA OA is incompatible with copyright All OA journals charge publication fees If there is a fee, the individual author has to pay it

9. Further Reading & Resources International Open Access Week – Intro to OA Intro to OA – What Faculty Can Do What Faculty Can Do – What Librarians Can Do What Librarians Can Do SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) – About OA About OA – Author Rights Author Rights – Benefits of OA Benefits of OA

10. Further Reading & Resources Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook Open Access: six myths to put to rest Open Access Button NC DOCKS: Institutional repository where you can deposit your work NC DOCKS