Digital technologies can expand access to learning and scholarship in ways not possible with a paper-based publishing system, for the benefit of learners across the world and the scholarly authors as well. In April 2013, the Â鶹¹ÙÍø faculty voted to give Â鶹¹ÙÍø permission to disseminate worldwide, through the , their scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals after April 15. Faculty agreed to amend their publishing contract — if necessary — to permit this deposit. Waivers to this agreement are granted by the Dean’s Office upon request (use the form below). The resolution also encourages faculty and staff to make their curricular material and other scholarly publications freely available through Digital Â鶹¹ÙÍø.
- Â鶹¹ÙÍø Open Access Resolution
- to Digital Â鶹¹ÙÍø
- . It may already permit deposit in a local repository
- to retain the right to deposit.
Learn more about scholarly communication and open access:
- Why Do We Need Open Access at Â鶹¹ÙÍø?
- The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Libraries have read-and-publish agreements with several publishers that produce scholarly journals. These agreements waive article processing charges (APCs) often attached to open-access publishing for Â鶹¹ÙÍø authors.
- — Â鶹¹ÙÍø is a founding member of Lever Press, a peer-reviewed, open-access, and digitally native scholarly press that is funded by a consortium of liberal arts college libraries.