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Scholarly Communication
This guide is designed to help faculty learn more about their authors' rights and scholarly communication options.
Open Access
OA at Murray State
Lana Porter Open Access Initiatives Award
Searching for Journals
Authors' Rights
Types of Open Access
Institutional Repositories
The Buzz on Open Access Videos
Open Access FAQs
Additional Resources
Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey
Taylor & Francis Open Access Survey Results
Additional Reading
Getting cited: Does open access help? Article in Research Policy
Academic journal article
Open Access: A Briefing Paper
From the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook
The Open Access citation advantage: Studies and results to date
White paper examining 31 studies examining citation advantage in open access articles.
How Open Is It?
This guide from PLoS, SPARC and OASPA looks at the open access spectrum.
Scholarly Communications at Duke (blog)
This blog maintained by a lawyer/librarian looks at common copyright and open access issues affecting faculty and libraries.
What Faculty Can Do to Promote Open Access
From OpenAccessWeek.org
Open Access by Peter Suber
An introduction to many issues surrounding open access in e-book format. Choose among four OA editions: PDF, HTML, ePub, and Mobi (Kindle).
Kozak, M. & Hartley, J. (2013). Publication Fees for Open Access Journals: Different Disciplines—Different Methods.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 64
(12):2591–2594
Managing Copyright in Higher Ed
Covers all aspects of how copyright law impacts academia. Includes information to help faculty and student researchers manage the rights to their intellectual property.
Smith, K. Owning and Using Scholarship: an IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers. (Chicago, Illinois: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2014)
Answers many questions about open access, copyright, and licensing.
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