Thanks to everyone who showed up for OA Week 2014 events! We had great discussions about OA issues and hope we sparked some long term interest in OA. We want to thank the UT Libraries administration for providing financial support for this week. And a big thanks to everyone who… read more
Archives for October 2014
OA Week 2014 Planning Group
Here is the list of the wonderful people who volunteered to plan this year’s Open Access Week events. Roxanne Bogucka Carolyn Cunningham Jee Davis Allyssa Guzman Georgia Harper Colleen Lyon Aizul Ortega Kristi Park Robyn Rosenberg Kathryn Strickland If you have questions about any of the OA Week events, please… read more
Pay-it-forward
The University of California Press will be launching a new open access journal that has a very interesting publication funding model. The journal will have a reasonable article processing charge (APC) of about $875. Of that, $250 will go into a pool that will pay editors and reviewers who work… read more
Erin McKiernan's talk now available via UTDR
OA Week starts today at UT Austin
Open Access Week 2014 starts today at UT Austin. We’re getting a jump on International Open Access Week with a keynote talk by Dr. Erin McKiernan. Erin is an early career researcher and will be talking about how you can freely share your work and advance your career. Come join… read more
American dissertations from 1933-1955 now online
EBSCO Information Service has recently made the print index, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities (DDAAU), available for free at http://www.OpenDissertations.com. The print index was published by the H.W. Wilson Company, who provided financial support for this project. The database covers dissertations that were completed between 1933-1955 at American universities. More information… read more