Our last highlight of Open Access Week 2022 is the University of Michigan Press: Fund to Mission. University of Michigan Press publishes about 170 new titles each year. Some areas of focus for the Press include English as a Second Language, classics, Asian studies, political science, and books on Michigan… read more
Archives for October 2022
OA Highlight – CEU Press: Opening the Future
For Thursday of Open Access Week, we’d like to highlight a relatively new OA initiative that we are supporting – CEU Press: Opening the Future. Central European Press specializes in the history of the region, communism, and transitions to democracy. It publishes approximately 25 new monographs per year. Opening the… read more
OA Highlight – Open Access Community Investment Program
Our second open initiative highlight for Open Access Week is the LYRASIS Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). The OACIP program exists to provide a framework for collectively funding diamond open access journals (meaning journals that do not collect fees from readers or authors). The program is designed to be… read more
OA Highlight – South Asia Open Archives
During OA Week this year we’d like to highlight a few of the open access initiatives that UT Libraries supports. Today we are highlighting our support for the South Asia Open Archives (SAOA). SAOA is a rich, curated collection of open access historical and contemporary resources from and about South… read more
Happy Open Access Week 2022!
Knowledge unfortunately isn’t free. Much of the research being conducted at universities, colleges, and institutes around the world is written up by professors, graduate students, and research associates and published in toll-access (subscription) journals. Anyone lacking a subscription to that journal will not be able to access the articles published there. This… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest October 1-15, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 12 Science’s no-fee public-access policy will take effect in 2023 – Nature – goo.gl/alerts/X4NdAg Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 10 Sticker Shock 2022 sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 10 Apply for the Open Education Fellows program sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 6 The Why, What and Who of Open Access – goo.gl/alerts/QRyihd Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Oct 6… read more
Sticker Shock 2022
International Open Access Week will happen October 24-30, 2022. We’re starting the celebrations early by sharing our updated Sticker Shock poster. Each year we share this resource to help faculty, students, and staff understand the prices associated with journal subscriptions. We’ll be sharing more information about open access over the… read more
Apply for the Open Education Fellows program
The UT Libraries (UTL) eagerly invites applications for a program to support faculty who will adopt and create open educational resources (OER): the Open Education Fellows Program. Through this program, we aim to reduce the cost of required course materials for UT Austin students and empower instructors to adapt or… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest September 16-30, 2022
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 26 Creative Commons Office Hours sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 The possibilities of open science | Research Information – goo.gl/alerts/TBiukX Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 22 Open Access Doesn’t Need APCs: Our Progress To-Date – The Official PLOS Blog – goo.gl/alerts/x1sbPi Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Sep 21 National Health and Medical Research Council stands-up on… read more
