The OAPEN Foundation has updated and improved its OA Book Toolkit. The toolkit provides helpful information to authors and policy makers about the publishing environment for open access, academic books. Authors on our campus may be interested in viewing the two main sections created for authors: Publishing open access books… read more
Publishing
Open Access Business Models
As part of our OA Week 2024 celebrations, we hosted a discussion on October 23rd about various open access topics. I’ll be recapping those discussions here on the OA blog. Today, I’ll share what we discussed related to open access business models. There are many types of OA business models.… read more
Preprints
As part of our OA Week 2024 celebrations, we hosted a discussion on October 23rd about various open access topics. I’ll be recapping those discussions here on the OA blog. Today, I’ll share what we discussed related to preprints. For a little context: Preprints are articles that are posted online… read more
Theses, dissertations, and embargoes
As part of our OA Week 2024 celebrations, we hosted a discussion on October 23rd about various open access topics. I’ll be recapping those discussions here on the OA blog. First up – embargoing electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) For a little context: at UT Austin, all masters and PhD… read more
Scholarly Communications Book Discussion Series
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is sponsoring a discussion series based around the OA book, Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge edited by Maria Bonn, Josh Bolick, and William Cross. The series is not medically focused, is free to attend, and you do NOT need to be an MLA member… read more
New OA Initiative – Peer Community In
UT Libraries is pleased to announce support for a new open access (OA) initiative, Peer Community In. Peer Community In (PCI) is a scientist-led initiative to provide a reviewing and recommending service for pre-print articles; similar to the peer review process for journal articles. Those recommended pre-prints can then be… read more
Webinar about supporting open monographs
If you would like to learn more about business models for supporting open access book publishing, you may be interested in an upcoming webinar hosted by CEU Press. The free webinar is scheduled for February 27th from 11am-12pm Central time. From their invitation: “You are invited to join the Central… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Digest January 1 – January 31, 2024
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 29 Navigating the maze of scientific publishing – The Sunday Guardian Live – goo.gl/alerts/yWz6uU Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 20 Academic Publishing: ResearchGate Expands Sage Journals – goo.gl/alerts/AA5FWe Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 13 AI Breakthrough Creates Images From Nothing; Open Access Publishing and the Power of … – goo.gl/alerts/ZTdZ6R Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jan 12 Wiley… read more
New OA Agreement
UT Austin now has an agreement with Cogitatio Press. The agreement allows UT Austin corresponding authors to publish in any Cogitatio journal without paying an article processing charge (APC). Cogitatio publishes five journals: Media and Communication, Ocean and Society (launching in 2024/2025), Politics and Governance, Social Inclusion, and Urban Planning.… read more
UT OA Support – by the numbers
During Open Access Week we posted about our guiding principles for supporting open access (OA) initiatives. We recently reviewed our OA initiative support over the past 18 months and here are some numbers related to those activities. 51 – the total number of OA initiatives we support (this includes initiatives… read more
