... [Oregon State University Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services Terry] Reese suggested at a faculty discussion that they take an active part in getting the rest of OSU's faculty to submit their work to the library repository.
Within a week of the initial discussion, Michael Boock, the head of Digital Access Services for the library, had written a proposal to be put before the entire library faculty. The policy, as was approved and agreed to by the faculty, mandates that OSU Libraries faculty contribute their "scholarly works" in the interest of aiding current and future research around the globe. ...
If it is important to promotion and tenure of the researcher that an article be published somewhere specific, then there is the option to temporarily opt out of the program until copyright paperwork has been put in order. ...
The fact, however, that the library faculty agreed to the mandate rather than having the order "come from above," means that when librarians go to speak to other faculties they have some weight behind their words. According to [associate university librarian for collections and content management Faye] Chadwell, some librarians have heard that members of other faculties are curious about the mandate and that it "definitely just got people to thinking … and asking questions about what it means." ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 4/10/2009 04:59:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
