News from October 2020
See all upcoming Libraries events — including our featured events, workshops, and exhibits — on the UMN Twin Cities Events Calendar.
Evidence-based practice and open access
One of the reasons people advocate for open access publishing is the idea that the article will receive more citations — and thus the author will be able to show a greater scholarly impact. Allison Langham-Putrow, Caitlin Bakker, and Amy Riegelman decided to investigate whether the evidence supported this idea.
Open Access in the classroom
The phrase “Open Access” refers to published scholarly research — often shorter form articles or papers, but also longer form open monographs. By contrast, the phrase “Open Educational Resources” tends to be used to refer to open textbooks and other course materials like question banks, handouts, or worksheets.
Here’s how to make your scholarly research open and accessible
The University of Minnesota is committed to ensuring the greatest possible scholarly and public access to research and scholarship produced by the University community.
COVID, publishers, and open access
As we continue our celebration of Open Access Week 2020, we move to an exploration of what COVID-19 has meant for scholarly publishing and open access.
Structural inequalities in scholarly communications
Each year in late October, we mark Open Access Week — an international event to raise awareness of issues around access to scholarly publications and to inspire wider participation in open access publishing and projects.