News written by Emma Molls
Costs and models of OA publishing
The United Nations has stated that information literacy — the ability to find, evaluate, and use information effectively — "is a basic human right." Unfortunately, the current scholarly publishing environment reinforces existing structural inequalities by perpetuating restrictive access to and engagement in scholarship.
New agreement with IOP Publishing
The Libraries supports open access (OA) publishing because it makes research freely available to readers around the world. There are many ways to make your scholarly work openly accessible. In addition to these avenues, the Libraries is participating in a number of agreements negotiated through the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) that waive article processing charges (APCs). There is a new option for 2023.
OA Week Spotlight: Dr. Kathy Draeger
In celebration of Open Access Week and in light of the 2022 theme, “Open for Climate Justice”, we are excited to share a series of interviews with UMN faculty who work at the intersection of climate and justice and make their work open access. Kathy Draeger is Statewide Director for the U of M Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and adjunct professor of Agronomy and Plant Genetics. She oversees statewide programming in sustainable development, including clean energy and sustainable ag and food systems.
OA Week Spotlight: Dr. Peter Neff
In celebration of Open Access Week and in light of the 2022 theme, “Open for Climate Justice”, we are excited to share a series of interviews with UMN faculty who work at the intersection of climate and justice and make their work open access. Peter Neff is an assistant research professor at the University of Minnesota and Director for Field Research and Data for the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX), a National Science Foundation funded Science and Technology Center pursuing the oldest ice core climate records found in Antarctica.
OA Week Spotlight: Dr. Randal Barnes
In celebration of Open Access Week and in light of the 2022 theme, “Open for Climate Justice,” we are excited to share a series of interviews with UMN faculty who work at the intersection of climate and justice and make their work open access. Dr. Randal Barnes is an Associate Professor and Mental Health Advocate in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering.
OA Week spotlight: Dr. Melissa Kenney
In celebration of Open Access Week and in light of the 2022 theme, “Open for Climate Justice”, we are excited to share a series of interviews with UMN faculty who work at the intersection of climate and justice and make their work open access. Dr. Melissa Kenney is the Director of Research and Knowledge Initiatives at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment where she directs efforts to build synergy across IonE’s broad scientific research portfolio.
Open Access Week 2022
Each year, researchers, librarians, publishers, and students across the globe come together to spotlight the importance of open access to research. By making scientific research openly accessible, it increases its reach, validation, and potential for reuse for further scientific research. This year’s theme is "Open for Climate Justice" to highlight the need for accessible climate science across the globe to enable communities, policymakers, and scientists to respond to climate change and its impact. Lack of equitable access to climate research has long-lasting implications on humanity’s ability to respond to our changing climate.
Open Access monographs in 2023
Open access (OA) monographs play an important role in advancing scholarship, especially in disciplines that use book-length publications to distribute research.