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Open Access And The Institutional Repository, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Department Faculty Publications

Over the past year, the University of Rhode Island (URI) has taken some steps towards shifting the default to Open Access for both faculty scholarship and student work. First and foremost, in March 2013, the URI Faculty Senate passed a Harvard-style Open Access mandate. And in February 2013, the Library and the Graduate School began making electronic dissertations and theses openly available through URI’s institutional repository. In this presentation, we will define Open Access policies and discuss why they are important. We will give an overview of our experiences with Open Access advocacy, implementation of policies, and next steps.

Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Speaking notes and discussion questions for a facilitated networking session, "Elevator Pitch: Open Access Talking Points." The speaking notes outline the argument that "an Open Access future is inevitable," and the questions are geared to encouraging discussion among librarians about their roles in relation to Open Access.

The networking session was sponsored by the Special Interest Groups of the ACRL New England Chapter and was held during the ACRL/NEC Spring 2014 Conference, We’re All in This Together: Strengthening Librarians through Professional Development. The session took place on May 9, 2014 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, …

Open Access, Open Source, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Discussion questions, background notes, and handout used for a round-table discussion on "Open Access, Open Source" at The Changing Face/Space of the Library: eBooks, Makerspaces, and More.

This was a professional development program jointly sponsored by the Library of Rhode Island Resource Sharing Working Group and Multi-type Reference Advisory Group. The program took place on April 29, 2014 at Bryant University in North Smithfield, RI.

The handout provides a selected list of resources for open access books, open access articles, Open Educational Resources, other open resources, and open source software.

Notes from the program are available: http://uri.libguides.com/changingface