Part of the scholarly communication workshop series, "Sharing Your Research" for graduate students and early career researchers that I developed for Texas Woman's University Libraries.
1. Chealsye Bowley, Scholarly Communication Librarian
Texas Woman’s University Libraries
An Introduction to
Open Access
2. About me
Chealsye Bowley
Scholarly Communication Librarian
- Education + training
- Copyright consultations
- Finding an Open Access journal
- Data management plans
Contact: cbowley@twu.edu
Phone: (940) 898-3747
Office: Library 308A
3. What is Open Access?
Free, online, immediate availability
of research articles
+ with full re-use rights
5. Benefits
- Your research is more discoverable
- Potential higher citation count
- Rapid publication
- Authors keep their copyright
Bonus: Help research access for all
18. It’s a different funding model.
Open Access is not vanity publishing.
Publishing costs.
The APC business model shifts the cost.
Rather than subscriptions that only gives access
to the subscriber, Open Access gives access to all.
23. Open Access journals have the same
standards of peer review, copyright,
quality, prestige, and research impact.
24. Finding a suitable OA journal
1. Browse the Directory of Open Access journals
2. Use the Cofactor Journal Selector Tool
3. Ask mentors, colleagues, and librarians
doaj.org
cofactorscience.com/journal-selector
27. Copyright + Your Rights
Learn more about copyright and your author’s rights
at the Copyright + Your Rights workshop next week!
Tuesday, 3/29
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Library Lecture Hall Room #101
29. Upcoming Workshops
Copyright + Your Rights 3/29
Measuring Impact:
Impact Factor, h-index, and altmetrics 4/5
Research Data Management + Sharing 4/12
30. Further Info
Library Guide: libguides.twu.edu/oa
Why Open Research?: whyopenresearch.org
Can’t attend a workshop? Got further questions?
Get in touch!
cbowley@twu.edu | @chealsye
Slides inspired by Brianna Marshall, “Introduction to Open Research” CC-BY - bit.ly/1UKYaQ5