James P. Adams Library: Open Access Policies and Scholarly Communication: Open Access & Publishing

OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit

OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit
The OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit covers specific topics related to open access books. Each article offers a quick and brief introduction to a particular aspect of open access book publishing. The toolkit also serves as a signposting tool: articles include a list of sources referenced, further reading and links to definitions of key terms.

Digital Archiving and Journal Publishers Policies

Sherpa Romeo
Sherpa Romeo is an online resource that aggregates and analyses publisher open access policies from around the world and provides summaries of publisher copyright and open access archiving policies on a journal-by-journal basis.

In 2002, the U.K. Research Council created a new organization, SHERPA. "Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access." Among other projects, SHERPA began to record journal publisher policies. They created a searchable database of publisher's policies regarding the self-archiving of journal articles on the web and in Open Access repositories. The collection of “Rights MEtadata for Open archiving” became known as RoMEO.

Sherpa Romeo User Guide

Self-Archiving

"Self-archiving" is a term for the process by which authors deposit their works in open access repositories.

SPARC Author Addendum
Know your author rights and use the author addendum as the first step in self-archiving your work.
Digital Commons @ RIC - Faculty Publications
After obtaining the rights, self-archive your work with the library's digital commons

Open Access Publishing Impact Value

The Open Access Impact Bibliography
The Open Access Impact Bibliography is an ongoing list of published research that documents the “open access citation advantage.” It is maintained by Steve Hitchcock of the University of Southampton.
altmetrics
altmetrics is the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship.
Eigenfactor® Project
The Eigenfactor® Project is an academic research project co-founded in January 2007 by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West (pictured below), and sponsored by the West Lab at the Information School and the Bergstrom Lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington.

Open Access Journals and Author Fees

Eigenfactor Index of Open Access Fees
In order to select a suitable open access journal in which to publish, it can be helpful to understand what it is that you are paying for with your publication fees. In this context, we find it useful to think about the economics of scholarly publishing.
OA publication funds
This is a list of funds to support OA journals, books, and other kinds of publication. The funds may be hosted by universities, research centers, foundations, or government agencies.

Digital Publishing

MediaCommons
MediaCommons is a community network for scholars, students, and practitioners in media studies, promoting exploration of new forms of publishing within the field. MediaCommons was founded with the support of the Institute for the Future of the Book, and with assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through this network, we hope to refocus scholarship in the field on the communication and discussion of new ideas in the field.

OER in Tenure and Promotion

DOERS3 - OER In Tenure and Promotion
A critical part of sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education is recognizing the contributions by instructors who create and improve them as part of their professional work. In order to aid this effort, Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) has developed an adaptable advisory model to help guide faculty as they attempt to include their OER work in their tenure and promotion portfolios.