Is your scholarly research only for those wealthy enough to afford the journal you publish in? Or would you rather have your work freely accessible to all without charge, while still published in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal?
On Tuesday, November 9th, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., VCU Libraries will present a new workshop for faculty (but open to all) entitled "Open Access Scholarly Publishing for Faculty." The workshop will be conducted by Dan Ream, VCU librarian and past president of the VCU Faculty Senate.
As journal subscription costs have increased dramatically, fewer and fewer libraries can afford every journal that is needed, including some that are considered prestigious and essential. Faculty worldwide, especially in the sciences but also increasingly in the social sciences and humanities, have responded by creating and publishing their research in open access, peer-reviewed journals that charge no fee to their readers. Faculty Senates from Harvard to Berkeley to the University of Virginia have endorsed open access publishing for their faculty. Perhaps VCU's Faculty Senate may some day do so as well.
This one-hour session will introduce faculty to this revolution in publishing of open access, peer-reviewed journals and demonstrate how to locate them in almost any discipline, as well as discuss the potential benefits of worldwide free access to faculty research. Options for faculty retention of copyright will also be discussed.
This workshop will be held in library classroom/lab 319 on the third floor of Cabell Library. No advance registration is necessary. Address questions to Dan Ream, or call 828-6545 for more information.