LibGuides: Open Scholarship: Open Scholarship

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Subjects: Scholarship and Research Initiatives

Open Scholarship is an umbrella term used to represent all forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment.

"Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.” Peter Suber (2004).

Open Access by Peter Suber
ISBN: 9780262301732
Publication Date: 2012-07-20
The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work "open access": digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

Open Access to Scholarly and Scientific Research Articles (SPARC)
Plan S and cOAlition S
Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations. Plan S requires that, from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms.
OpenAccess 2020 Initiative
OA2020 is a global alliance committed to accelerating the transition to open access.
University of Rochester Intellectual Property Policy
The University of Rochester does not have an Open Access Policy, but a more general Intellectual Property Policy.