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Tag: Institutional Repository
ISU ReD marks its 10,000th item
ISU ReD, Illinois State University’s institutional repository, recently marked an important milestone: its 10,000th addition
Recent developments in open access
Open access is a goal, not a methodology, and publishers, authors, readers, and funding institutions all continue to explore various options to offer creators that can remove barriers to accessing their works.
First Wonsook Kim School of Art Theses added to ISU ReD
Each thesis published in ISU ReD includes the name of the school granting the degree, and now every School of Art thesis published will include this statement: “Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts [from the] Wonsook Kim School of Art.”
Big Deals and the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts
In 2019, the University of California Library System rejected their Elsevier subscription. Read more about MIT’s Framework for Publisher Contracts.
“Create your own” through the public domain
Explore the practice of taking public domain materials and using them to generate new creative works.
A look at the Open Library of Humanities
Learn more about the Open Library of Humanities (OLH), just one example of an organization dedicated to supporting journals which publish as open access.
Finding Open Access journals and books
Open Access is a means of dramatically lowering barriers to reading many publications; however, it can sometimes be difficult to determine if a publication has also undergone peer or editorial review. Here are resources to help.
Open Access Digital Theological Library
Collections of open access materials often have different focuses, such as Open Access Digital Theological Library which collects materials about religious studies and related disciplines.
