Open Access Digital Theological Library

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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.

Finding a future at the library

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Sometimes, students find more than books and information at the library. In Maddi Loiselle’s case, she found her calling.

How do you make a book free for everyone? Unglue.It

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Unglue.It is a nonprofit program that works with authors and publishers to place books into the public domain by agreeing on a price and then crowdsourcing the funds to pay the rights holder to issue the book under a Creative Commons license.

Open access publishing options

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Authors wishing to make their materials digitally available can often place pre-prints or even published articles on institutional repositories such as ISU ReD, but where does the software and tools used in open access publishing come from?

Milner Library announces Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellowship

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Milner Library at Illinois State University is accepting applications for its inaugural Circus & Allied Arts Collection Fellowship. This $1,500 award is available to scholars external to Illinois State University who are interested in researching any topic that requires the onsite use of the Circus & Allied Arts Collection housed in Milner Library’s Special Collections.