Tens of thousands of books, films, musical scores, and more are now a part of the public domain in the United States, making them free for all Americans to copy, adapt, display, or perform.
Celebrating new additions to the public domain in 2023
Unit: Scholarly Communication
Increased public access requirements for federally funded research
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently announced that publications for projects funded at any amount will be required to be immediately available to the public beginning January 1, 2026.
Milner Library provides access to 2,300 additional Elsevier journals
Comprising Elsevier’s Freedom Collection, the added titles cover a variety of subjects, including mathematics, business, computer science, chemistry, biology, psychology, physics, and more.
All Taylor & Francis education journals now available, with option to publish Open Access
A new agreement between Milner Library and Taylor & Francis offers the Illinois State community access to the publisher’s Education Collection of scholarly journals, as well as an allotment of Open Access publishing fee waivers for Illinois State authors.
White House releases new guidance on how to best recognize and include Indigenous Knowledge in federal research
This guidance will assist federal agencies conducting research on how to understand Indigenous Knowledge, fostering relationships with Indigenous people, and applying Indigenous knowledge in federal research and other areas.
Milner Library signs Open Access agreements, expands publishing options for Illinois State scholars
Milner Library continues to expand both access to journals and opportunities for ISU faculty to publish their research Open Access without paying processing fees.
Historic yearbooks in the digital age, an online ISU yearbooks collection at the Rayfield Archives
Researchers can access all Illinois State University’s yearbooks online from the comfort of their homes through the Internet Archive.
The scholarly communication conference scene
For those wishing to take a deeper dive into the current state of scholarly communications, there are several conferences dedicated to that topic.
Open Access: Not just for journals
Did you know that Milner Library provides access to several collections of Open Access books, equating to thousands of titles?
A look at scholarly communication outside academia
Scholarly communication as a discipline has many logical places where its work fits into academia; however, it also impacts many other parts of our world.
