UF pushes access to scholarly researc

October 18, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What is open access? It’s the free, permanent access on the Web for scholarly publications. The idea is that research should be available worldwide immediately after publication to anyone who has access to the Internet.

The University of Florida is supporting the international movement toward this goal with the UF Open Access Publishing Fund Pilot Project, which strives to have UF research available immediately to everyone, everywhere. Programs this week at UF will discuss open access and how it can help UF.

“Open Access Week is being recognized by hundreds of participating sites in over 60 countries, and represents a global movement,” said Isabel Silver, director of academic and scholarly outreach at Smathers Libraries. “We look forward to sharing the benefits of new trends in publishing and exchanging ideas with colleagues about how to enable greater access to research results and scholarly creativity.“

Presentations will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, starting with cookies and coffee in Reitz Student Union Room 282. Judith Russell, dean of UF libraries, will kick off the presentation by discussing open access initiatives at UF. She will be followed by representatives from Smathers Libraries, IFAS and the Levin College of Law before finishing with a networking session.

Russell will speak again about promoting faculty research through open access at 3 p.m. Thursday during the Faculty Senate meeting in the Reitz Student Union Auditorium. The final presentations will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday in 345 Holland Hall at the Levin College of Law.

For more information go to http://uflib.ufl.edu/oa.