\u22I Don\u27t Want My Article Next to That: Educating Faculty and Graduate Students about Issues of Open Access, Institutional Repositories, and \u22Predatory\u22 Publishers\u22

Abstract

The growing number of universities passing open access policies is increasingly pushing librarians into the role of educators in issues of scholarly communications. This paper addresses a number of faculty concerns pertaining to open access publishing and institutional repositories which have arisen in connection with the passage of an open access policy, as well as practical ways librarians can educate faculty and graduate students in navigating issues of open access, institutional repositories, and journal quality