Open Access White Paper

44 pagesThe state of global scholarly communications has evolved rapidly over the last two decades, as libraries, funders and some publishers have sought to hasten the spread of more open practices for the dissemination of results in scholarly research worldwide. These practices have become collectively known as Open Access (OA), defined as "the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment." The aim of this report — the Open Access White Paper by the Senate Subcommittee on Open Access at the University of Oregon — is to review the factors that have precipitated these recent changes and to explain their relevance for members of the University of Oregon community

Senate Bill 1059

5 pp.This bill creates a process for adoption and implementation of plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by motor vehicles with gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less. It directs the Department of Transportation and Department of Land Conservation and Development to report progress and recommendations for future actions to Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly. It declares emergency, effective on passage.Sponsored by Senator COURTNEY (at the request of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Greenhouse Gas Emissions Task Force)

For the Future of Education in Oregon

The University of Oregon Senate Executive Committee responds to the State Board of Higher Education's dismissal of President Richard Lariviere

Oregon Senate Bill 751

2 p. Review produced for HC 441: Science Colloquium: Willamette River Environmental Health, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, Spring term, 2004

Oregon Senate Bill 234. Relating to the Willamette River Basin; limiting expenditures; and

1 p. Review produced for HC 441: Science Colloquium: Willamette River Environmental Health, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon, Spring term, 2004

Rules of the Senate.

Rules of the Senate infrequently issued for special sessions.Title varies slightly; sometimes appears as: Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the House and Senate and the Standing Committee; Rules of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the Senate and House and the Standing Committee; Legislative rules of parliamentary procedure and related, constitutional and statutory provisions.Description based on: [1878].Mode of access: Internet

University Senate Minutes 1987-1988

The meeting minutes, motions, and letters concerning University Senate meetings from April 1987 to August 1988