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Open Access: Liberate Your Research

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!"#$%&''#(()%*+,#-./#%012-%3#(#.-'454./%+(%!"#$%&''#((6Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research works, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment.  (Source: www.sparc.arl.org/issues/open-access)Lauren Collister, Ph.D., Electronic Publications Associate,  Office of Scholary Communication and Publishing&-#%712%'188+//#9%%/1%1"#$$#((6• Deposit your work in D-Scholarship• Publish in Open Access journals• Utilize our Open Access  Author Fee Fund• Choose Creative Commons licenses  for your work and teaching materials• Encourage others to share their  work openly• Volunteer as a reviewer or editor  for an Open Access journal• Start the OA conversation with  a toll-access journal• Celebrate Open Access Week with us !"#$%&''#((%+(%'18"./+,:#%;+/4)%•% copyright  • peer review  • revenue (even profit)  • print  • preservation  • prestige  • quality  • career advancement  • indexing • & other features and supportive   services associated with conventional   scholarly literature. (Source: Peter Suber,    “Open Access Overview,” 2004) 3#(12-'#(At Pitt:• Open Access @ Pitt:  openaccess.pitt.edu/ • Pitt OA Author Fee Fund:  library.pitt.edu/about-open-access-author-fees-fund • D-Scholarship, the Pitt archive:  d-scholarship.pitt.edu Beyond Pitt: • Scholarly Publishing & Academic  Resources Coalition:  sparc.arl.org/issues/open-access • Directory of Open Access Journals:  doaj.org• Creative Commons:  creativecommons.org • SHERPA/RoMEO – publisher & journal policies:  sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ Open Access Benefits Researchers by:• Increasing visibility and impact of research work• Creating new avenues for discovery• Enhancing interdisciplinary research and collaboration• Accelerating the pace of research, discovery, and innovationOpen Access Benefits the Community by:• Democratizing access to research across all populations• Providing previously unattainable  access to underfunded groups• Encouraging innovation with access  to cutting-edge research• Enriching the quality of education547%!"#$%&''#((6Research improves the public good through scientific discovery, innovation, and education – yet too often the results are closed behind subscription paywalls, inaccessible to the majority of a community of potential users.  The Internet gives us the opportunity to bring research to a worldwide audience at virtually no cost, with benefits to all

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