Copyright Corner

Librarians from across campus are working together to plan a program to discuss open access publishing from 10:30 to noon on October 21, 2009 at the newly-opened Thompson Library.  Open access publishing is a movement that encourages making scholarly resources more freely available over the internet.  The goal is to maximize the impact of research, particularly research that has been funded with public money.  One of the most notable examples of open access is the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy, which requires that, after a 12 month embargo period, funded research be made publicly available.

The program will consist of a panel of authors, editors, and publishers and will include both those enthusiastically involved with open access journals and those who are more skeptical of the movement.  The intent is to show both the advantages and challenges of open access.  Those who cannot attend the program in person will be able to view it via video streaming and capture.

The week of October 19 is Open Access Week, and this program is only one of many events that publishers, universities, and libraries all over the world are planning in order to highlight the movement.  The Open Access Day program at OSU will be of interest to anyone involved in research and publishing throughout the university.

 For more information, contact Anne Gilliland, or visit http://library.med.ohio-state.edu/3803.cfm.