Faculty, community input sought on next steps for open access | Around the O
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Summary:
To help inform the next stages of discussion about open access scholarship at the University of Oregon, a University Senate subcommittee has issued a new white paper on the state of the movement at the UO.
Comments from faculty members and the university community are now requested.
The report reviews factors that have triggered recent developments in open access, provides a brief history of initiatives at the UO, and summarizes the advantages and challenges to launching further open access approaches. In order to prompt discussion and help frame next steps, the paper concludes with a number of suggestions for local actions that may help advance the next stages of open access at the university.