Dr Robert Muller - Tutoring to Excellence in Education: The Entire University of California System went Open Access

"As someone working out of a Science and Technology Studies (STS) Department, I was proud to see that Dr. Chris Kelty (Author of Two Bits) had just won a major battle for open access. Kelty is an excellent example of the kind of scholar that reflexively applies the findings of his scholarship to the everyday concerns of his job. As an Associate Professor of Information Studies at UCLA, he studies open source communities and concepts of responsibility in scientific research. As the chair of the UC University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC), he just spearheaded one of the largest windfalls for open access publishing. On July 24, 2013 the University of California Senate approved a state-wide Open Access Policy that will, according to the press release, make all 'future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC … available to the public at no charge.' This is a huge step forward for the Open Access movement ..."