Penn Launches the Work And Family Commons Open Access Repository
abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20
Summary:
From the SPARC OA Forum, an announcement about a new repository at the University of Pennsylvania reads as follows: “The Work and Family Researchers Network at the University of Pennsylvania has launched the Work and Family Commons, the first open
access work and family subject matter repository. The WFC was created to
gather and preserve the intellectual output of the work and family research
community and to offer free online access to the full text of research
articles to the public. ‘We are very excited about the launch of the Work and Family Commons,’Jerry Jacobs, Penn sociology professor and Network executive officer, said.
‘It is a novel undertaking. We have received strong support from Penn
Libraries Information Technology and Digital Development Director Michael
Winkler and his staff. The plan is to use cutting edge technology to
create a virtual community for researchers. We are already starting out
with a database of over 12,000 entries... The success and vitality of WFC will depend on the willingness of work and family scholars to share their knowledge by contributing their work. Materials are ‘submitted’ directly by authors ‘with a free Network account.’ Scholars are encouraged to add working papers, reports, conference presentations,
books and permissible versions of journal articles to the WFC. Browsing and searching the WFC is available at no cost...”