Faculty Senate debates resolution regarding open access journal archives | Campus | iowastatedaily.com

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Summary:

"Faculty Senate faced three special orders during its meeting Tuesday, going over an Open Access Resolution, seeing the work of the non-tenure eligible (NTE) task force and electing council chairs.

The Open Access Resolution was presented to the senate by Faculty Senate President Jonathan Sturm with the intention to promote Iowa State open access research journal archives.

The Open Access Resolution was controversial among Faculty Senate members, with many questions being directed toward Sturm. 

 

'This resolution in no way requires faculty to publish in open access journals,' Sturm said. 'Faculty Senate strongly encourages ISU scholars, not requires.'

Daniel Krier, associate professor of sociology, defended Sturm while debate ensued over the language of the resolution.

'It was completely painless on both of my articles being archived, and there were over 600 downloads by people around the world,' Krier said.

After further debate, Sturm pressed on.

'What I think we're trying to do here, folks, is to say the future is coming at us,' Sturm said. 'It already has arrived in many ways while we use the internet in ways we didn't 20 years ago.'

There was tension in the vote, as it was the first vote that could not be completed verbally this school year. Instead, former Faculty Senate President Rob Wallace had to do a hand count, which came out in favor of the resolution 32-15."

Link:

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/politics_and_administration/campus/article_3a588814-198d-11e7-81ed-e31161154cb6.html

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Date tagged:

04/05/2017, 21:13

Date published:

04/05/2017, 17:13