Scholarly Communication and Open Access  Tags: open_access scholarly_communication repositories copyright  

Open Access is about changing the way scholars share their work with the world. Open Access means making research available on-line to the public to read and use free of charge.  Authors participating in Open Access benefit from greater distribution of their work to a more diverse audience.  The public benefits from having access to the best and most up-to-date information available, including medical research and scientific discoveries.

Open Access Week is a campaign to broaden awareness and understanding of the importance of Open Access (openaccessweek.org). Open Access Week events worldwide are organized by:

The University Library is celebrating Open Access Week by sharing this guide and distributing information in Dimond Library and the branch libraries. We are also beginning the work to build an institutional repository that will house the research of UNH scholars. 

Please explore the links on the right and the other pages of this guide to learn more about Open Access and related issues!

October 19, 2009

The Scholarly Communication and Open Access Library Guide by The University Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

A 3 minute introduction to Open Access.

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