Open Access is the free, unrestricted sharing of scholarly articles and other works online. Open Access removes access barriers making research and scholarship available to all. On February 6,2017, Stony Brook University Senate adopted an Open Access Policy for SBU…
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University Senate Adopts Open Access Policy
The SBU University Senate adopted an Open Access Policy on February 6, 2017. Open access means unrestricted online access to scholarly articles. The policy demonstrates SBU’s commitment to sharing the fruits of research and scholarship as widely as possible, and…
Open Access Policy FAQ
What is an Open Access Policy? An open access policy provides a basis for Stony Brook University to preserve the work of its scholars in its online repository, Academic Commons, (or other open access archives) and to provide access to…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
SBU Open Access Research: High impact and on the rise
SBU Research Data SBU Open Access Publishing Activity 87,621 articles published by SBU scholars and researchers, 1966 – 2015 1602, or ~2% of those articles are open access 27,628 articles published by SBU scholars and researchers, 2006 – 2015 6% of…
Creative Commons: Some Rights Reserved
Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting an open and accessible internet that is enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world to use, share, and cultivate. Creative Commons provides free tools that…
Open Access Symposium 2016
The Center for Scholarly Communication, Stony Brook University Libraries presents Open Access, Global Access and Research Futures, the Open Access Symposium 2016. When: Tuesday, October 25 Where: Wang Center, Stony Brook University Registration is free and open! Open Access, Global…
Predatory Journals Under Prosecution
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against the online publisher of science journals, OMICS Group, Inc. For details on how to evaluate and identify predatory publishers and journals, see the Center…
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Academic Commons: Your Global Audience Is Here
The Academic Commons is an open access scholarly repository and publishing platform for the Stony Brook University community. Works in Academic Commons are: *freely accessible online *easily discoverable via search engines *regularly backed up *assigned a permanent URL so they…
JULIET & RoMEO: Find Open Access Permissions, Mandates
SHERPA is a scholarly communication partnership based at the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham. SHERPA offers a number of web services, including JULIET and RoMEO. JULIET JULIET is a search tool for discovering research funders’ mandates for public access and…
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Congratulations graduates!
You did it! University Libraries sends a heartfelt congratulations to all of our graduates! [imgur id=LhOIPMl.gif /]
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