Unpaywall is a Chrome and Firefox browser extension that discovers and links to green open access manuscripts of published research and scholarly articles. Unpaywall taps into content from thousands of open-access repositories worldwide. It utilizes a number of data sources, including PubMed…
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SUNY Board of Trustees Open Access Resolution
On March 22, 2018, the SUNY Board of Trustees passed an Open Access Policy and System Repository Resolution put forward by Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson. The resolution instructs all SUNY campuses to adopt “an open access policy that recognizes each…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
**University Libraries Operating on a Modified Schedule**
Thursday, March 22, 2018 – Updated: 2:22pm Due to inclement weather, the University Libraries are operating on a modified schedule. For updates on university-wide closings, please visit SB Alerts. The following libraries have modified hours: North Reading Room: 9:30am – Midnight…
Copyright Assessment in the Trenches… A Panel Review
Copyright Assessment in the Trenches: Workflow, Tools, Metadata, and more is the title to a session panel I recently took part in at the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Out of Bounds 46th Annual Conference, 2018 in New…
Fake News, Real Consequences
Are you concerned with the increase in fake news and misinformation? As a producer and consumer of information, you can make a difference — YOU can counter misinformation and bias. Here are 6 ways you can make a difference NOW…
Posted in Information Literacy, Scholarly Communication
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
SBU students from the Program in Writing and Rhetoric helped diversify Wikipedia yesterday (Oct 24th) with Lane Raspberry, Wikipedia Editor, and Marika Cifor, from Bowdoin College. Professors Kristina Lucenko and Cynthia Davidson worked with their students to help expand Wikipedia…
Open Access Week Events
Stony Brook University Libraries is marking Open Access Week, October 23 – 27, with a series of events to raise awareness of open access, open education, the new Stony Brook University Open Access Policy, and trends in scholarly publishing and research…
Posted in Open Access, Scholarly Communication
OER: Open Educational Resources
OER are Open Educational Resources. Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, textbooks, syllabi, lectures,…
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Green Open Access
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…
Deposit Your Article
Deposit Your Article Initially, all authors will manually add their articles to Academic Commons. A publication management system is being investigated to make participation easier for authors. Academic Commons Quick Deposit (PDF). Deposit is managed through Academic Commons, SBU’s open access scholarly repository…
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