Open access to research and scholarship is important for
scholarly communication. It enables the discovery and free use of information
and promotes the development of new ideas. For that reason we pledge to:
- Inform and discuss
scholarly publication issues, including open access, copyright and license
agreements and author rights, with WIU faculty, students and staff;
- Encourage all faculty to
publish their research in openly accessible journals whenever possible;
- Assist faculty who wish to
make their research openly accessible by helping them identify potential
open access publications and read, understand and amend copyright
agreements;
- Make our own research
openly and freely accessible by publishing in open access publications,
with publishers that have adopted open access policies, allow authors to
amend copyright agreements and/or retain copyright to or self-archive our
publications.
- Give equal consideration
to peer-reviewed articles published in open access journals during the PAA,
tenure and promotion process.
Approved by the Library Faculty Committee of the Whole October 7, 2010.
