From a panel at the 2013 Texas Conference on Digital Libraries with Spencer D. C. Keralis, Kris Helge, Laura Waugh, Shannon Stark, and Anjum Najmi. As Open Access has flourished into an International movement that is shaping the progressive landscape of scholarly communication, a growing number of institutions are implementing policy changes aimed at the higher institutional levels. Policy implementation, however, is only the one step in creating a culture of Open Access on a campus. Digital Libraries have led the movement by instituting Institutional Repositories for scholarly works and research data, but it has become increasingly evident that academic institutions must implement strategies for raising the awareness of Open Access and promoting the involvement of their academic scholars and students. It is no longer a question of whether or not to promote the open accessibility of these works among our academic community, but how best to do so. This roundtable discussion will offer ideas, strategies, and thoughtful conversations on how to equip a campus with the resources it needs to promote and assist researchers in adopting Open Access. This panel will feature faculty; a graduate student; scholarly communications, institutional repository, and strategic projects librarians to provide a balanced perspective of Open Access implementation at one Texas institution.

1. How Digital Libraries can Create a
Culture of Open Access on Campus
TCDL 2013

2. The Graduate Student
Anjum Najmi
University of North Texas
TCDL 2013
anjum.najmi@unt.edu
Graduate
student
ideas
collaborate research
publish

3. Why
• Open Access supports scholarship
• OA provides greater dissemination of work
• OA makes it easier to publish
• OA provides equal opportunity for publishing
• OA advocates for intellectual ownership/copyright
• OA is free of cost
• OA provides options

4. Challenges
o Educate yourself about Open Access
o Look beyond the Myths
o Adopt new practices to publish
o Advocate

5. What can graduate students do?
• Begin the conversation
• Stay Informed
• Learn about tools to support Open Access
• Attend Open Access Symposium
• Attend International Open Access Week

6. UNT Scholarly Works
Laura Waugh
University of North Texas
TCDL 2013
laura.waugh@unt.edu

7. UNT Scholarly Works
• Open Access Repository
http://digital.library.unt.edu/scholarlyworks
• Houses Open Access Policy articles
• Houses all scholarly output of our university
oPresentations, reports, posters, etc.

8. Challenges
• Changing publishing habits
• Fear and negative connotations
• Promotion and tenure
• Open access publishing fees

9. Progress
• Open Access Policy
• Collaborative efforts
• Word of mouth
• Recognition awards
• Campus-wide initiatives

10. Open Access Initiatives
• Key is communication and awareness
oNetworking and visibility
oInternational Open Access Week
oUNT Open Access Symposium
oMeetings and presentations
oEducation and discussions

11. Scholarly Communications
Kris Helge
University of North Texas
TCDL 2013
kristyn.helge@unt.edu

12. Basic copyrights
• Distribute
• Reproduce
• Create derivatives
• Display
• Perform
oMust have a modicum of creativity
• Recipe

13. Exceptions
• 17 in all
• 110(1), 110(2), 107, 108…
• Do these apply to data?

14. Data and copyright
• Open access
• Creative Commons
• CC0

15. Promoting Open Access at UNT
Shannon Stark
University of North Texas
TCDL 2013
shannon.stark@unt.edu | @OASymposium

16. Open Access Week
• Global event
http://www.openaccessweek.org/
• OA Week 2012 on UNT Campus
oFaculty Panel
oPoster Workshop
oStudent Panel

17. Open Access Symposium
First event took place on May 18, 2010
http://openaccess.unt.edu
Benefits:
1. Promote awareness on campus
2. Keep up to date with new trends and current events in the field
3. Promote university as a key player in the Open Access movement
4. Builds collaborative relationships

18. Programming on Your Campus
Potential Obstacles
Lack of Funding
Generating Interest
Maintaining momentum
Solutions
- Diversify your funding model.
- Seek help from beyond your
institution.
- Start in your own department
- Consider your audience
- Plan ahead, don’t let OA fall
behind

19. From Local Policy to
Global Vision
Spencer Keralis
University of North Texas
TCDL 2013
spencer.keralis@unt.edu | @UNTDiSCo | @hauntologist

20. UNT’s Open Access Policy
Public Trust
OPEN ACCESS, SELF-ARCHIVING,
AND LONG-TERM DIGITAL
STEWARDSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH TEXAS SCHOLARLY WORKS
(17.5)
http://policy.unt.edu/policydesc/open-
access-self-archiving-and-long-term-digital-
stewardship-university-north-texas-schol
UNT is obligated to make its faculty
scholarship available to the widest
possible audience by adopting an open
access mechanism for UNT Community
Members’ scholarly products. Increased
access and visibility of the scholarship
serve UNT Community Members’ interests
by promoting greater reach and impact,
and the University’s and its community
members’ status and reputation are
enhanced when the scholarship is easily
discoverable and accessible.

21. UNT’s Open Access Policy
Libraries
OPEN ACCESS, SELF-ARCHIVING,
AND LONG-TERM DIGITAL
STEWARDSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH TEXAS SCHOLARLY WORKS
(17.5)
http://policy.unt.edu/policydesc/open-
access-self-archiving-and-long-term-digital-
stewardship-university-north-texas-schol
UNT Libraries play an essential role in
providing broad access to community
members’ scholarly works and ensuring
long-term stewardship and preservation
of these works, irrespective of format. UNT
Community Members recognize the
potential of open access as a means to
carry out their commitment to
disseminate the products of their
scholarship.

22. The Denton Declaration
May 22, 2012 at the University of North Texas
• Open access to research data is critical for advancing science,
scholarship, and society.
• Research data, when repurposed, has an accretive value.
• Publicly funded research should be publicly available for public good.
• Transparency in research is essential to sustain the public trust.
• The validation of research data by the peer community is an essential
function of the responsible conduct of research.
• Managing research data is the responsibility of a broad community of
stakeholders including researchers, funders, institutions, libraries,
archivists, and the public.

23. openaccess.unt.edu
@OASymposium
OA@UNT