Category Archives: Open Access Journals

University of California v. Elsevier: Why It Matters to Virginia

by Peter Potter Posted on March 21, 2019

Note: This is the first in a series of Open@VT blogposts that will appear over the ensuing months focusing on Virginia Tech’s “Big Deal” contracts with commercial journal publishers. As the University Libraries’ contracts with Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley come … Continue reading →

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A New Issue of Virginia Libraries on “Exploring Openness”

by Philip Young Posted on July 2, 2015

Virginia Libraries, the journal of the Virginia Library Association, has recently undergone some significant changes. Formerly a non-peer reviewed quarterly, it’s now an annual peer-reviewed volume, with a first issue on the theme “Exploring Openness” (full disclosure: I was a … Continue reading →

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The Winnower: An Interview with Josh Nicholson

by Philip Young Posted on December 4, 2013

One participant in our faculty and graduate student panels during Open Access Week at Virginia Tech was Josh Nicholson, founder of a new open access journal, The Winnower. Josh is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech studying the role of … Continue reading →

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Open Access Journals for Scholarly Societies

by Philip Young Posted on June 2, 2013

A few months ago Stuart Sheiber, the primary architect of Harvard’s open access policies, wrote about why open access is better for scholarly societies. As he notes, many societies (as well as universities like Virginia Tech) use the word “disseminate” … Continue reading →

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