Category Archives: Open Access Policies

Library Faculty Pass an Open Access Mandate

by Philip Young Posted on August 5, 2013

On August 1 the Library Faculty Association at Virginia Tech adopted an article archiving mandate. Ballot choices also included a voluntary policy and no policy. The mandatory policy received 14 votes, the voluntary policy 10 votes, and no policy 3 … Continue reading →

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Voluntary vs. Mandatory Policies

by Philip Young Posted on April 25, 2013

As the open access movement advances, more faculty become interested in providing access to their work. But there aren’t enough open access journals yet, especially in some fields. Self-archiving is very spotty- a few do it, but most don’t. So … Continue reading →

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