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Open and Sustainable Scholarly Communication at Oregon State University

Introducing Sustainable Scholarship at OSU

What Can I Do?

Are you interested in promoting open and sustainable scholarship? Consider contributing in any of the ways listed below!

Authors

  • Share your articles in OSU's institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU.
  • Publish your work in fully open access journals.
  • Consider where you publish. Whenever possible, publish in journals that are reasonably priced, that allow authors to retain copyright, that have transparent pricing, and that do not bundle high- and lesser-impact journals.

Faculty Policymakers

  • OSU guidelines for promotion and tenure acknowledge that scholarship can take many forms so long as the work is validated by peers and communicated. Open access journals and society presses are publication models that meet these key criteria.
  • When considering departmental promotion and tenure guidelines, look beyond traditional, unsustainable publication models when evaluating promotion and tenure.

Journal Editors and Scholarly Society Members

  • Transition journals to open access whenever possible.
  • Creating policies that allow authors to retain copyright permissions and/or self-archive their work
  • Align the journal with the Nelson Memo from 2022, officially titled "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research," issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The memo updates federal public access policies and mandates that publications and data resulting from federally funded research be made freely available to the public without an embargo.

Researchers

  • Volunteer to review for sustainable, open access journals, and refuse to do volunteer labor for inequitable, for-profit journals.
  • Install browser plug-ins like Open Access Button and Unpaywall, which help you find legal, open access versions of articles.
  • Familiarize yourself with alternative access services like Interlibrary Loan, which can get you articles in lieu of unsustainable, expensive subscriptions.
  • Support the Faculty Senate's adoption of the Open & Sustainable Scholarly Communication Principles.