Open Access Week 2021

The open access movement is transforming the traditional model of scholarly publishing and challenging established norms for access and sharing of knowledge. The implications for faculty scholarship are many. What are the benefits of publishing in open access journals? What about quality? What about article processing charges? Bring your lunch, login, and join the campus conversation about open access, facilitated by Belmont librarians, who will introduce some basic information about this new publishing model.

In this talk, Charlotte Roh, Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State San Marcos, will discuss the demographics of academia, scholarly publishing, and the ongoing issues that impact equity, diversity, and inclusion. Charlotte's background in academic publishing informs her current practice in anti-racism library and publishing work. As a board member for the Society of Scholarly Publishing, she serves as a liaison to the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications, which represents trade and professional associations that represent organizations and individuals working in scholarly communications. Learn what people and organizations are doing and can do to forward social justice and equity in this field.

You have found the perfect journal article for your research, you click the full text link, and then....you are asked to login, subscribe, or pay up! You have hit a paywall. But why?! Why are articles behind paywalls, and more importantly, how can you get around them? (legally, of course) The library faculty will share some easy-to-use tools that will help you scale the paywall and get access to the information you need.