Evangel University Libraries: Open Access: Introduction to Open Access

Benefits of Open Access

NEW: Q/A - Publish Your Book OA
You will find the answers to all your questions on this comprehensive page created by the Office of Scholarly Communication at University of California.
NEW: Author Rights & the SPARC Author Addendum
The SPARC Author Addendum is a legal instrument that you can use for your ARTICLES to modify your copyright transfer agreements with non-open access journal publishers.
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"It allows you to select which individual rights out of the bundle of copyrights you want to keep, such as:
Distributing copies in the course of teaching and research, Posting the article on a personal, or institutional Web site, or Creating derivative works."
NEW: Rights Reversion
"If your goal is to broaden your readership by making your own decisions about how to make your work available, you might want to consider “rights reversion”." Check out this informative site to learn how to regain some or all of the rights in your books!
Open Access Books - TOOLKIT
This OAPEN TOOLKIT aims to help book authors to better understand open access book publishing process and to increase trust in open access books.
Open Access Publishing
What is OA publishing and how to publish OA? A brief summary. Source: The Open University, UK.
How to Publish an OA Book
A PODCAST (15:25 min) on the creation and content of the OA Publishing Toolkit, including dispelling myths about OA publishing,

SPARC: Definition and Summary of Open Access
Open Access, Open Education, Open Data & Impact Stories.
Open Access Basics
Definition, OA publishing models, terminology, publishers, and more resources. Source: University of Toronto Libraries.
NEW: Common Myths about Open Access
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) & OA News & Events
"OASPA is a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship - scholar-led and professional PUBLISHERS of books and journals across varied disciplines."
OASPA - Publishers Members
Full List
Open Access Heatmap 2020
Showing how many open access journals are published per country.

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NEW: Open Access Books Network (VIDEOS)
Voices from the OA Books Community
Open Access Books Network
"A place to discuss Open Access books": events, blog; voices from the OA Books Community.
News, Events, Analysis from the Publishing World (PODCASTS)
"Beyond the Book brings you breaking news and thoughtful analysis from across the globe. Hear how leading authors, editors and publishers are managing digital change and thriving in a world of innovation."
COPIM
"Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs is an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers."