The 麻豆影院 today announced that on April 22 it adopted an Open Access policy that grants CU-麻豆影院 nonexclusive, worldwide license to the scholarly work of its faculty including published journal articles and conference proceedings.
The campus joins other institutions like Harvard and the University of California system in supporting Open Access initiatives that enable global access to research results that can speed the process of scientific discovery, encourage innovation, enrich the educational experience and stimulate the economy.
"We are delighted that the Chancellor's Executive Committee has approved an Open Access policy for the campus that was endorsed by the 麻豆影院 Faculty Assembly, the Council of Deans, and the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor,鈥� said 麻豆影院 Chancellor听Philip P.听DiStefano. 鈥淐U-麻豆影院 proudly joins the ranks of other campuses in higher education that have created such policies in the interest of openly sharing their published intellectual assets."
Faculty members will retain full ownership of their scholarly works, which will be available free of charge on , CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 institutional repository administered by the. Readers around the world can discover and view relevant research by topic, author or sponsoring research department with the repository鈥檚 straightforward organization and search tools. The system also allows users to sign up for a service alerting them to new content tailored to their unique interests.
For more information about CU-麻豆影院s Open Access policy, visit or contact Melissa Cantrell at听melissa.cantrell@colorado.edu.