This is a five-minute statement advocating for a mandatory article archiving policy read to the Library Faculty Association at Virginia Tech prior to a vote among it, a voluntary policy, and no policy.

In this FDI (Faculty Development Institute) class at Virginia Tech, the goal is for attendees to gain a better understanding of Open Access--unrestricted access to scholarship, increase their mastery of their copyrights, ...

This presentation introduces open access and copyright and was given as part of Open Access Week 2013 at Virginia Tech.

Profound changes are occurring in the production, dissemination, and evaluation of research. This session invites participants to bring their experiences and questions to a conversation on issues affecting their peer-reviewed ...

This short course was provided to faculty, staff, and students during Open Access Week at Virginia Tech to help them (1) gain a better understanding of Open Access--unrestricted access to scholarship, (2) increase their ...

Let your journal articles be openly accessible. Don't hide your research behind a pay-wall that only the well-endowed researchers can access. Learn about the cooperative venture between the Library, the Provost, and the ...

These slides were prepared for the Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly to introduce them to Open Access (OA) in general.

During this Open Access Week panel, Gail McMillan shared data from some of the ETD projects she has collaborated on, including the 2013 ETD base line survey of institutions and the 2011-2012 surveys of journal editors and ...

Open Access. Open educational resources. Open pedagogy. Beyond access and direct-cost reduction to readers, open educational practices — when deeply understood and thoughtfully implemented — have the potential to transform ...

Scholarly communication discussion topics for Track K (From Kindles to Open Access: The New Ecosystem of Digital Publishing) at Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute, June 27, 2013, 10:30 am.