What is Open Access?
Open Access (OA) is free, permanent, web-based access to scholarly publications. OA is the principle that research should be readily available immediately after publication and to anyone with an Internet connection. It is improving the way scholarly information is shared.
What is an Open Access Journal?
An Open Access journal is a scholarly journal that is freely available online to readers with access to the Internet. OA journal publishers use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions (e.g., libraries) for access. Instead, there are usually article processing fees that are the responsibility of the author, and may be covered by the author's research grant. More...
Need Help Funding Your Article in an Open Access Journal?
The University of Florida Open Access Publishing (UFOAP) Fund Pilot Project supports the goal of making UF research findings immediately, freely and globally available. When funds are not available from other sources, the Fund will assist UF authors by paying reasonable article processing fees for publishing in open access journals and for a portion of paid access fees charged by other publishers. Articles that comply with the eligibility criteria will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Open Access Publishing Fund Policies and Procedures
• Open Access Publishing Fund Application Form
Pilot Project Evaluation Criteria
The Institutional Repository at the University of Florida (IR@UF) is the digital archive for the intellectual output of the University of Florida community, with research, news, outreach and educational materials.
The University of Florida Libraries established and support the IR@UF in order to offer a central location for the collection, preservation and dissemination of scholarly, research and creative production alongside historical materials from the University of Florida. The historical materials provide context for research and researchers, providing insight into the history, nature and culture of the university.
Open Access (OA) is a growing international movement, now in its 4th year, which uses the Internet to throw open the locked doors that once hid knowledge. It encourages the unrestricted sharing of research results with everyone, everywhere, for the advancement and enjoyment of science and society. Each year in October, the UF Libraries celebrate OPEN ACCESS WEEK with presentations focused on OA topics such as: Copyright and Creative Commons, Digital Scholarship Institutional Repositories Open Textbooks, Public Funding = Public Access and Open Access @ UF.
Please join us for Open Access Week 2011 at UF on October 26: Open Access: Scholarship Unbound
For more information on Open Access or the Institutional Repository, visit the Open Access LibGuide. You may also contact Christine Ross at christine.ross@ufl.edu or (352) 273-2710, or Isabel Silver at isilver@ufl.edu or (352) 273-2524.