GW Libraries is committed to advocacy and support of Open Access (OA) publishing and scholarship. We do this through institutional memberships, support of external OA initiatives and projects, development and maintenance of GW's institutional repository ScholarSpace, publication of OA journals for GW faculty and students, and support for the GW Open Access Resolution.
See below for links to various OA initiatives and projects supported by GW Libraries and Academic Innovation.
| Type of Organization | Count |
|---|---|
| Advocacy | 2 |
| Infrastructure | 9 |
| Publisher | 7 |
| Repository | 5 |
| Total | 22 |
Current Support for OA Advocacy
Organizations that publicly support and empower the advancement of open access, education, data, or publishing:
Current Support for OA Infrastructure
Systems, platforms, or tools that support sustainability, access, and use of open knowledge:
ArchivesSpace
CLOCKSS
Crossref
Fedora
ORCID
VIVO
Zotero
Current Support for OA Publishers
Entities whose purpose is disseminating books, periodicals, computer software, etc.:
Cambridge Read and Publish Agreement
Company of Biologists Read and Publish Agreement (Development, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Cell Science only)
Direct to Open (MIT)
Fund to Mission (UMich)
Open Book Publishers
Open Library of the Humanities (OLH)
Punctum Books
Current Support for OA Repositories
Archives for collecting, preserving, and freely disseminating digital copies of intellectual output:
arXiv.org
ICPSR
OSF
Hathi Trust
Phil Papers
Qualitative Data Repository
If you have questions about GW LAI’s support for Open Access initiatives, or would like to learn more about opportunities to publish OA, please contact us.
