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Georgia State University Library Celebrates 2011 Faculty Works

Georgia State University President Mark Becker at the faculty author event

Did you know that over 25% of Georgia State University’s faculty published something in 2011? That’s almost 300 people writing books and articles, composing music, making art and even creating apps in iTunes! Since this remarkable number of faculty deserves … Continue reading

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The Fate of HR 3699 – Can we make a difference?

In a recent Inside Higher Ed essay, eleven provosts of prominent research institutions who are members of the CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) wrote in a collective essay, “our scholars seek to share information broadly as the most effective way … Continue reading

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Everyone, everywhere

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Imagine a world where scholarly material can be shared by everyone, everywhere. Here at the GSU library, we’re doing our part to unlock the gateway to knowledge. This week’s open access celebration unveiled the roll out of the GSU Digital … Continue reading

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Open Access and undergraduate research

The benefits of Open Access scholarly publishing (the principle that scholarly works should be available for free online) for faculty researchers may seem obvious: broader exposure for the research they publish, and faster and easier access to the materials they … Continue reading

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You Are What You Eat…

Bethany Turner - GSU Anthropology Faculty

Get a taste of GSU Anthropology Professor Bethany Turner’s research on dietary habits of the Incas from this article – which is published in an Open Access journal: Turner, B. L., Kingston, J. D., & Armelagos, G. J. (2010).  Variation … Continue reading

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Open Access Journals in the Geosciences

Faculty and students in the geosciences produce fascinating research on many diverse topics ranging from geochemical analyses of soils and sediments to spatial analyses of urban poverty.  If you publish in the geosciences, you probably want as many people to … Continue reading

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Goin’ OA in Soc and Anth

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The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists several journals in Sociology and Anthropology – a few that correspond with the interests of GSU faculty: Anthropology Chungará (Arica) – Revista de Antropología Chilena (Universidad de Tarapacá – Chile) Cultural Analysis … Continue reading

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Grassroots Action and Open Access

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Over the past year we’ve seen information play a vital role in grassroots action, from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street (and even locally, with Occupy Atlanta). People are using social media and mobile phones to take democracy to … Continue reading

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Publishing in Health Sciences Open Access Journals

Publishing in an open access (OA) journal gets your research to more people faster.  You may be concerned that OA journals don’t have comparable impact factors. In fact, many OA journals have scores comparable to traditionally published journals (see below).  … Continue reading

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You wrote it. But do you own it?

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You are part of the university community. You do research. You give the product of your research to a journal. The journal publishes your article. You want to use the article in your teaching or further research. Can you? It … Continue reading

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