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KU becomes first U.S. public university to pass an open access policy
Monday, June 29th, 2009By Paul Biba
Picked this up through Digital Koans and you can read the full press release here:
The University of Kansas has become the nation’s first public university to adopt an “open access” policy that makes its faculty’s scholarly journal articles available for free online.
The move aligns KU with Harvard and Stanford universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which have similar policies in place.
Scholarly articles — the method by which a professor presents original research results — normally are published in peer-reviewed journals and available only through paid subscriptions.
Under the new faculty-initiated policy approved by Chancellor Robert Hemenway, digital copies of all articles produced by the university’s professors will be housed in KU ScholarWorks, an existing digital repository for scholarly work created by KU faculty and staff in 2005. KU ScholarWorks houses more than 4,400 articles submitted in digital formats that assure their long-term preservation
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Burnout, by Stephanie Osborn
SF mystery about a Space Shuttle disaster--and strange deaths on earth. Read a free excerpt at Twilight Times Books and visit Steph's Web page.
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'The Solomon Scandals' novel: Suspense, a newspaper, and a rickety high-rise
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