Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
OA and the Academy: Evaluating an OA Fund with Authors' Input. |
| Authors: |
McMillan, Gail1 gailmac@vt.edu, O'Brien, Leslie2 lobrien@vt.edu, Lener, Edward F.3 lener@vt.edu |
| Source: |
College & Research Libraries. May2023, Vol. 84 Issue 3, p357-373. 17p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*College publications, *Academic libraries, Open access publishing, Subsidies |
| Company/Entity: |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| Abstract: |
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech established an Open Access Subvention Fund (OASF) in August 2012. Although it began as a two-year pilot project, the Fund has continued to the present. Anyone at Virginia Tech is eligible to apply for funding to offset the cost of an article processing charge to publish in an open access journal. To learn more about user perceptions of the OASF and open access in general, we surveyed everyone who had requested support. The survey, conducted during the fall of 2019, provided a means to gauge the needs of our users, seek feedback on the request and award process, and gather input on the fund guidelines. In this article, we review our findings in the hope that the lessons learned will be useful to other libraries in assessing similar open access subvention funds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
