Faculty Publishing

Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access is the needed modern update for the communication of research that fully utilizes the Internet for what it was originally built to do—accelerate research. (Defined by SPARC*)

Open Access fits in with the U’s commitment to "making the knowledge and resources created and preserved at the University accessible to the citizens of the state, the nation, and the world."  See the University’s policy on Open Access to Scholarly Articles

Scholars across the University of Minnesota work towards open access by

• making their own works openly available
• running OA publications; see open access publications hosted at the University
• working with professional societies on OA projects

There are many ways to make a work openly available that do not require authors to pay any fees!  You may:

• Select publishers that allow authors to deposit final manuscripts or final formatted articles in scholarly repositories, such as the University Digital Conservancy or an appropriate disciplinary repository
  • Deciding which journal to submit your article to? Find out a journal’s policy in the SHERPA/RoMEO database.
  • Article already published? Search the article DOI at Shareyourpaper.org for ways to share your article.
• Negotiate to retain your copyrights, including the right to openly share post-publication.  See www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/manage-your-rights.

University Digital Conservancy

The University Digital Conservancy (UDC) provides free, worldwide open access to scholarly and administrative works produced by or about the University of Minnesota. Search UMN Crookston's collection or upload your work here. Learn more about the UDC here.