Open Access Week 2018 UWMadison Libraries Development and

Open Access Week - 2018 UW-Madison Libraries Development and Support for Open Access Lesley Moyo Associate University Librarian

Open Access: An ongoing international commitment u Commitment by libraries ² Promoting and cultivating awareness across institutions through programming and events ² Developing strategies for expanding OA u Commitment by institutions ² Implementing appropriate policies and practices u Commitment by professional organizations ² Continuing to advocate for OA ² This week is an example of a widespread professional effort highlighting the importance of OA u Others…

Open Access: Importance of partnerships within academia u Partnerships with faculty ² Researchers and authors of content u Partnership with faculty governance constituencies ² Peer evaluators of research and publications ² Key players in promotion and tenure decisions u Partnership with institutional academic policy makers to facilitate: ² Supportive OA institutional policies and practices ² Provide funding to support various OA implementation approaches, such as providing subvention funds to publish in OA journals u Leverage partnerships in addressing barriers to OA

Open Access Engagement: Examples at UW-Madison and Nazarbayev University u Educational role of academic libraries in advancing OA ² Promoting OA through efforts such as OA Week, and working one-on-one with faculty ² Working with University Library Committee to influence policy development and practices that support OA u Role of academic libraries in seeking funding to support OA development within respective institutions u Creation of technology ecosystems that support depositing of publications in OA repositories ² Minds@UW: https: //minds. wisconsin. edu/handle/1793/8334 ² Nazarbayev University Repository: https: //nur. nu. edu. kz/

Thank you Contact information: Lesley M. Moyo Associate University Librarian for Public Services University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System 372 J Memorial Library 728 State Street Madison, WI 53706 -1494 Office: +1 608 -263 -4962 Mobile: +1 814 -777 -7565 Email: lesley. moyo@wisc. edu