Undergraduates &

Open AccessStephanie Davis-Kahl, The Ames Library

Illinois Wesleyan University

Northern Illinois University Open Access Week

October 25, 2013

:: implemented 2008:: 9,322 items

:: focus on student research:: 1 million + downloads

:: campus history, faculty work:: international reach

http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu

:: definitions ::Undergraduate

ResearchAn inquiry or investigation

conducted by an undergraduate student that

makes an original intellectual or

creative contribution to the

discipline.

Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR)

Intellectual Entrepreneurshi

p“The aim of Intellectual

Entrepreneurs is to educate “citizen-

scholars” – individuals who own and are accountable for their education

and who utilize their intellectual assets to add to disciplinary

knowledge and as a lever for social

good.”

Professor Richard Cherwitz, 2000 (emphasis mine)

:: definitions, part II ::

Institutional Repository

“…a university-based institutional repository

is a set of services that a university offers to the members of its

community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the

institution and its community members.”

Clifford Lynch, 2003

Open Access

Open-access (OA) literature

is digital, online, free of

charge, and free of most

copyright and licensing

restrictions.

Peter Suber, 2004

:: respect for discipline/author intent ::

FUTURE PUBLICATION

FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH

CREATIVE WRITING

:: teachable moments ::

:: student peer-reviewed

:: open access

:: born digital

:: authors retain copyright

publishing as

pedagogy

:: inclusion

& breadth ::

Fast Monster by Victoria Poll

:: legislation/policy ::

CC-BY-NC, Michael Linden

Open Access to Research Articles Act

IL Public Act 098-0295

:: social justice ::

http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/envstu_seminar/

“In our view the most important lesson from this

recent article in Science is that the publishing community

needs stronger mechanisms to help identify reliable and

rigorous journals and publishers, regardless of access

or business model.” (OASPA)

:: challenges conversations ::

My undergraduate will be your graduate student…

(or employee…or intern…or your kid’s teacher…)

:: thanks ::

Stephanie Davis-Kahlsdaviska@iwu.edu

http://works.bepress.com/stephanie_davis_kahl

http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu

:: attribution/resourc

es :: Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR), “FAQ: What is the definition of undergraduate research?” RetrievedOctober 23, 2013 from http://www.cur.org/about_cur/frequently_asked_questions_/#2

Richard A. Cherwitz, “Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Can Intellectuals Innovate in Ways that Produce a Better World?” Retrieved October 23, 2013 from http://replay.web.archive.org/20090131123626/http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/campus/ie.asp

Peter Suber, Definition of open access, Retrieved October 23, 2013 from http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm

Clifford A. Lynch, "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age," ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 226 (2003), http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/br/br226/br226ir.shtml

Fast Monster by Victoria Poll (used with permission)

Illinois Capital Dome by Michael Linden( CC-BY-NC: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjlinden/5691471091/

Future Tools of the Future! by ScottElliottSmithson (CC BY-NC-ND; http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtwpuck/6369705813)