The VIsion Science Program presents, "What's all the fuss about about Open Access?" Tuesday, June 4 from 12 noon to 1 o'clock in 489 Minor Hall.  Peter Binfield, publisher of PeerJ and formerly of PLOS ONE will discuss the open access movement and how it has led to the birth of innovative journals like PLOS ONE, PeerJ and eLife. Read a full description of this talk on the campus calendar.

For background, see Dr. Binfield's 2009 talk on article-level metrics sponsored by the Berkeley library.

Publish gold open access articles in RSC journals at no charge

The UC Berkeley Library is partnering with the Royal Society of Chemistry to support free Gold Open Access publishing under the RSC?s Gold for Gold initiative.

This program offers voucher codes that enable Berkeley researchers to publish their paper in Royal Society of Chemistry journals free of charge, as a Gold Open Access (OA) article, without paying the normal article publication fee (between £1000 and £2500).

Benefits of Gold OA publishing

Gold Open Access publishing makes electronic versions of papers accessible to readers for free - without any subscriptions or fees.

Removing paywall barriers may increase the visibility of research findings since works are easier to disseminate, easier to find, and easier to read.  Further details about RSC journals and Open Access are available here.

You are eligible if

• You are affiliated with UC Berkeley or LBNL (e.g., student, staff, faculty) and
• Your article is new and has been accepted for publication by RSC (i.e., vouchers cannot be used for articles that have already been published) and
• You have not previously received a Gold for Gold voucher from the UC Berkeley Library

Get your voucher code

After your article has been accepted for publication by an RSC journal, please complete the form at http://goo.gl/GAUwr to request your Gold for Gold voucher code.

Due to limited numbers, the Library will distribute the voucher codes on a first-come-first-served basis.

Fine print

• Voucher codes are provided only after your article has been accepted for publication
• Voucher codes must be used before December 31, 2013

Questions

Please contact Jeffery Loo, Chemistry Librarian, at jloo [at] berkeley.edu

On October 23, 2012, Professor Richard Schneider, UCSF -- with an introduction by Molly Van Houweling, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley -- presented a program as part of the library's Open Access Week activities.

In his talk, Professor Schneider described how scholars can empower viable alternatives to the present system of scholarly communication, regain control over their publications, and increase the reach, visibility, and impact of their research.

Watch the video on the UC Berkeley Events YouTube channel:
Open Access at UC: Maximizing the Reach, Visibility and Impact of Your Research

About the speakers:

Richard Schneider is an Associate Professor at UCSF and has chaired both the UCSF and UC Systemwide library committees of the Academic Senate. In May of this year, UCSF became the first UC campus to implement an open access policy. Under this new policy, electronic versions of all scientific articles authored by UCSF faculty are now to be made freely available to the public via eScholarship, an open access repository. The vote by the UCSF faculty senate was unanimous, making UCSF the largest scientific institution and the first public university to adopt an open access policy. Richard Schneider led the effort to pass and implement this landmark policy.

Molly Van Houweling has been involved in open access issues as a member of Senate Library Committee and as a staff and board member of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that facilitates sharing of knowledge and cultural resources through open licensing.

Open Access at UC: Maximizing the Reach, Visibility and Impact of Your Research

A Faculty Conversation on Scholarly Communication with Richard Schneider, UCSF. Introduced and moderated by Molly Van Houweling, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley

Tuesday, October 23
3:30-5:00pm
Education/Psychology Library, Tolman Hall

In May of this year, UCSF became the first UC campus to implement an open access policy. Under this new policy, electronic versions of all scientific articles authored by UCSF faculty are now to be made freely available to the public via eScholarship, an open access repository. The vote by the UCSF faculty senate was unanimous, making UCSF the largest scientific institution and the first public university to adopt an open access policy.

Please join us for a conversation with Richard Schneider who led the effort to pass and implement this landmark policy; find out how you can empower viable alternatives to the present system of scholarly communication, regain control over your publications, and increase the reach, visibility, and impact of your research.

Richard Schneider is an Associate Professor at UCSF and has chaired both the UCSF and UC Systemwide library committees of the Academic Senate.

Molly Van Houweling has been involved in open access issues as a member of Senate Library Committee and as a staff and board member of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that facilitates sharing of knowledge and cultural resources through open licensing.

Faculty, students, researchers, and the public are invited to attend.
Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Library.

More on open access:

• Publish Smart, Maximize Impact: open access week workshops on Wednesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 25 covering the Social Sciences, Sciences and Arts, Humanities and Area Studies

• Open Access defined (from the UCB Library Collections Scholarly Communications page)
• Open Access Week: a global event promoting Open Access as the new norm in scholarship and research.

Publish Smart, Maximize Impact
OA Week workshops

Do you have an article you want to publish? Are you trying to decide where to place it? This workshop will examine how journals are ranked for impact (including some of the controversies about ranking systems), and your rights as an author. Are you confused about copyright? Do you want to be able to post copies of your article on your own website? Do you know whether you'll be able to? We will discuss Berkeley funding to support open access publishing, and the movement in academia to make information more accessible. Not only is open access a social good, it can also be good for you as an author!

Social Sciences
Wednesday, October 24
3:30 - 5:00pm
251 Doe Library

Sciences
Thursday, October 25
11:00am - 12:30pm
Engineering Library

Arts, Humanities and Area Studies
Thursday, October 25
3:30 - 5:00pm
251 Doe Library

Students, researchers, faculty and the public are invited to attend.
Come early and get a free t-shirt! (a limited number of open access t-shirts will be distributed)

Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Library.

More on open access:

• Open Access at UC: Maximizing the Reach, Visibility and Impact of Your Research: a faculty conversation on Scholarly Communication with Richard Schneider, UCSF, introduced and moderated by Molly Van Houweling, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley. Tuesday, October 23, 3:30-5:00 in the Education/Psychology Library

• Berkeley Research Impact Initiative (BRII): money for UCB authors, to make articles open access
• Open Access defined (from the UCB Library Collections Scholarly Communications page)
• SAGE Open: a new OA journal for humanities and social sciences
• UC journals on eScholarship: eScholarship is an open access publishing platform hosting a number of UC sponsored OA journals
• Open Access Week: a global event promoting Open Access as the new norm in scholarship and research.