EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2015
Proceedings
Open Access, Closed Minds? Educating Faculty about Changing Scholarly Communication

Open Access, Closed Minds? Educating Faculty about Changing Scholarly Communication

The presenters have encountered barriers—some expected, some not—as we have mounted a strategic campaign to educate faculty about how the open access movement affects them and how our institution needs to respond to this changing landscape.

Outcomes: Recognize ways to approach faculty with nontraditional scholarly communications options * Identify resources to assist faculty in evaluating open access journals * Construct arguments to persuade administrators that open access matters