News & Events

The Scholarly Communication News Archive contains summaries of press releases about prominent news developments. The heading of each item links to the full text of that story.

Open Access Policy Implementation Project Wiki

A wiki has been created to provide an open, shared space where UC faculty, librarians, and other stakeholders can engage directly with the Open Access Policy Implementation (OAPI) team.
Humanities, Library Services, News for Faculty, Open Access, Reference, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering, Social Sciences
September 18, 2013

UC Faculty Adopt Open Access Policy

On July 24, 2013, the Academic Senate of the University of California passed an Open Access Policy.
Arts Library, Humanities, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, News for Students, News for Undergraduates, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
August 2, 2013

How Open Access Empowered a 16-Year Old to Make Cancer Breakthrough

An interview on Open Access to research journals with Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old inventor of a breakthrough cancer diagnostic.
News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, News for Students, News for Undergraduates, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering, Technology
June 28, 2013

Do You Receive NIH Funding?

Effective July 2013, the NIH will delay processing of non-competitive renewal funding if researchers are not in compliance with the 2008 NIH Public Access Policy.
Grants, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering, Social Sciences
May 7, 2013

California Assembly Bill 609: Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research

California Assembly Bill 609 will ensure that the public can access the published results of taxpayer-funded research for free.
Collections, Government Information Center, Grants, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
April 22, 2013

Open Access 101

The UCSB Library supports open access publishing as a way for faculty to retain the rights to their work and to distribute their work quickly and globally.
Open Access, Scholarly Communication
April 3, 2013

U.S. Representatives Introduce Bill for Federal Open Access Policy

The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) would require federal agencies with budgets of 100 million or more to provide public access to federally funded research within six months of publication.
Government Information Center, Humanities, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Social Sciences
February 19, 2013

Grants for Innovative Projects to Promote Open Access to Data

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) has announced a Challenge Grant program to fund innovative projects to promote open access to data.
Data Management, Events, Grants, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication
February 19, 2013

Royal Society of Chemistry Open Access Vouchers Available

The Royal Society of Chemistry offers UCSB authors vouchers for publication fees.
Grants, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering
February 9, 2013

Open Access Fund Launched

The Library’s Open Access Fund Pilot Program is now accepting applications. The Fund helps scholars cover the cost of author fees when publishing in peer reviewed open access publications.
Grants, Humanities, Library Services, News for Faculty, News for Graduate Students, Open Access, Scholarly Communication, Sciences & Engineering, Social Sciences
November 24, 2012