Open access continues to be an important topic of discussion in academia, as funding agencies and institutes of higher learning are increasingly turning to open access (OA) – or public access – policies to facilitate the sharing of ideas and the advancement of science and research. Since April 7, 2008, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are required by law to deposit their final manuscripts, upon acceptance for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, in PubMed Central (PMC) no later than twelve months after publication. In March of …

 
By reaching a wider audience, Open Access helps authors find readers, accelerates research, and increases the productivity of researchers. Kathy Roper, faculty from the College of Architecture’s Building Construction program, selected EPAGE@Tech to publish her new OA journal International Journal of Facility Management. Professor Roper commented: “Using EPAGE@Tech allows us to publish an issue much faster and with fewer resources than the traditional publishing model. It also makes our journal available to not only academics but practitioners in the field who would not otherwise have access to library subscription journals.” 
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Tech’s web-based repository, SMARTech, provides persistent access to Tech-produced digital materials such as articles, technical reports, research reports, conference papers, working papers, pre-prints, post-prints, data, audio, video, and theses and dissertations. The repository currently holds over 25,000 items and is the 7th largest IR in the U.S. and the 35th in the world. Items in SMARTech are indexed by Google, Google Scholar, and other search engines. Making your scholarly materials, publications, and research freely available online helps to enhance the visibility, use, and impact of your research.

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Please join us at The Future of Scholarly Publishing and Research Symposium, October 23, 2009, 10:00am-12:30pm Wardlaw Gordy Room!

Speakers

Rick Luce, Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries at Emory University, Keynote Speaker
Dr. Michael L. Best, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, Editor-in-Chief of Information Technologies & International Development, Panelist
John M. Nickerson, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Senior Editor of Molecular Vision, Panelist
Kathy Roper, Associate Professor, Building Construction Program, Co-Editor of International Journal of Facility Management, Panelist