University of Arkansas Faculty Approve Open Access Policy
From Arkansas Democrat-Online:
Faculty at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a new open access policy that would make much of its future scholarly work freely available online.
The university’s faculty senate approved a policy giving UA non-exclusive distribution rights for articles voluntarily submitted by faculty as part of a new “open access institutional repository.”
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Source: Meeting Agenda, U. of Arkansas Faculty Senate Agenda (May 6, 2015)
See Also: Penn St. University Faculty Senate Approves OA Policy (April 28, 2015)
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