Happy International Open Access Week! Fondren Library’s Digital Scholarship Services is celebrating by highlighting the library’s  support for open access (OA). The library supports OA in a number of ways, including:

• Financial support for OA publishing: Fondren Library supports Rice authors publishing in Open Access (OA), peer-reviewed research journals through membership discounts and through offering funds for OA fees. We also support OA scholarly book publication by Rice authors. Information about the program can be found in this research guide.
• Rice Open Access Policy: This policy, which was passed by the Faculty Senate in 2012, directs faculty to make copies of journal articles available in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive. Learn more here.
• OA Journal Publishing Platform: Fondren Library supports Open Journal Systems (OJS), an open source journal management and publishing system that supports all stages of the refereed publishing process, from submissions to online publication and indexing. Information about OJS and applying for library support can be found here.
• Rice Digital Scholarship Archive: This repository enables faculty to share their work openly; librarians manage the content to ensure that it can be found and is preserved. Most materials come from Rice faculty members’ research, electronic theses and dissertations, and digitized collections of rare or unique books, images, musical performances, and manuscripts. Use this webform to submit your work.
• Open Educational Resources: As part of its support for affordable course material, Fondren provides resources for finding and using Open Educational Resources (OER).

If you have questions or want to learn more about the library’s OA initiatives, please contact openaccess@rice.edu.