Abstract
Library faculty at the City University of New York (CUNY) have engaged in promoting and advocating for open access publishing at each of our campuses as well as across the University. Inspired by the passing of a faculty senate resolution in support of the creation of an open access institutional repository and associated policies, many CUNY librarians felt the need to raise their level of commitment. In this article, the authors—four library faculty members and one faculty member from outside the library—share their experiences creating and approving open access policies in the library departments of four CUNY schools and promoting open access beyond the libraries. They offer practical advice and guidance for other librarians and faculty seeking to encourage the embrace of open access publishing in departments or other sub-institutional contexts.
Highlights
Recent years have seen steady growth in awareness of and advocacy for open access publishing, a form of scholarly communication that makes journal articles and books available at no cost for all to read and share
Support for and availability of open access content is on the rise, open access publishing is not yet a universal convention for academic researchers and authors
Some disciplines are more amenable to embracing free distribution of scholarship than others, a fact which has contributed to the uneven progress of open access
Summary
Recent years have seen steady growth in awareness of and advocacy for open access publishing, a form of scholarly communication that makes journal articles and books available at no cost for all to read and share. Librarians and other open access supporters often find themselves creating and adhering to their own, personal open access pledges while working within a larger campus structure to promote broader open access initiatives. This model, of both individual action and incremental collective advocacy, has been followed by many library faculty at City University of New York (CUNY). This article shares the experience of creating and approving open access policies in the library departments of four CUNY campuses and promoting open access in two other academic departments within CUNY. We believe that the lesson of our experience offers practical advice and guidance for other librarians and faculty seeking to encourage the embrace of open access publishing in departments or other sub-institutional contexts
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