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d. Promote Open Access in the faculty tenure process.
e. Educate and provide assistance to the OSU community
about federal and state agency requirements and
legislation pertaining to Open Access and related scholarly
communication issues.
3.2. Accelerate and support research by library faculty.
a. Articulate and showcase the research interests and
expertise of individual library faculty members to facilitate
internal and external research collaborations.
b. Pursue grants for library research projects.
c. Identify signature research areas that build on library
faculty expertise.
d. Provide research infrastructure and funding opportunities
to strengthen library faculty research activity.
3.3. Develop knowledge creation and dissemination opportunities.
a. Lead the Oregon State University community in
developing new Open Access publishing opportunities that
take advantage of the dynamic nature of the medium and
redefine the notion of scholarly output.
b. Work with Oregon State University faculty to develop open
educational resources such as Open Access textbooks.
c. Experiment with new delivery models for OSU Press
publications.
d. Promote use of the Libraries’ unique collections as sources
for knowledge creation.
e. Partner with interested campus groups to record and
disseminate the history of Oregon State University.
3.4. Pursue new economic models related to scholarly publication
and support for University signature areas.
a. Identify and advance alternative publishing models and
funding for digital publishing.
b. Develop additional funding sources to support signature
collections.
c. Advocate for faculty to engage in new publishing models.
3.5. Create a robust and flexible digital preservation and curation
infrastructure.
a. Create a long-term preservation system for University
scholarship and digital collections developed and curated
by OSU Libraries and Press.
OSU Libraries is
in the top four
percent of the
country in scholarly
productivity in
the field of special
librarianship –
librarians who
specialize in science,
engineering,
medicine and
architecture, among
others.
