A new fund will help reduce the cost of publishing for University of Arkansas students, faculty and staff. The Open Access Publishing Fund was created by the University Libraries, and seven colleges and campus units contributed. Authors who do not have another source of funding can apply for up to $2,000 to cover publishing costs for an open access journal article or monograph.
Students, faculty and staff of the flagship institution in Fayetteville are encouraged to apply for funding as soon as they receive word that their article has been accepted by a publisher. The Office of Scholarly Communications has created a Research Guide with details about eligibility, terms and conditions. Specific questions can be sent to scholar@uark.edu.
Units that contributed funds to this project include the Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost, College of Engineering, Division of Research and Innovation, Graduate School and International Education, Honors College and University Libraries.
The University of Arkansas is committed to disseminating its research and scholarship as widely as possible, and publishing in open access journals is one way of accomplishing that. Additional Libraries open access initiatives include a "read and publish" agreement with Cambridge University Press; the university's institutional repository, ScholarWorks@UARK; funded course materials conversion programs and workshops and open data resources.
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