The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research has released a set of draft recommendations that aim to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational materials. They are available for public comment until April 17.
There will be a community forum on the recommendations on April 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Room 56-114.
Learn about fair use and how to exercise your rights to reuse copyrighted works by downloading and folding your own Fair Use Kaleidocycle! Download our foldable or remix your own!
Plan S is an initiative for open access that was launched in September 2018. It requires that, from 2020, scientific publications that result from research funded by cOAlition S members must be published in compliant open-access journals or platforms, or deposited in compliant open-access repositories. cOAlition S, a group of national research funding organizations and charitable foundations who have agreed to implement the 10 principles of Plan S in a coordinated way, has solicited public feedback on its guidance for implementation. Harvard Library and the MIT Libraries have jointly issued the following recommendations in response.
January 1, 2019, is the first time in 20 years that works published in the U.S. have entered the public domain. Works in the public domain are free for anyone to read and use, and are a vital resource for creators to build from. Did you know that public domain images on Wikipedia, if they were not in the public domain, would cost $246 to $270 million dollars per year? Or that It’s a Wonderful Life became a holiday classic only after entering the public domain accidentally? Despite the broad value of the public domain, however, copyright durations are extremely long, and have only been […]
Johns Hopkins University’s Sheridan Libraries, in collaboration with the Harvard University Office for Scholarly Communication, the MIT Libraries, and with inspiration from Jeff Spies, formerly of the Center for Open Science, have developed the Public Access Submission System, or PASS. The innovative web application helps researchers comply simultaneously with the open access policies of both their funders and their institutions.
“We developed PASS as part of the launch of the open access policy at Johns Hopkins University, but recognize that it can help researchers at any institution,” said Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums and co-chair of the Johns Hopkins Open Access Committee. “We are proud to partner with our colleagues at Harvard and MIT to develop a seamless and efficient platform that facilitates the free sharing of knowledge.”
Open Access Week is October 22-28!
To celebrate, we’re giving away prizes to members of the MIT community who sign the opt-in open access license during OA week. Stop by the Libraries’s table in Lobby 10 on Monday, October 22, to learn more.
The ad hoc task force on open access to MIT’s research has released “Open Access at MIT and Beyond: A White Paper of the MIT Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research,” which examines efforts to make research and scholarship openly and freely available. The white paper provides a backdrop to the ongoing work of the task force: identifying new, updated, or revised open access policies and practices that might advance the Institute’s mission to share its knowledge with the world.
Read more about the paper in the MIT News. The report is available as a PDF on the OA task force website, and in HTML on PubPub.
The MIT Libraries and the Royal Society of Chemistry have signed a groundbreaking license agreement that incorporates elements of a traditional subscription purchase and open access to scholarly articles. The experimental two-year agreement is seen as an important step on the path toward making more research freely and openly available to the world. More information on how it works for authors.
In celebration of Fair Use Week, the MIT Libraries are hosting two events:
IAP 2018: Join us for lunch and sessions on copyright, patents, data privacy, tech transfer, and more. Presented by the MIT Libraries and the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
