Open access (OA) is free-of-charge, permanent, web-based access to online scholarly publications. OA gives increased visibility to research because the publication process is fast, broadly and freely available on the Internet, and provides long-term document availability. The UF Open Access Publishing Fund supports the goal of making UF research immediately, freely and globally available by assisting UF authors with reasonable article processing fees for publishing in open access journals.

Come and learn more about publishing trends and how to maximize your research through OA.

October 20th Program: 282 Reitz Union

1:00 - 1:15p.m.
Poster Session of Open Access Issues with coffee and cookies

1:15 – 1:30 p.m
"Open Access and New Initiatives on the UF Campus”
Judith Russell, Dean of UF Libraries, and a member of the University Library Committee

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Keynote presentation: “Open Access and Public Access to Research: It’s our Mission”
Mark R. McLellan, Dean for Research, IFAS

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
“The UF Open Access Publishing Fund: How it Works and What it Means to Recipients”
Isabel Silver, Director, Academic and Scholarly Outreach, Smathers Libraries
Daniel Spade, Student in Physiological Sciences and Recipient of the UFOAP
Zhonglin Mou, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Cell Science

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
BREAK and POSTER SESSION with soft drinks

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
“Maintaining Author Rights to Your Own Intellectual Property”
Elizabeth Outler, Head, Public Services, Legal Information Center, College of Law

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
“Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communications”
Sophia Acord, Assistant Director, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
“Digital Scholarship – the IR@UF and Disciplinary Repositories,”
Dina Benson, Coordinator, Institutional Repository, Digital Library Center with faculty participants

4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Open Access Networking: Questions and Discussion