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Under this first read and publish agreement, university authors may publish without paying an article processing charge.
The University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries are pleased to announce that we have signed a cost neutral, three-year “Read and Publish” agreement with Cambridge University Press (CUP) in collaboration with our consortial partner NERL (formerly known as NorthEast Regional Libraries). This is the first Read and Publish deal for the Libraries, and became effective 1 January 2022. Under this CUP Read and Publish… Continue
During their November 5 meeting, the Graduate Student Government (GSG) passed a resolution officially endorsing the proposed policy on equitable access to scholarly research put forth by the University of Maryland Publishing, Access and Contract Terms (UMD PACT) group.
The policy, entitled Equitable Access to Scholarly Articles Authored by University Faculty… Continue
You're invited to join UMD PACT at an upcoming open forum.
Equitable Access to Scholarly Articles Authored by UMD Faculty: A Proposed Campus Approach from the UMD PACT Working Group
Researchers and scholars at the University of Maryland are on the front lines, creating knowledge and developing innovative solutions to enhance the lives, well-being, and health of the planet and people across the world. Yet, what… Continue
The theme for the 2021 International Open Access Week, October 25-31, is "It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity.”
This year, all students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to participate in two virtual sessions on structural equity and open access in research and scholarly publishing. These events are sponsored by UMD PACT and the UMD Libraries. You can also view a list of … Continue
TOME@UMD, a two-year pilot program of the national TOME initiative, is now accepting applications for three grants of up to $15,000 each that will sponsor the publication of open access, digital monographs by UMD faculty members. With a deadline of November 15, 2021, the… Continue
Recommends Focusing on "Green" Open Access and Open Infrastructure for Sharing of Scholarly Information
Read the full position paper below or download as a PDF.
UMD PACT Position Paper: Journal Subscriptions, "Big Deals," and Achieving Sustainable and Equitable Access to Scholarly Information
Key Points
- Bundled journal subscriptions with commercial… Continue
Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, provided an introduction to OSF: "Transparency in Research: Leveraging the Open Science Framework".
Click here to view this event which was hosted by UMD Libraries and introduced by Dean Adriene Lim.
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The University of Maryland Libraries has adopted a set of core licensing principles to guide negotiations with scholarly publishers and other vendors. The principles support the mission, vision, and values of the University and of the Libraries. They affirm the… Continue
Pilot program will award three open-access book publication grants to UMD faculty
The University of Maryland has joined TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), a national initiative to advance open-access publishing of monographs in the humanities and social sciences. TOME aims to make important long-form scholarship available to readers across the globe, without cost and permission barriers, by creating a system in which academic institutions subsidize the publication of… Continue
The partnership offers UMD researchers a new portal to manage projects and collaborate across institutions.
The University of Maryland Libraries and the Division of Research are pleased to announce that UMD is now an institutional partner of the Open Science Framework (OSF), an online research management and collaboration platform from the Center for Open Science. The OSF system makes it easier for UMD researchers to manage projects throughout their life cycles and to collaborate with others across institutions,… Continue