Workshop: Scholars Without Borders: How to Get Free, Open Access Articles

Date: Thursday March 15, 2012

Time: 5:00-6:30pm

Location:  Hayden Library, Room C6A/East (on Upper Concourse Level), Tempe campus

Description:  Academic libraries and other institutions spend considerable portions of their budgets on databases that help students find articles for their assignments. Since 2001, when the open access movement began, many new scholarly journals have been launched with open-access policies, and an increasing number of established print journals have switched to an open access format. Although the proportion of open access material remains small, the number of scholarly journals and articles available free of charge to users continues to grow steadily.

Attendees of this presentation will be introduced to the concept of open access, learn how to find free scholarly articles, and discuss various other aspects of this relatively new practice in the world of scholarly publishing.

Presenters:

• Alexandra Houzouri Humphreys, Education & Instruction Librarian
• Rachel Leket-Mor, Philosophy & Religious Studies Librarian
• Ram Pendyala, Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering & the Built Environment
• Jere T. Humphreys (Moderator), Professor of Music

RSVP (requested but note required): Alexandra.Humphreys@asu.edu or 602-496-1188