Getting an Institutional RepositoryOff the Ground

Vika ZafrinBoston University Libraries

LSA 2013

• Founded 1839

• 33K+ students

• 10K+ faculty & staff

• 16 schools & colleges

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Town Hall on Open Access, Intellectual Property,and Academic Life at BUTuesday, October 16, 2012 3-5pmPhotonics Center 906 Reception 5-6pm

Copyright

KnowledgeDissemination

Questions?

(617) 358-6370

yours until you give it away

not necessary to give upin order to get published

least expensive wayto provide foreign aid

compatible with thetenure system

OpenAccess

Peer Review

crucial to the academic pursuit

compatible withopen access

performed by many of the 8000+ journals inDirectory of Open Access Journals

accelerates research

accepted practicein many fields

digital, online, free of charge literature

free of most copyright and licensing restrictions

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Thanks!

vzafrin@bu.edu