Wendy Highby, wendy.highby@unco.edu

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

http://libguides.unco.edu/oaberlin9

Berlin 9 Open Access Conference, 11/2011

Participatory Planning

CSU’s participatory strategic planning

process is noteworthy. This plan to Create

Open Access Models and Policies was co-

authored by Dawn Paschal, Jeff Bullington,

Pat Smith, Chris Sugnet, and Cindy

Mitchell:

Colorado academic librarians see the

following as necessary future steps:

Changes in faculty attitude toward open

access and the tenure system

A new educational approach by librarians

toward faculty

Sustainable business models

An emphasis on preservation

More open access mandates

Open Access Advocacy:

Beginning Steps in Colorado Academic Libraries

Effective advocacy requires a synergy of four key elements:

publication infrastructure, policy, promotion, and participatory planning

Promotion Institutional Repositories Prelude to Policy

Two Colorado libraries have taken

strides toward mandatory archiving

policies. Auraria passed a Library

Faculty Open Access Resolution (10-

20-10). UNC passed a Library Faculty

Open Access Resolution (12-02-09)

and a Campus-Wide Open Access

Resolution (9-27-10).

CSU champions open access by

prominently branding its Digital Repository

as an “an open access showcase of

research, scholarship, and creative works

of Colorado State University faculty,

students, and academic staff.”

While event sponsorship has waned in

2011, most Colorado academic libraries

offer informative library guides that

advocate for open access and authors’

rights. This is DU’s guide:

The Alliance Digital Repository, a consortial

digital repository service, hosts the IRs of

five Colorado academic libraries: CC, CSM,

DU, Regis, and UNC.

The open access journal, Collaborative

Librarianship, founded in 2009, is co-

sponsored by several consortia and

three academics: Regis, CUB, and DU.

Open Access Journals

UCCS’s Kraemer Family Library

sponsors the Undergraduate Research

Journal, founded in 2008 by Librarian

Tabatha Farney.

2010 was a banner year for promotional

activities in Colorado. Five of the libraries

sponsored events featuring well-known

speakers on the OA circuit, such as Heather

Joseph (SPARC), Town Peterson (KU), and

Kevin Smith (Duke). This event was held at

the Anschutz Medical Campus:

Poised for the Future CUB Dean of Libraries James F.

Williams, II, released the Crises in

Scholarly Communication

statement in 2009:

Leadership

University or College Acronym Carnegie Class. IPEDS '10 Member Library Name

University of Colorado at Boulder CUB RU/VH 32,697 SPARC University Libraries (Norlin, et al)

Colorado State University CSU RU/VH 30,155 SPARC University Libraries (Morgan, et al)

University of Colorado at Denver UCD RU/H 24,108 Auraria, Health Sciences Library

and Anschutz Medical Campus

Colorado School of Mines CSM RU/H 5,287 Arthur Lakes Library

University or College Acronym Carnegie Class. IPEDS '10 Member Library Name

University of Denver DU Basic RU/H 11,842 SPARC Penrose Library

University of Northern Colorado UNC DRU 13,030 University Libraries (Michener, et al)

Regis University Regis Master's L 11,069 Dayton Memorial Library

University of Colorado at Colo. Springs UCCS Master's L 9,745 Kraemer Family Library

Colorado College CC Bac/A&S 2,091 SPARC Tutt Library