In this episode, Dan Ream of VCU Libraries joins us to provide an introduction to open access publishing. In the course of the conversation we explore issues driving the practice of open access in higher education, look at some examples of successful university projects and briefly discuss what VCU is doing in regard to open access publishing. There are some great ideas and questions raised here that will be of interest to those engaged in open access publishing as well as those seeking to learn more.

Below are links mentioned during the podcast:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
University of Michigan open access repository (Deep Blue)
University of Tennessee (TRACE)
Creative Commons
Tips for Authors: Publishing in Open Access Journals
VCU Scholarly Communications Page
Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPA)
BIOMED Central
SHERPA/ROMEO Publisher Copyright Policies

Listen to the episode (29 Minutes):

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Open Access Publishing.mp3

As we have worked with faculty over the years, one area that comes up time and time again is critical thinking. Defining what critical thinking means in our own disciplines, communicating our critical thinking expectations to our students, and finding effective ways to both promote and assess it, remain challenging. The following article by Robert Duron, Barbara Limbach and Wendy Waugh, offers an interesting approach to all of the above from a cross-curricula perspective. We hope you enjoy the article, and look forward to your comments.

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