Research and Learning Services: Scholarly Communication

Scholarly Communication refers to the complex system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use. This includes:

1. Understanding open access policies related to how your federally funded research data is accessed and shared based on granting agency guidelines
2. Utilizing open educational resources in the classroom
3. Publishing these open textbooks via library and institutional presses
4. Managing your rights as an author
5. The Association for College and Research Libraries provides a comprehensive toolkit surrounding all of these topics: http://acrl.libguides.com/scholcomm/toolkit

The Research and Learning Services Division offers resources and services to support all of your scholarly communication needs:

• Author Rights and Copyright
• Open Access Issues and Resources
• Open Educational Resources
• OSU Libraries ePress