Open Access

“Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access ensures that anyone can access and use these results—to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives.” -  definition from SPARC.

• Can increase citation counts, views, and downloads of your article
• Improves retention of author rights
• Breaks down barriers to access
• Complies with public access and funder mandates

In partnership with the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, the UT Libraries offers several options for open access funding support:

• Open Publishing Support Fund
• Open Publishing Discounts
• Open Monograph Support Fund

The UT Libraries also offers an institutional repository, TRACE, as an option for self-archiving research, and provides a platform for open access V.O.L. Journals. Data can be made open through the university's affiliation with Dryad, the data repository.