Announcing 2014 winners–Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award

We are pleased to announce that the 2014 Woodruff Library Undergraduate Research Award (URA) winners have been selected by our panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded to the following students: Fiona O’Carroll —“’The Instinct of Every Real Woman’: The Ideas of the Anti-Suffrage Movement in the U.S., 1868-1920″ Faculty sponsor: Patrick Allitt Laurabeth Goldsmith Read More …

New Open Data Policy at PLOS

PLOS (The Public Library of Science) is implementing a new data access policy that will affect Emory researchers seeking to publish with the widely regarded publisher of open access journals for science and medicine. Beginning March 3rd, 2014, a Data Availability Statement will be required with all prospective articles submitted to any PLOS journal. The Read More …

Open Access Week – Emory Graduate Student Panel

Please join the libraries of Emory University this afternoon at 3:30pm for their Emory graduate student panel on Open Access. The panel will address the practical considerations of publishing in open access while in graduate school. The discussion will cover the benefits of retaining copyright early in your career, resources and opportunities available to Emory Read More …

Open Data: Deposit Experience of an Emory Researcher

By Jennifer Doty, Data Management Specialist, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship With Open Access Week 2013 well under way, we turn our attention to the related issue of “open data”–specifically the policies and procedures emerging in the research and publishing realms to make data underlying journal articles more readily available and accessible for future researchers. Read More …

Open Access Week – Emory Faculty Panel Today

Please join the libraries of Emory University this afternoon at 12pm for an Emory faculty panel discussion about the impact of open access publishing on scholarly communication. The panelists will focus their discussion on personal experiences with Open Access publishing and its impact from the perspective of both scholarly authors and journals editors.   Moderated Read More …

Open Access Week 2013 Emory events (Oct. 21-27)

Open Access Week, October 21-27, is a global event in its sixth year which seeks to promote open access for scholarship and research, and the theme this year is “Redefining Impact.” To mark the occasion, the libraries of Emory University are hosting several events to raise awareness of open access in the Emory community. All Read More …