Sustainable Open Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin: Report of the Sustainable Open Scholarship Working Group
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2021-12
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Haricombe, Lorraine
Meyer, Eric T.
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The SOS Working Group was formed in response to relevant recommendations from
the Task Force on the Future of UT Libraries commissioned by the Provost’s Office in
2018. The goals and objectives of the SOS were to:
• Develop an open access statement that reflects the university’s commitment to
advance open sustainable scholarship practices for review and approval by the
Faculty Council;
• Engage researchers to develop campus-wide strategies to support access, use,
and curation of primary research data based on FAIR data principles (Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable);
• Articulate strategies that accelerate efforts to promote open resources,
technology and teaching practices in education; and
• Explore existing frameworks/models/MoUs of negotiations with publishers to
support or develop a set of guiding principles for negotiating UT’s contracts that
support open-access practices with scholarly publishers.
The SOS Working Group was co-chaired by Dr. Eric T. Meyer, dean of the UT Austin School of Information (‘the iSchool’), and Dr. Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries. The working group consisted of four subcommittees aligned with the four objectives including Open Access (OA), Open Data (OD), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Licensing and Negotiations (L&N). Each subcommittee was led by two faculty co-chairs and each included a librarian and a student. Catherine Hamer, Director of Academic Engagement at UT Libraries, coordinated the campus-wide project. The charge of each subcommittee and its members can be found in this report.
The SOS Working Group was co-chaired by Dr. Eric T. Meyer, dean of the UT Austin School of Information (‘the iSchool’), and Dr. Lorraine Haricombe, Vice Provost and Director, UT Libraries. The working group consisted of four subcommittees aligned with the four objectives including Open Access (OA), Open Data (OD), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Licensing and Negotiations (L&N). Each subcommittee was led by two faculty co-chairs and each included a librarian and a student. Catherine Hamer, Director of Academic Engagement at UT Libraries, coordinated the campus-wide project. The charge of each subcommittee and its members can be found in this report.
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Haricombe, L.J., & Meyer, E.T. (2021). Sustainable Open Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin: Report of the Sustainable Open Scholarship Working Group. University of Texas at Austin. Available online: https://provost.utexas.edu/initiatives/sustainable-open-scholarship-working-group/