OA_Week_2025

{ (set: $UnderGrad1A to 0) (set: $UnderGrad1B to 0) (set: $UnderGrad1C to 0) (set: $UnderGrad1D to 0) (set: $GoogSchol to 0) (set: $articles to 0) (set: $Grad1A to 0) (set: $Grad1B to 0) (set: $Grad1C to 0) Try to navigate academic life without spending your takeout food budget! Learn about: * Access to scholarly articles * Publishing scholarly articles * Impact and scholarly monographs Choose your character: * [[Undergrad Student]] * [[Grad Student]] * [[Faculty Member]] }

{You’re an undergraduate student and you’re writing a paper that’s due tomorrow. You’ve identified an argument that you need to support with a little more research. Where will you search for articles first? (if: $UnderGrad1A is 0)[ [[Libraries OneSearch]] ] (else:)[ Libraries OneSearch (You've already done this!) ] (if: $GoogSchol is <2)[ [[Google Scholar]] ] (else:)[ Google Scholar (You've already done this!) ] (if: $UnderGrad1D is 0)[ [[Publisher’s website]] ] (else:)[ Publisher’s website (You've already done this!) ] }

{ #Grad Scenario Congratulations! You just got done writing your first scholarly article! Now you must decide which journal to submit to. You want to make sure the journal is trustworthy but will have a lot of visibility and reach. Which journal will you choose? (if: $Grad1A is 0)[ * Option 1: [[High impact journal recommended by your advisor]] ] (else:)[ * Option 1: High impact journal recommended by your advisor (You've already done this!) ] (if: $Grad1B is 0)[ * Option 2: [[Open access journal a librarian helped you find]] ] (else:)[ * Option 2: Open access journal a librarian helped you find (You've already done this!) ] (if: $Grad1C is 0)[ * Option 3: [[Journal a co-author at another institution likes]] ] (else:)[ * Option 3: Journal a co-author at another institution likes (You've already done this!) ] }

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{ (set: $UnderGrad1D to 1) #Publisher’s site The professor of your class happened to write an article on this very topic - he would love it if you cited his paper! But the library doesn’t have a subscription - how can that be? Did you know that universities don’t automatically have access to research outputs produced by researchers at that institution? Libraries must buy back access to articles, conference proceedings and more through pricey publisher subscriptions. The Libraries subscription to Elsevier alone costs nearly as much as <a href="https://www.goodstoneinc.com/blogs/news/the-10-most-expensive-celebrity-engagement-rings-goodstone" target="_blank">Hailey Beiber’s engagement ring</a>, every year! * [[Spend $40]] for 24 hours of access to your professor’s article }

{ #Google Scholar You search Google Scholar and find another article that provides a different point of view on your argument. (screenshot on VPN of option to get article via ILL). Unfortunately, the library doesn’t have access to the article. You can request it through Inter-Library Loan (ILL) and get it within a few hours. You also remember a friend mentioning a plugin called Unpaywall which points to open access versions of articles behind a paywall. (if: $UnderGrad1B is 0)[ * I’ll order some Thai and request it through [[ILL]] ] (else:)[ * I’ll order some Thai and request it through ILL (You've already done this!) ] (if: $UnderGrad1C is 0)[ * I need to finish this paper now, let’s look through [[Unpaywall]] ] (else:)[ * I need to finish this paper now, let’s look through Unpaywall (You've already done this!) ] }

{ (set: $UnderGrad1A to 1) (set: $articles to $articles +1) #Onesearch <img src="OneSearch.png" width="720"> You conduct a quick keyword search on Libraries OneSearch and find a journal article published through SpringerNature that supports your argument through a scientific study. You download the article easily, cite it in your paper, and you are ready to find another article that supports the argument in your paper. Did you know? The Libraries subscription to Springer Nature costs more than a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_918_Spyder" target="_blank">Porsche 918 Spyder</a> every year? (if: $articles is 3)[ [[You’ve got all the articles you need!|Success1]] ] (else:)[ [[(Back to search options)|Undergrad Student]] ] }

{ #Success! You’ve got all the articles you need! Go back and explore another topic? Go back to [[Start]] }

{ (set: $UnderGrad1B to 1) (set: $GoogSchol to $GoogSchol +1) (set: $articles to $articles +1) #ILL ILL is a free document delivery service offered to CU Boulder affiliates. Most requests for digital articles can be filled within a few hours. You eat some Thai, get a few hours of sleep, and wake in the morning to the article in your inbox. You get it cited and are almost ready to turn in your paper. Did you know last year CU Libraries filled nearly 13k ILL requests for articles and books!. (if: $articles is 3)[ [[You’ve got all the articles you need!|Success1]] ] (else:)[ [[(Back to search options)|Undergrad Student]] ] }

{ (set: $UnderGrad1C to 1) (set: $articles to $articles +1) (set: $GoogSchol to $GoogSchol +1) #Unpaywall You install the extension for <a href="https://unpaywall.org/" target="_blank">Unpaywall</a>, an open database of over 54 million free articles. It turns out the author of the article you needed posted a version on an insitutional repository. You cite the article in your paper, which you are almost ready to turn in, and you still have some time left to pop a pizza in the oven! (if: $articles is 3)[ [[You’ve got all the articles you need!|Success1]] ] (else:)[ [[(Back to search options)|Undergrad Student]] ] }

{ Oh no! You can’t spend $40 - that’s nearly your whole takeout budget for the week! Also, if you had spent $40 for the article, did you know none of that money would go to your professor? Unless an author publishes their work open access, they typically sign away all rights to the work, meaning they no longer have many rights to share and distribute the work themselves, to students or the public. How about looking for the article on Unpaywall. Let’s [[download the extension|Unpaywall]]! }

{ #Unpaywall You install the extension for Unpaywall, an open database of over 54 million free articles. (https://unpaywall.org/) It turns out your professor posted a version on an insitutional repository. You cite the article in your paper, which you are almost ready to turn in (Back to options) (if: $articles is 3)[ [[You’ve got all the articles you need!|Success1]] ] (else:)[ [[(Back to search options)|Undergrad Student]] ] }

{ (set: $Grad1A to 1) #Option 1: Advisor’s journal This is a great, high impact journal, but you found out the acceptance rate is very low and the journal is behind a paywall, which means people won’t be able to access it unless they are affiliated with an institution that has a subscription or if they pay $50/ Options: * [[Submit your article to this journal anyways]] * Go back to [[options|Grad Student]]. }

{ (set: $Grad1B to 1) #Title Your librarian helped you explore open access options in your field though the Directory of Open Access Journals, a database of over 20k quality OA journals in every field (doaj.org) You found a trustworthy journal widely read it your field. * [[Publish here]] * Go back and pick a different journal (back to [[options|Grad Student]]) }

{ (set: $Grad1C to 1) #Title Your co-author recommended an open access journal but it has a $6,000 article processing charge (APC)-what do you do? * Go back to [[options|Grad Student]] * [[Try to find the funds to pay]] Did you know some journals charge APCs for open access? The average APC is more than $2k, and prestigious publishers like Nature charge up to $12k per article! Recent estimatessuggest CU Boulder authors may spend up to $6 million per year on APC costs! (link to State of Open report) }

{ Oh no, your article gets rejected! You’ll need to submit to a different journal. * (Go back to [[options|Grad Student]]) }

{ Great news! The journal you found is Diamond open access, meaning it charges no fees to be openly available to everyone! Your article is widely read and you have enough money left over to order takeout sushi this weekend! [[Ending]] }

{ #Success! Your article was published and you’re getting great attention for your work. Go back and explore another topic? [[Go back to start|Start]] }

{ #Title You found $3,000 in departmental funds but you’d have to pay the rest out of pocket * [[Ask your co-author to split costs]] * Go to find a new journal (Back to [[options|Grad Student]]) }

{ #Title You and your co-author each pay $1,500 out of pocket to publish the article Open Access Oh, no, you’ve lost your takeout budget! Don’t lose your Boba and cofee budget in the future: explore OA funding support for APCs through the Libraries (link to support page) ([[Go back to top level options|Start]]) }