Wisconsin, University of

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2005

• March 7, 2005, the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison adopted a Resolution in Support of Accessible Scholarly and Scientific Publications.

• Summary: STM faculty "must take action to ensure that their works are accessible to advance research and learning" and "should consider publishing their research articles in:...Peer-reviewed "open access" journals and databases; and/or "Self-archiving" their works in information repositories supported by research institutions and professional societies." The Faculty Senate supports librarians in their efforts to control journal costs and "urges both the library and faculty to support alternatives to commercial ownership and management of scholarly and scientific publication."