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Georgia Tech Library
Research Data Librarian
Georgia Tech Library
Summary Sentence: Georgia Tech faculty discuss their perspectives on Open Access as part of International Open Access Week 2013.
Full Summary: Join panelists Dr. Ajit Yoganathan, associate chair and Regent’s professor, BME; Dr. Lance Fortnow, Chair of the School of Computer Science; Dr. Michael Chang, deputy director of the Brook Byers Institute; and moderator Dr. Mike Best, Associate Professor in the School of Interactive Computing for a lively discussion on Georgia Tech faculty perspectives of Open Access.
Open Access Faculty Panel Discussion Oct. 23In recent months, Open Access has emerged at the forefront of campus and national scientific research news. Georgia Tech recently passed a campus-wide Open Access policy, which grants Tech authors the ability to make a copy of their article openly available in a repository such as SMARTech. In February of 2013, the White House released a memo directing Federal Agencies to require funded publications be made available Open Access. There are still many diverse opinions among Tech faculty on the Institute policy, the perceived benefits of Open Access, and the future of scholarly and research publications.
At the What Does Georgia Tech Think About Open Access faculty panel discussion, faculty researchers will tackle open access from all sides of the issue.
Panelists are:
For more information on Open Access Week at Georgia Tech, visit library.gatech.edu/openaccess. To watch a live stream of the panel discussion, visit http://b.gatech.edu/17OpXHr.
