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October 22nd, 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.—Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies is pleased to recognize Dr. Donald R. Lynam, distinguished professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, with the 2024 Leadership in Open Access Award.
Dr. Lynam is a tireless advocate for open access, open data, and open science. His advocacy and leadership led the university to join OSF Institutions, resulting in open and wider visibility of Purdue research and scholarship in the Open Science Framework.
Dr. Lynam collaborated with Purdue Libraries to develop and organize the Open Science Talk Series—eight lectures associated with open science conducted throughout the 2023–2024 academic year. He is also part of the nationwide HELIOS project that provides opportunities for the Purdue community to participate in open scholarship.
The Leadership in Open Access award has been given annually since 2010 in recognition of exceptional commitment to broadening the reach of scholarship by making Purdue research freely accessible online. The award is granted to nominees who have worked in collaboration with one or more repositories supported by Purdue Libraries, such as Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), or Purdue e-Archives.
Open Access Week
October 21–27, 2024 was International Open Access Week. This year’s theme, Community over Commercialization, sought to encourage approaches to open scholarship that prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community.
Open Access publishing provides free, immediate access to scholarly literature, removing paywalls and reuse restrictions. For more than 20 years, Open Access publishing has paved the way to greater transparency in scientific research, providing a model for other open scholarship endeavors including open data, open peer review, and open science.
Purdue Libraries and Open Access
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies remains an avid advocate for open access publishing, aligning with the institution’s land-grant mission of learning, discovery, and engagement. Purdue’s commitment to open access began with Open Access Day in 2008, and the university has actively participated in International Open Access Week since its establishment in 2009.
In 2020, Purdue Libraries, with support from the Dean’s Advisory Council and generous donors, established an endowment to promote a sustainable and transparent system of scholarly research. This endowment has enabled Purdue Libraries to contribute to innovative open access publishing initiatives, further solidifying Purdue’s commitment to open scholarship.
Purdue Libraries negotiates with publishers to provide free Open Access publishing opportunities—its current Open Access Publishing Partnerships are a result of these negotiations. When publishing in journals that qualify under these agreements, Purdue authors can select Open Access publishing options at no cost.
Authors have access to additional services and support, including support for posting works to Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue’s institutional repository for scholarly documents. As an open access service, scholarly works posted to Purdue e-Pubs are freely available to a global audience and benefit from wide availability and discovery.
Most publishers allow authors to post a version of their scholarship to an institutional repository. Purdue Libraries offers a free CV review service, and authors who wish to participate need only to share a list of publications or their ORCID iD. Purdue e-Pubs staff will review publisher sharing policies and inform authors that their works can be made openly available at no cost.
For more information, contact openaccess@purdue.edu.
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, a unit of Purdue University, aims to create and provide equitable access to diverse resources, outstanding services, and innovative spaces by pioneering new methods in information science and advancing knowledge to meet the evolving information needs of the future.
To learn more, visit lib.purdue.edu.