6. Scholarly Communication

Open Access, Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

Participants will leave this session with ideas for similar open access outreach events aimed at graduate students and their faculty advisors. The lessons learned by the presenters will help participants shape their outreach efforts more effectively.

During the 2013 International Open Access Week, the UCLA Library hosted an ambitious and well-received event addressing the question of whether making dissertations available online hurts authors’ publishing prospects. In this session, we describe this event and offer it as a successful experiment in educating graduate students on open access.