Papers, Presentations & Training Materials
This collection contains white papers, conference presentations, and instructional materials developed on behalf of the Libraries' digital scholarly publishing and open access initiatives.
Recent Submissions
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(2021-06-13)Widespread adoption of open access and open educational resources among the academic community requires significant shifts in the practices of teaching, scholarship and publication. Both university libraries and student ...
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(2021-05-25)Libraries’ systems and bibliometric databases can be used to enhance faculty reputation and craft scholarly narratives required for tenure and promotion. We advocate for four, research-based strategies: • Craft your ...
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(2021-05-19)Tracking the success of PhD students while enrolled at your institution and post-graduation can help improve graduate programs as well as support accreditation and graduate program reviews. Until recently, Texas A&M recorded ...
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(2020-05-12)Presentation on crafting a scholarly or creative narrative for faculty at Texas A&M University, including best practice on the use of metrics to justify the narrative.
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(2020-04-16)Now that faculty have likely responded to the immediate needs of moving their courses online, many will consider how they can manage their research programs while sheltering at home. For some faculty, their normal research ...
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(2020-04-02)Some ideas on the design and presentation of a great poster.
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(2019-11-22)The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Fund at Texas A&M underwrites author publication charges for open access scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and monographs. The fund seeks to encourage greater participation in ...
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(2015-09-15)Pivot is a research funding database provided to the TAMU community by the Texas A&M University Libraries and the Vice Chancellor for Research. PIVOT allows research administrators, research development professionals, and ...
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(2018-09-17)The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Fund at Texas A&M underwrites publication charges for scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and monographs published in open access publications in order to encourage the shift to ...
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(2018-09-17)The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Fund at Texas A&M underwrites publication charges for scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and monographs published in open access publications in order to support and encourage the ...
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(2018-09-17)The Open Access to Knowledge Fund (OAK Fund) at Texas A&M University is a program for underwriting publication fees for scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and monographs in fully Open Access publications. The OAK ...
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(2018-06-14)Open education is being adopted at universities and colleges across the United States, reshaping the impact of and access to higher education. With increased adoption throughout the Texas A&M System, open education can ...
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(2018-05-01)Open access scholarly literature is “digital, online, free-of-charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions”1. An Open Access Policy reserves Open access policies directly support the mission of land grant ...
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