Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-12-2017
Abstract
Many scholarly articles that contain research useful to the public are locked behind expensive subscription databases. Coupled with existing publishing and tenure/promotion practices, these contribute to a system that excludes the majority of citizens from accessing current academic findings. However, by publishing academic articles in open access journals instead, faculty at colleges and universities can play an important role in making it easier, and less expensive, for the public, media, and local leaders to read their work. This requires faculty to make different choices and a concurrent shift in how academic departments evaluate faculty publications.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published in The Blue Review by Boise State University. This work is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 license. Details regarding the use of this work can be found at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/.
Publication Information
Cordova, Memo and Sherman, Amber. (2017). "The Undue Cost of Academic Publishing: Democratizing Information Access". The Blue Review, .
