UMass Amherst Libraries Announce International Open Access Week Programming

The UMass Amherst Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week, October 21-27, 2024, with two events focusing on open access publishing: “Taking Advantage of the ACM Agreement to Publish Open Access” on Monday, October 21, 4-5 p.m., in the Science and Engineering Library Learning Studio, and “Taking Advantage of Open Access Publisher Agreements in the Humanities and Social Sciences” on Tuesday, October 22, 4-5 p.m., in Room 2601 of the W. E. B. Du Bois Library. Both events are free and open to all.

“Taking Advantage of the ACM Agreement to Publish Open Access” will focus on how UMass Amherst authors can publish their Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) conference proceedings and journal and magazine articles with open access licenses at no cost to them under an agreement between ACM and the Libraries.

“Taking Advantage of Open Access Publisher Agreements in the Humanities and Social Sciences” will detail how UMass Amherst authors can publish their articles and books with open access licenses at no or very reduced cost to them under agreements the Libraries have with various publishers.

The Libraries provide funding to over 15 publishers so UMass authors can publish open access without cost after going through editorial and peer manuscript review. These agreements represent partnerships with journal and monograph publishers, including Association for Computing Machinery, Cambridge University Press, Company of Biologists, MIT Press Direct to Open, Peer J, PLOS, Punctum Books, and University of Michigan Fund to Mission.

The Libraries are committed to open and to building a community of open scholarship for public knowledge.