UW Libraries Support for Open Access

Latest update: April 24, 2012

Open Access Journals: the UW Libraries provides support for authors who publish their work in open access journals:

Public Library of Science (PLoS): UW Libraries' membership in PLoS provides UW faculty a 10% discount on publication fees; full fees can be seen at http://www.plos.org/publish/pricing-policy/publication-fees.
Springer science, medicine and technology open access journals:

BMC (BioMed Central): UW Libraries' membership in BMC provides UW faculty a 15% discount on article-processing charges.
SpringerOpen: UW Libraries' membership in SpringerOpen provides UW faculty a 15% discount on article-processing charges.

SCOAP³(Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics): UW Libraries has signed on as a supporter of SCOAP³. When the SCOAP³ business model becomes reality, current subscription fees will be redirected to the consortium, which will pay centrally for the peer-review service. No author fees will be involved.

Open Access Journal Hosting: using Open Journal System software, UW Libraries offers journal hosting services free of charge.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. UW Libraries is a full member of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy International Association, which helps fund open access to the Encyclopedia.

ArXiv: UW Libraries has been a supporter of the Sustainability Initiative since 2010.
PubMed Central (PMC): In 2005, PMC was designated the repository for papers submitted in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy. The UW Libraries provides UW faculty assistance in understanding the NIH Public Access Policy as well as other services for authors who must comply with this policy.
UW ResearchWorks repository service: ResearchWorks is the open access institutional repository hosted by the University of Washington Libraries:

UW faculty and student publications can be archived free of charge in ResearchWorks.

Approximately 1,000 pre-2010 dissertations are open access with recently-acquired authors' persmission.
The UW Libraries has partnered with the UW Graduate School on the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) program, which will result in most theses/dissertations becoming available open access immediately or within 2 years, with no charge to the students.