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Scholarly Communication

THE ISSUES

Costs

Journal price increases are outpacing library budgets and limiting access to research. Find out more about costs...

Author's Rights

Scholars relinquish control of their own work by signing over intellectual property rights. Find out more about author's rights...

New Publishing Models

Dissatisfaction with the existing scholarly communication system has led to the development of new publishing models, including open access and digital repositories. Find out more about new publishing models...

UIC Initiatives

UIC has taken many steps to address scholarly communication issues. For more details about the initiatives listed below, click here.

Preserve Rights to Your Work

CIC Statement on Publishing Agreements and Author's Addendum (.doc)

Read Provost Tanner's Analysis of Scholarly Publishing

Copyrights and the Paradox of Scholarly Publishing

Institutional Repository

INDIGO, UIC's institutional repository is an online collection of the research and scholarship of faculty, students, and staff at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Open Access Publishing

The UIC Library provides support for open access publishing using the OJS software, Journals@UIC

UIC Institutional Memberships

The UIC Library supports UIC authors publishing in open access journals via institutional memberships