OA 101: Open Access, Visibility, and Research Impact: An Introduction

Speaker: Rachel Borchardt, Scholarly Communication Librarian, American University

There are many visibility and impact benefits associated with publishing open access research, but researchers do not always prioritize open access when disseminating research. However, visibility and impact are vital to researchers, as well as grant funders and research institutions. In this webinar, we’ll discuss the relationships between open access and impact, starting with traditional scholarly impact metrics and moving into other types of impact, as well as the current landscape of research promotion and visibility. Aligning open access advocacy with researcher incentives as well as recent impact initiatives and movements will also be discussed.

Recordings of each session will be made available afterward. These sessions are intended to provide lightweight professional development for librarians whose work intersects with open access or may do so in the future.

These sessions are open to anyone working in libraries, and participants can register here. SPARC membership is NOT required, and our goal in this series is to support the wider community, particularly those at institutions with fewer resources to support OA-related work.