Open Access Publishing | RIT Libraries

Open Access publishing provides a viable alternative to traditional publishing for authors who wish to make their work freely available around the world. RIT Libraries supports the Open Access movement by maintaining an institutional repository, publishing Open Access journals, and entering into read-and-publish agreements (also known as "transformative agreements") with publishers.

Open Access Journals

Explore open access journals and books published by RIT that provide free and instant access to full-text research online. Readers can download, copy, distribute, print, and link to articles at no cost to them or to their institutions.

For information on providing open access to articles and other materials published elsewhere, visit the Digital Institutional Repository website. For more information about the process of submitting to or creating an open access publication, contact Nick Paulus.

For information on open access publishing fee waivers (also known as Article Processing Charges, or APCs), through our read-and-publish/transformative agreements visit our Open Partnerships infoguide.

Further questions about Open Access in general, as well as predatory publishing, can be directed to Frances Andreu.

RIT Digital Institutional Repository

The RIT Digital Institutional Repository contains open access, full-text (or equivalent) products of the research, scholarly, and creative pursuits of RIT’s faculty, staff, and students.

For information about what is accepted to the DIR and how to submit your work, visit the DIR FAQ page or contact Frances Andreu.

More information about self-archiving is available on the Fair Use & Copyright page.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials and resources that are freely accessible to use, adapt, and share. This can include, but is not limited to, formats such as: