Library Guides: OA / OER Toolkit: Resources

Creative Commons Non-profit organization that promotes open access and content sharing. Use out of box Creative Commons licenses to specify how material you create can be used by others. Use the Creative Commons search tools to find reusable content on the web.
COAR Confederation of Open Access Repositories "A global knowledge infrastructure, based on worldwide networked open access digital repositories."
COPE (Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity) "Supports equity of business models for open access publishing."
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals. Includes information for publishers and an API.
GitHub Open code development and collaborative platform with build in version control.
OAI-PMH Open archives initiative protocol for metadata harvesting. Infrastructure and standards for repository interoperability.
OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories.
PLOS Article Level Metrics "Comprehensive set of impact indicators that enable numerous ways to assess and navigate research."
Project Open Data Collection of code, tools, and case studies developed by the US Government to "help agencies adopt the Open Data Policy."
RoMEO Statistics Data and graphics on publisher Open Access policies by country.
SHERPA/FACT Funders and authors Open Access compliance tool.
SHERPA/ JULIET Database of research funders' Open Access policies.
SHERPA RoMEO Maintained by the University of Nottingham, this tool demystifies publisher copyright & self-archiving policies.
SPARC Article-Level Metrics Primer Introduction to new tools used to "quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used" in a changing publishing landscape.
SPARC Open Access Fund Implementation Templates for institutions developing Open-Access fund programs.
Tools for teaching and learning (GMU) Open source tools for teaching and learning developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at GMU.
UC Open Access Policy Toolkit Joint initiative of the California Digital Library and UC system to provide an infrastructure to support participation in the UC Open Access Policy.

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