Resources for Faculty

Open access (OA) refers to published scholarly material freely available online without subscription or paywall barriers. This allows anyone to access, read, and use the content, promoting wider dissemination of knowledge. Open access can apply to articles, books, data sets, and other forms of scholarly work.

Common Open Access Pathways
The most common Open Access (OA) pathways by which to make your scholarly material openly accessible are Gold Open Access and Green Open Access.

• Gold Open Access refers to research published in an Open Access journal or platform, making the final published version freely available immediately upon publication. Some Gold OA journals require the authors to pay an article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, when their manuscript is accepted.
• Green Open Access is when an author deposits a version of their work (usually a preprint or postprint) in an institutional repository, subject-specific repository, or a public database.

Dupré Library can help you publish and share your research, data, scholarly communication and creative works at no cost to you.

Open Access publishing agreement with Cambridge University Press

Dupré Library covers the cost of an author's article processing charge (APC) to Cambridge University Press. If you are affiliated with University of Louisiana at Lafayette, you can publish your article Open Access - at no cost to you - in gold and hybrid journals. Easily check your eligibility to publish OA under this agreement, and the journals available to you, by using the eligibility checker tool.

View Cambridge Core (Cambridge University Press Journals)

Scholars Hub, UL Lafayette's Institutional Repository, is a digital archive of scholarly work produced by University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty, staff, students, research centers, and faculty emeriti. It is designed to highlight the university's academic output and institutional records in an open access setting, enhancing visibility and research opportunities. The repository typically includes a variety of materials such as research articles, theses, dissertations, conference papers, and other academic contributions from the university community.

For content submissions or inquiries, email repositories@louisiana.edu

Access the Scholars Hub at scholarshub.louisiana.edu

Data Hub, UL Lafayette's Data Repository, is a digital platform designed to store, manage, and share datasets generated by University of Louisiana at Lafayette faculty, staff, students, research centers, and faculty emeriti. The repository provides organized and curated datasets from various types of data, including structured, unstructured, raw, and processed formats. Its goal is to promote open access by enhancing transparency and reproducibility, enabling broad access to research data for collaboration and reuse.

For data submissions or inquiries, email repositories@louisiana.edu

Access the Data Hub at datahub.louisiana.edu