{"127341":{"#nid":"127341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Hear  Open Access Policy Progress Report","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA draft open access policy regarding peer-reviewed, scholarly research published by faculty at Tech is ready for input from faculty, according to a progress report given during the April 24 meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her presentation, Ellen Zegura, co-chair of the subcommittee on open access and a professor in the School of Computer Science, explained that many of Georgia Tech\u2019s peer institutions, including Duke and Princeton, already have such policies in place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn open access policy would allow faculty members to retain some copyrights to their research publications and have the option to place them in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESMARTech\u003C\/a\u003E repository \u2014 which is accessible to anyone in the world,\u201d Zegura said. \u201cFaculty members could opt out if they weren\u2019t interested in participating. But those who did would benefit, since some journals only allow for open access if the faculty member\u2019s institution has an official policy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZegura and the other subcommittee members are eager to get feedback from the campus community and will hold a series of town halls (further information about the town halls and open access will be in a future issue of The Whistle). For more information about the policy, email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ewz@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EZegura\u003C\/a\u003E or co-chair \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:swm@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteve McLaughlin\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other meeting news:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChanges to the Institute\u2019s Conflict of Interest and Outside Professional Activity Policy were approved to comply with recent changes to the Public Health Service regulations on Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research. The changes relate to the definition of significant financial interest, extent of investigator disclosure, investigator training and reporting of reimbursed or sponsored travel. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFollowing discussion at the Feb. 21 meeting, the committee charged with revising the Freshman Admission Statement was asked to alter the new statement so that students would not be required to \u201cprovide substantial evidence\u201d of their potential to \u201cembrace the diverse campus community.\u201d In the revised version, which was approved, the wording requiring students to provide evidence has been removed. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPer discussion at the Feb. 21 meeting, the committee charged with developing an official statement regarding excused absences during final exams was asked to reword its proposed statement to provide more flexibility. In the revised version, which was approved, there is a stipulation that the Student Academic and Financial Affairs Committee may be petitioned to grant exceptions. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe newly elected Student Government Association presidents and vice presidents were introduced: Eran Mordel and Amit Khanduri are undergraduate president and executive vice president, and Michael Kirka and Gareth Guvanasen are graduate president and executive vice president.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view the agenda for this meeting and the supporting documents for each agenda item, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA draft open access policy regarding peer-reviewed, scholarly research published by faculty at Tech is ready for input from faculty, according to a progress report given during the April 24 meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A draft open access policy regarding peer-reviewed, scholarly research published by faculty at Tech is ready for input from faculty, according to a progress report given during the April 24 meeting of the General Faculty and Academic Senate."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-04-30 09:37:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/","title":"Faculty Governance"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"32271","name":"conflict of interest and outside professional activity policy"},{"id":"32261","name":"excused absence statement"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"12022","name":"faculty governance"},{"id":"32251","name":"freshman admission statement"},{"id":"3232","name":"open access"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}