The Library Open Access Publishing Fund, an educational opportunity to increase Brock University engagement in open access publishing, is now open for 2015-16.<\/p>\n
Researchers may apply for grants from the $10,000 fund to cover article processing charges (APCs) levied by some open access journals. Full information, eligibility criteria and application forms are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to the fund, the Library is pleased to support open access memberships which allow Brock researchers to publish in open access journals for a reduced fee \u2013 or for free. <\/span><\/p>\n The Library memberships support researchers publishing in:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022<\/span>\u00a0Open Library of the Humanities<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 no APCs for authors;\u00a0publishing funded by library subsidies\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0<\/span>Hindawi Publishing Corporation<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 no charges for any articles submitted by Brock authors\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0<\/span>Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 10% discount on APCs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0<\/span>SAGE Choice Open Access model<\/span><\/a><\/span>— 40% discount on APCs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0<\/span>NRC Research Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0— reduced fees of $1,500 per article\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n