Texas Tech University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

ThinkTech is an online publishing and archival service for the Texas Tech University community that scholars may use to distribute and archive their scholarly works with no limitations on content or format. ThinkTech also provides access to materials that traditional publications cannot.

Texas Tech University is a member of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). The Libraries require journals to be open access. “All journals supported by the TTU Libraries must be openly available to the public and have open licensing which meets the full requirements of the Budapest Open Access Initiative, such as Creative Commons. Individual licenses may be left up to the editors and/or authors of each journal.” Policies - Open Access Journals https://guides.library.ttu.edu/oajournals/policies
Current SPARC Members - SPARC https://sparcopen.org/who-we-are/members/

The Open Access Publication Initiative is funded by the Office of Research and Innovation and is intended to help increase the research profile of Texas Tech faculty as well as promote future collaborations. The funding available should be used to help authors and colleges/departments defray the cost of open access publication fees and expedite the dissemination of research findings. Awards will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be limited to up to $1,000 per publication, per faculty member, per academic year. Faculty members may apply for an unlimited number of awards, but may only receive up to $1,000 per year.

Texas Tech University Libraries provides support for the publication and dissemination of scholarship from the Texas Tech Community, including support for increased access to TTU research through editorial, technical, and publisher services for local Open Access Journals.