University Libraries - Scholarly Impact

The University of Iowa Libraries’ new open access agreement with Springer Nature offers university-affiliated corresponding authors unlimited open access publishing in Springer’s hybrid journals portfolio without payment of article […]

“No fees, no caps, no limits, no hassle.” Faculty across the Big Ten Academic Alliance gain unprecedented access and publishing freedom in Springer hybrid journals.  The Big Ten Academic Alliance has signed a two-year Open Publishing […]

The University of Iowa Libraries has funded 12 OpenHawks grant proposals, which will support faculty efforts to replace or avoid high-cost textbooks with Open Educational Resources (OER) for enhanced student success. The projects, which […]

The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce an open access agreement with IWA Publishing, an internationally recognized publisher of peer-reviewed research on water, wastewater. and related environmental fields, and subsidiary […]

Are you concerned about lowering students’ textbook costs? Do you wish you could develop your own course resources to enhance your teaching? If so, you might consider applying for the OpenHawks grant program at the University of […]

Monday, Feb. 10, marks the start of International Love Data Week 2025! Love Data Week (Feb. 10–14) is a celebration of data, including data science and data management, held around Valentine’s Day every year. This year’s theme […]

International Open Access Week 2024 is here! This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization” —and from Oct. 21 to 27, the Libraries is highlighting some of the many ways you can leverage community resources and support to […]

International Open Access Week 2024 is here! This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization” —and from Oct. 21 to 27, the Libraries is highlighting some of the many ways you can leverage community resources and support to […]

International Open Access Week 2024 is here! This year’s theme is “Community over Commercialization” —and from Oct. 21 to 27, the Libraries is highlighting some of the many ways you can leverage community resources and support to […]

During the week of Oct. 21–27, 2024, the University of Iowa Libraries is celebrating International Open Access Week by sharing updates and information about all things open access. In the Libraries’ Scholarly Impact Department, we get […]

The University of Iowa Libraries has awarded 11 OpenHawks grants for the development of open educational resources (OER). OpenHawks is a campuswide grant program that funds faculty efforts to replace or avoid high-cost textbooks with OERs […]

Have you heard the news? Iowa Research Online (IRO) is new and improved! Staff at the University of Iowa Libraries have been hard at work on a new interface that goes way beyond the traditional institutional repository. We’re the first […]

Do you need a data management and sharing plan (DMSP) for your grant proposal? The University of Iowa Libraries Research Data Services can help! Brian Westra, data services librarian, is available to help you create a data management plan […]

The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce a new transformative agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP), an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media in genetics and […]

Are you looking for a way to enhance your teaching, save your students money, and contribute to the global knowledge commons? If so, consider applying for the OpenHawks grant program at the University of Iowa.  Over the last several […]

The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to announce a new read and publish agreement with John Benjamins Publishing Company, an independent academic publisher of books, journals and online resources in linguistics and the language […]

The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce a new read and publish agreement with the Geological Society of London (GSL), effective through Dec. 31, 2025. The agreement grants: All actively published GSL hybrid journals and […]

The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce a new open access agreement with the Biochemical Society, effective through Dec. 31, 2026. The agreement, negotiated through the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), guarantees full […]

The University of Iowa Libraries are pleased to announce an expanded open access agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), effective Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2026. The agreement expands our limited 2023 agreement, […]

Take note, aspiring animators: We’re officially 95 years out from Mickey Mouse’s 1928 debut, which means that Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy are fair game for future use. Each year on Jan. 1, enthusiasts watch as a new bevvy of works […]