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viii Contents Negotiating Your Publication Agreement 28 Conclusion 31 References 31 Chapter 4 Open Access (OA) Publishing 33 Introduction to Open Access (OA) Publishing 33 Conclusion 42 References 42 Chapter 5 The Challenges and Controversies of OA Publishing 45 Faculty and Researchers’ Awareness and Perceptions of OA Repositories 46 Faculty Views and Participation Rates in OA Repositories 47 ­ Factors that Affect Faculty & Researchers’ Participation in OA IR 48 Additional Individual Traits that Influence Faculty Participation in OA Repositories 51 Hindering ­Factors that Influence Faculty and Researchers’ Participation in OA Repositories 53 Statistically Significant ­ Factors that Affect Faculty Participation in OA IR 56 Conclusion 58 References 59 Chapter 6 Open Educational Resources (OER) 63 Overview 63 Defining Open Educational Resources 64 Locating Open Educational Resources 65 Benefits to Using OER in the Classroom 66 Faculty Perspectives Regarding OER 67 Initiatives to Scale OER on Campus 70 Opportunities for Scholarly Communications Departments 70 Conclusion 70 References 71 Part Two Building a Scholarly Communications Department/Team 73 Chapter 7 Building and Maintaining a Scholarly Communications Department 75 Introduction 75 Definition of Scholarly Communications 76