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Open Access

This guide highlights open access initiatives at the University of Northern Colorado as well as provides background information on the open access movement and resources.

Open Data

Open Data (non-textual materials, including datasets, statistics, transcripts, survey results, and the metadata associated with these objects) is research data that:

  1. Is freely available on the internet;
  2. Permits any user to download, copy, analyze, and re-process data
  3. Is without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

Open Access Directory of Data Repositories is one source to locate Open Data.  Options for storing research data can be found on the Research Data Management guide. Open Data storage options include Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC.

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge.