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Every campus appears to be “in the know” when it comes to open access, yet many of us “in the trenches” at our university libraries know that not to be the case. Often what is closer to reality is that there are many pockets of disparate knowledge on campus that need to be harnessed and reconciled in order to truly develop a program that benefits the whole. This poster will describe Rowan University’s current Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives that conference attendees may use as templates for programs at their institutions. Rowan University’s recent designation as a Carnegie Classification R3 research institution has been a catalyst to propel the university libraries’ many robust, burgeoning OA/OER initiatives. The Campbell Library at Rowan University has been actively working to promote open access in a variety of ways, actively working with both deans and university administration to promote OA projects. We will describe the many efforts that have been established through collaborations and partnerships that have been new for our community. Additionally, we will illustrate some of our outreach events as a way to highlight the topic campus wide. Initiatives to be highlighted include recruiting faculty and student publications for Rowan University’s institutional repository, the addition of OA enhancements to the library website’s discovery services, addition of OA and OER content to the libraries’ website, ongoing education and outreach efforts for faculty and students, including access to resources such as the SPARC website, Open Textbook Network, Open Science Framework, and instruction on the difference between good and bad open access journals. Major Changes at Rowan Rowan University has undergone several major changes to its institutional structure over the last several decades. With the significant donation of $100 million from Henry M. Rowan to establish and fund the College of Engineering in 1992, a culture of expansion and growth developed. This growth mindset led to the eventual acquisition of two medical schools, the Cooper Medical School at Rowan University (CMSRU), an allopathic institution, and Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, an osteopathic medical school, in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Following these mergers, the institution began to expand exponentially by adding several doctoral programs and increasing enrollment from 10,000 students to over 16,250 in the past three years. This enrollment also required the hiring of 176 new tenure track faculty and a goal to hire an additional 100 faculty. From its origins as a teacher’s college, the institution has evolved into a newly designated R3 research university with a strong emphasis in STEM education and disciplines. Open Access Initiatives As the university has grown, so has the need for access to resources. This pressing need began to include discussions about open access and what it would mean for Rowan University faculty, students, and researchers. The Rowan University Libraries, therefore, have worked with several entities on campus to develop an Open Access Initiative to increase awareness of these publishing and research opportunities. The initiative began with the development of the Institutional Repository collections, which include researcher profiles, selected works, research data sets, as well as open access articles, ETDS, OER books, and other scholarly works. As this collection grew, the library developed a LibGuide on OER explaining what is available to the university and how open access works. In June 2017, Rowan University Libraries hired its first scholarly communication and data curation librarian with a focus on working with the Institutional Repository team and partners across campus. One of these partners was the Office of Research, particularly their Office of Proposal Development, which assists faculty

Nothing is Linear About Open Access Initiatives: Promoting OA at a New Research Institution