
Scholarly Communication
About Us
The Scholarly Communication Department at IU Bloomington Libraries provides infrastructure and services to support the IU community in creating, sharing, and preserving their scholarly work. We believe that equitable access to research and information is foundational to the production of knowledge, and are dedicated to supporting this principle within the IU community.
Across all IU regional campuses, we support Open Scholarship with impact/metrics consultations, an open journals publishing platform, OER consultations and publishing support, and a publishing service. We also manage IU Bloomington's institutional repository, IUScholarWorks.
For IU Bloomington affiliates, our department offers assistance with open access policy compliance and funding for open access publishing.
Quick Links
Quick Links
Helpful Resources
- Open ScholarshipIU Libraries' support for authors and researchers workign wtih open scholarship.
- Scholarly Communication BlogRead blogs from our team.
- Open Access GuideGuide to resources for researchers, instructors, and students on using open access resources.
- Open Educational Resource GuideGuide to resources for students and other researchers.
- Open Access Publishing SupportGuide for authors looking to publish research in open formats.
- IUScholarWorksIndiana University's institutional repository.
- IUScholarWorks OpenSearch tool for materials in IUScholarWorks.
- IU Data CoreIU Libraries' support for researchers looking to preserve their data in open formats.
- Open Access Policy ComplianceInformation for researchers looking to publish wtih open scholarship.
Our Team
Karen Stoll Farrell
Director, Scholarly Communication and Open Publishing Associate Librarian
(812) 855-5647
Haley Janelle Norris
Open Education Librarian Assistant Librarian
(812) 856-0023
Willa Liburd Tavernier
Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian Assistant Librarian
(812) 856-1122
Latest Stories
BlogThe IU Libraries’ Course Material Fellowship Program is now accepting applications from faculty at the IU Bloomington, IUPUI, IUPUC, and IUFW campuses for the 2021-2022 academic…
BlogOpen Access in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies
In recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched IU Bloomington’s research and…May 25th, 2021
NewsIU Open Access Publishing Partnerships
Under a new collaborative deal, Indiana University authors with articles accepted in the highly-selective PLOS Biology or PLOS Medicine between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2023 are eligible to publish with no membership fees (also known as Article Processing Charges, or ACPs). In a similar three-year agreement with Cambridge University Press, IU authors will have uncapped open access publishing of eligible and accepted research with no additional costs to authors.March 9th, 2021
BlogThe Scholarly Communication Department Welcomes New Graduate Student
We are happy to welcome our newest graduate student, MarQuis Bullock. MarQuis is a new master’s student in the Information and Library Science Program (ILS) in the School of…February 22nd, 2021
BlogNavigating Course Material Services at IU Libraries
In response to the ongoing global public health crisis, universities across the country are embracing remote learning models that utilize digital resources. With most instruction…February 3rd, 2021
BlogCourse Material Transformation Fellowships Awarded
The Scholarly Communication Department is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of the 2021 Course Material Transformation Fellowship Program. The IUB Libraries and IUPUI…February 1st, 2021
BlogMuseum Anthropology Review: A New Era & A New Double Issue
The Scholarly Communication Department is pleased to announce a new double issue of Museum Anthropology Review (MAR) published for the first time by Indiana University Press. MAR…November 25th, 2020
BlogApplications for Course Material Fellows Accepted until December 1
According to the most recent survey data from the College Board, the average full-time, on-campus undergraduate student at a four-year school is estimated to have spent $1,240 on…November 20th, 2020
BlogIUSW Chalk Talks Explain Information Creation in Academia
IUScholarWorks houses course materials for numerous lectures and seminars across campus. While this content is typically created for a specific class discussion, many of these…November 12th, 2020
BlogWelcome Alexus Hunt, Project Coordinator of IU’s Course Material Transformation Fellowship
We’re excited to announce that Alexus Hunt has joined the Scholarly Communication Department as the Project Coordinator for our new Course Material Transformation Fellowship…October 26th, 2020


