Whereas: The Faculty Senate adoption of the “Revised Resolution on Open Access and Scholarship” in 2010 called for a “Task Force on Scholarly Publications and Authors’ Rights; and

Whereas: Open access, access to scholarly publications and author’s rights continue to be at the forefront of both intramural and extramural deliberations; and

Whereas: The implications for both dissemination and access to scholarly works are critically important for the academic life of our faculty.