All guides: Open scholarship: Open scholarship at RMIT

RMIT Open scholarship policy

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Open education
A guide to open education, including open teaching and creation of open educational resources (OER).
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Find open educational resources for your subject area, including textbooks, case studies, images, videos, interactive simulations and virtual labs. Includes information on Creative Commons licences.
Open access publishing
Introduces open access, its benefits, the different models, article processing charges, policies and resources, and open access at RMIT University.
Open research
Find out how to incorporate open research practices to the entire research cycle.

RMIT Open Press has publications to step you through creating, adopting or adapting open educational resources for your course.

OER Capability Toolkit
The OER Capability Toolkit provides Australian tertiary educators with a fundamental understanding in the use and creation of OER.
RMIT Open Publishing Toolkit for Authors
Your guide to publishing with RMIT Open Press: planning your publication; preparing your manuscript; and working with the RMIT Open Publishing Team.

Open Educational Resources (OER) library guide
Find open educational resources for your subject area, including textbooks, case studies, images, videos, interactive simulations and virtual labs. Includes information on Creative Commons licences.
Contact the Teaching Support Team
Contact the Library for assistance finding open resources to include in your Reading Lists or in Canvas.

OER Capability Toolkit
Start here for the fundamentals of creating and using OER. This guide covers copyright and Creative Commons licensing; how to find, evaluate, adopt and adapt existing OER; and creating your own OER.
RMIT Open Publishing Toolkit for Authors
Your guide to publishing with RMIT Open Press: planning your publication; preparing your manuscript; and working with the RMIT Open Publishing Team.
RMIT Open Press
RMIT Open Press has a growing catalogue of books by RMIT authors. You can publish your own on the platform with full support of the Library Open Publishing Team.
Contact the RMIT Open Publishing Team
Ready to start? Have questions? Contact the RMIT Open Publishing Team.

Open Access Publishing library guide
Introduces open access, its benefits, the different models, Article Processing Charges, policies and resources, and Open Access at RMIT University.
Library Read and Publish Agreements
Publish directly to open access with no transactional Article Processing Charges (APCs). 
RMIT Research Repository
Make your ERA-reportable publications findable and accessible in the RMIT Research Repository.

Open Research library guide
Find out how to incorporate open research practices to the entire research cycle.
Research data management
Make your research data findable and accessible with Figshare at RMIT.