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June 14, 2022
On Campus

Open Access

Professors Leverage OhioLINK benefits to Save Students Money and Make Research More Available

, the statewide academic library consortium, recently awarded more than $17,000 to 29 faculty members from 15 Ohio colleges to help them learn about teaching with no-cost course materials versus traditional textbooks. The announcement was part of the celebration that took place this spring.

Wittenberg is a member of  which, as part of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, manages initiatives that reduce the cost of attending college in Ohio. Suanne Barthol, assistant professor of business at Wittenberg and newly named recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, received an Open Educational Resources (OER) mini grant for her open, adaptable course materials that will be free for students taking her Business 365 Manage Effective Organizations class next school year.

鈥淜risten Peters in our Wittenberg library had shared the information, and I applied because I was intrigued about how I could design the course while also cutting down on costs,鈥 said Barthol, who received a grant for $600. 鈥淚 was one of 29 faculty members selected to participate in the pilot program. Thus far, the grant has required participating in an online course during the month of March, designing a syllabus by the end of May, and then committing to integrating the OER course materials into a class during the 2022-2023 school year. I will definitively be using it for the BUSN 365 鈥 Managing Effective Organizations course.鈥 

Another cost-savings measure through OhioLINK was the publishing of an open-access article by Travis Proctor, assistant professor of religion. Proctor is the first Wittenberg author to take advantage of a deal that OhioLINK staff negotiated with Cambridge University Press to publish an open-access article. It would have cost $3,255 to publish this article in Cambridge鈥檚 OA journal without this OhioLINK arrangement.

According to its website, open access increases the visibility of research by removing pay walls for readers and is considered to be a more equitable approach to academic content because research is made available regardless of an institution鈥檚 or author鈥檚 ability to pay for access. The immediate availability of open access research results in more citations for authors and broader dissemination of cutting-edge scholarship.

According to Proctor, his article, 鈥淗ospitality, not Honors: Portraits and Patronage in the Acts of John,鈥 explores how an ancient Christian text argues for important changes in how monetary offerings (i.e., donations) should be handled as part of ancient religious practice, as well as how religious leaders should honor (or not honor) those who financially support religious communities. The article was published with Harvard Theological Review in February 2022. 

鈥淗aving the article published open access was important to me because it makes my work more accessible to a general audience, as well as academics who might not have access to journals through a university library,鈥 he said. 鈥淥hioLink and Wittenberg鈥檚 support for open-access publishing signals an important investment in democratizing the knowledge that we produce as scholars, and making sure that more people can be a part of the conversation.鈥

For more on the OhioLINK-Cambridge opportunity, click .

Cindy Holbrook
Cindy Holbrook
Senior Communications Assistant

About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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