01814nam a22002057a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280400010000691000021000792450121001005000034002215201145002556530029014006530030014296530055014596530038015146530036015527000020015889465OCLRC20260730103744.0210505t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aOCLRC  aWical, Stephanie  aOpen access and promotion and tenure evaluation plans at the University of Wisconsin�Eau Claire.cStephanie Wical.  a10.1080/00987913.2017.1313024  aDepartment and program evaluation plans at the University of Wisconsin�Eau Claire were examined to see if these documents provide evidence that could be used to justify supporting the publication of peer-reviewed open access articles toward tenure and promotion. In an earlier study, the authors reveal that faculty members at the University of Wisconsin�Eau Claire are more unaware of open access publishing than their counterparts at larger universities. These findings dovetail with other studies that show that faculty members are reluctant to publish in open access journals because of concerns about the quality of those journals. The existing body of scholarship suggests that tenure-line faculty fear publishing in open access journals because it could adversely impact their chances of promotion and tenure. The authors of this current study sought to determine if department and program evaluation plans could influence negative perceptions faculty have of open access journals. The implications of this study for librarians, scholarly communication professionals, tenure-line faculty, departments, and programs are addressed.  aopen access publishing,   ascholarly communication,   aUniversity promotion and tenure evaluation plans,   alibrary and information studies,   ainformation & library sciences,  aKocken, Gregory