# Publishing strategy guide

**Source**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/publishing/open
**Parent**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/publishing/data

[Open access makes research outputs](https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/open-access/home) freely available online to read, download and use without the licensing restrictions usually in place on published works. Making outputs openly available ensures that a wider audience can read and use them, including researchers who don't have access via journal subscriptions.

**Open access at UNSW:**

UNSW requires all staff and HDR candidates who are engaged in research to make their published Research Outputs openly available under a CC-BY license in the university's institutional repository, UNSWorks, upon publication. 

**Find out more:**

[UNSW ​Open Access Policy](https://www.unsw.edu.au/governance/policy/browse-a-z#search=open%20access&sort=relevance&startRank=1&numRanks=0)

[Open Access Guide](http://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/open-access)

[UNSWorks](https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/home)