Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.94
Liaison Jen Maxwell
Submission Date Dec. 5, 2023

STARS v2.2

Appalachian State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00
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Open access repository

Does the institution offer repository hosting that makes versions of journal articles, book chapters, and other peer-reviewed scholarly works by its employees freely available on the public internet?:
Yes

Website URL where the open access repository is available:
http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
Appalachian State University hosts scholarly content in NC DOCKS, an institutional repository that is shared between ten constituents of higher education in the University of North Carolina system. Appalachian's repository can be found here: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/

Content that is ingested into the IR must comply with copyright laws, and both student and faculty work are represented in our database.

Open access policy

Does the institution have a published policy that requires its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
Appalachian's Faculty Senate recommended the drafting of an Open Access Policy for the University. The Open Access Policy Task Force drafted this policy, which advocated for the archiving and publishing of faculty scholarship in the IR and the recognition of open access publications for the purposes of promotion and tenure.
An Open Access policy was adopted by Library faculty in Spring 2021, as evident in Attachment 8 (p. 39) of this document: https://library.appstate.edu/sites/default/files/library_faculty_guidelines_2021_04_28.pdf

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
No

APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
No

A brief description of the open access APC fund:
No, the Open Access Policy Task Force advocated for an APC Fund and asked the administration to provide funding support at the Provost level. To date, the University has not formally adopted the Policy.

Open access journal hosting

Does the institution provide open access journal hosting services through which peer-reviewed open access journals are hosted on local servers with dedicated staff who provide publishing support at no (or minimal) cost?:
Yes

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
Interest in publishing open access journals is limited at Appalachian. To date, we have three journals that are hosted by the University. The open access journal hosting services are hosted through the main campus' central IT service unit. The service provided includes building and hosting a website. Publishing support is provided by the Office of Scholarly Communications and includes consultative services on copyright, publishing agreements, and logistics. The library is investigating the possibility of purchasing a publishing platform to better support journal publication once the demand grows sufficiently to justify the cost. The URL for Scholarly Communications is: https://library.appstate.edu/digital-scholarship-initiatives/scholarly-communications-and-publishing

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of peer-reviewed scholarly works published annually by the institution’s employees that are deposited in a designated open access repository:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
https://library.appstate.edu/digital-scholarship-initiatives/scholarly-communication-and-publishing/open-access

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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