| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.40 |
| Liaison | Margaret Lo |
| Submission Date | June 12, 2023 |
Ball State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Amy
Petts Library Assessment Manager University Libraries |
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Open access repository
Yes
Website URL where the open access repository is available:
A brief description of the open access repository:
Cardinal Scholar, Ball State University’s open access institutional repository, is managed and locally hosted by Ball State University Libraries using the DSpace open source repository management software. The repository serves as the primary public access point for electronic thesis and dissertations created by Ball State University students and currently includes over 10,000 such works. In addition, the repository hosts open access faculty, student, and staff research and University records and publications. Faculty, students, and staff may upload preprint scholarly works directly through the repository platform. Ball State University’s Office of Digital Research and Publishing actively solicits contributions to the repository and educates the campus community regarding the benefits of open access through consultative services, programming, and outreach campaigns.
Open access policy
No
A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
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Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
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APC fund
Yes
A brief description of the open access APC fund:
The Reprint / Publication Support Program offered by the Sponsored Projects Administration’s Aspire Program specifically assists with funding article processing charges. The Aspire Program provides support for expenses associated with publication, reprints, article processing or open access charges, and page charges. Work must have been accepted for publication or published in a refereed or other scholarly journal. Support can be used for open access, peer-reviewed publications listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals or for publication in-subscription journals that allow some articles to become available openly based on a published fee schedule (sometimes known as hybrid open access).
Open access journal hosting
Yes
A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
Through the Office of Digital Research and Publishing, Ball State University Libraries operates an instance of Open Journal Systems, an open source open access journal publishing software platform that is hosted for us through the Public Knowledge Project. We are currently working with student and faculty editors/editor groups on the Ball State University campus to publish 10 peer-reviewed academic journals in an open access environment. The University Libraries provides publication management and guidance consultative services, journal formatting services, metadata creation services, and publishing services to advance the publishing of open access journals using Open Journal Systems. University Libraries assumes all costs related to the hosting of these 10 titles. The Libraries is actively seeking to expand this program and publish other titles edited by Ball State University scholars.
Optional Fields
30
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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