Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 39.53
Liaison Ellie Perry
Submission Date July 27, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

California State University, Dominguez Hills
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Ellie Perry
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Services
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How many of the institution’s research-producing divisions are covered by a published open access policy that ensures that versions of future scholarly articles by faculty and staff are deposited in a designated open access repository? (All, Some or None):
All

Which of the following best describes the open access policy? (Mandatory or Voluntary):
Voluntary (strictly opt-in)

Does the institution provide financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges?:
No

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted, any incentives or supports provided, and the repository(ies) used:
The Academic Senate passed an Open Access Resolution (FPC-18-01) in March of 2018 encouraging all faculty to submit open access scholarship to CSUDH ScholarWorks after acceptance for publication and to publish in peer-reviewed journals that allow open access archiving. The CSUDH library also offers information and guidance on Open Access here: https://libguides.csudh.edu/openaccess

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
The institution's open access policy:
FPC 18-01 Resolved: that the Academic Senate encourages faculty members to publish in peer-reviewed journals that allow open access archiving of pre or post print versions or peer-reviewed journals that are entirely open access; and be it further Resolved: That the Academic Senate encourages faculty members to negotiate a nonexclusive, irrevocable, non-commercial, global license to exercise any and all rights under copyright in agreement with publishers for each of their scholarly works; and be it further Resolved: That the Academic Senate encourages faculty members to submit open access scholarship to CSUDH ScholarWorks after acceptance for publication; and be it further Resolved: That the distribution list include Faculty, Deans, Department Chairs and Program Coordinators and the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

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The website URL where the open access repository is available:

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Estimated percentage of scholarly articles published annually by the institution’s faculty and staff that are deposited in a designated open access repository (0-100):
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A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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