Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Matthew Liesch
Submission Date Oct. 15, 2020

STARS v2.2

Central Michigan University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.67 / 2.00 Timothy Peters
Associate Dean/Libraries
Library Dean's Office
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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:
https://scholarly.cmich.edu

A brief description of the open access repository:
The collection holds 1,624 documents comprising of 143,912 pages made by faculty, staff and students of Central Michigan University. The categories are divided by faculty/staff research, undergraduate research, graduate research (theses and dissertations) and “Other Materials,” which range from music scores to geology to Michigan-specific articles.

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:
NA

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:
CMU does not have a fund for open access article processing charges, but faculty can apply to the Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors (FRCE) Publication and Exhibition fund to defray some of the expenses where faculty can receive up to $1,000 to help cover such costs. The RCE guidelines have been attached under documents in the optional fields section.

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?:
No

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
NA

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:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
FRCE_Publication_Exhibition_Cost_Guidelines_2019-2020-1.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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