Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	71.07
Liaison	Julien-Pierre Lacombe
Submission Date	March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

École de Technologie Supérieure
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	0.67 / 2.00	Marie Stewart Mrs Library Services

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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://espace2.etsmtl.ca/

A brief description of the open access repository:

The institutional repository Espace ÉTS for publications was launched in 2012, coinciding with ETS's signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge. Espace ÉTS aims to contain bibliographic records for every publication by ETS professors, and the full text is included when possible and provided by the professor. The repository is indexed in Google Scholar and OpenDOAR. In 2019 there were 24,955 downloads of the 991 documents available (an average of 25 downloads per document).

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?:

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

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The institution's open access policy:

An Open access policy is currently in the works. It figures in the PADD 2020-2022, action 15 : https://www.etsmtl.ca/docs/ets/gouvernance/documents/developpement-durable-plan-daction.

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:

A brief description of the open access APC fund:

There was an Open access fund at the library from 2013 to 2018, but the budget was cut to instead concentrate efforts on encouraging deposits in the institutional repository.

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?:

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:

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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:

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:

https://bibliotheque.etsmtl.ca/Services/Communication-scientifique/Libre-acces

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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