Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 65.31
Liaison Amanda Whittingham
Submission Date Oct. 22, 2024

STARS v2.2

Fanshawe College
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Donna Sevenpifer
Research Advisor; Librarian
Library Learning Commons; Centre for Research & Innovation
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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://first.fanshawec.ca/

A brief description of the open access repository:

Fanshawe College has facilitated access to an institutional repository called FIRST since 2018. We are currently transitioning to a new platform called ALMA. All content posted to FIRST will still be available. The college is also in the process of setting up an institutional data repository called Borealis. All content in ALMA will be open access. All metadata will be openly available; associated data sets will be made open when appropriate.


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:
a201.pdf

The institution's open access policy:
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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:
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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:

The college provides access to open access journals through the library's digital collection, but does not provide publishing support to its employees.


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://first.fanshawec.ca/

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