| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.02 |
| Liaison | Christine Bruckner |
| Submission Date | Jan. 24, 2025 |
Illinois State University
AC-8: Responsible Research and Innovation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
6.00 / 7.00 |
Christine
Bruckner Assistant Director Office of Sustainability |
8.1 Published ethical code of conduct for research
Online location of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
Copy of the institution’s ethical code of conduct for research:
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8.2 Recognition of integrated, community-based, and extra-academic research
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize integrated research:
"The University recognizes the scholarship of discovery, the scholarship of integration, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the scholarship of application. The scholarship of discovery contributes to the stock of human knowledge and involves the pursuit of new knowledge for its own sake. The scholarship of integration interprets, draws together, and brings new insight to bear on research findings. The scholarship of teaching and learning focuses on the discovery, integration, and application of knowledge specifically with respect to educational processes in higher education. The scholarship of application brings knowledge to bear on significant practical problems and societal issues, and thus leads to new knowledge as such applications are tested, evaluated, and refined."
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize integrated research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to community-based research?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize community-based research:
The following is extracted from the promotion and tenure guidelines for the evaluation of scholarly and creative activities:
"The University recognizes the scholarship of discovery, the scholarship of integration, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the scholarship of application. The scholarship of discovery contributes to the stock of human knowledge and involves the pursuit of new knowledge for its own sake. The scholarship of integration interprets, draws together, and brings new insight to bear on research findings. The scholarship of teaching and learning focuses on the discovery, integration, and application of knowledge specifically with respect to educational processes in higher education. The scholarship of application brings knowledge to bear on significant practical problems and societal issues, and thus leads to new knowledge as such applications are tested, evaluated, and refined. The scholarship of application can include community-engaged scholarship that involves the faculty member in a mutually beneficial community partnership and is academically relevant work addressing disciplinary concerns, fulfilling campus and community objectives, and/or sharing discipline-specific authority with community partners."
The following specific criteria are also listed:
"7. Community-partner reviewed/refereed presentations and papers delivered at local, regional, national, and international meetings; "
"18. Producing policy documents for community partners or legislators that apply disciplinary knowledge to the proposed policy;
19. Providing evidence that peer review from community partner(s) has enhanced scholarship and provided reciprocal benefits to the community partner(s). "
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize community-based research cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Does the institution have published promotion or tenure guidelines or policies that give explicit positive recognition to research impact or reach outside of academic journals?:
Description or text of the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that explicitly recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals:
Below are select contributions indicated in the promotion and tenure process under the evaluation guidelines and criteria for scholarly and creative activity:
"4. Production and presentation of radio and television works; films and videos; or podcasts, websites, blogs, and other digital content that contribute to the scholarly or creative discipline;
18. Producing policy documents for community partners or legislators that apply disciplinary knowledge to the proposed policy;
19. Providing evidence that peer review from community partner(s) has enhanced scholarship and provided reciprocal benefits to the community partner(s)."
Do the promotion/tenure guidelines or policies that recognize research impact or reach outside of academic journals cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
If Yes to any of the above, provide at least one form of evidence (website URL or document). If reporting on multiple guidelines or policies, provide the best available example and/or a website that provides an overview of promotion/tenure for academic employees.
Copy of the institution’s promotion/tenure guidelines or policies:
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8.3 Inter-campus collaboration for responsible research and innovation
Description of the institution’s inter-campus collaborations for responsible research and innovation:
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8.4 Support for open access publishing
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access repository:
ISU ReD: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/
ISU ReD collects and provides current and long-term access to the research and scholarship of the faculty, staff, and students of Illinois State University. This growing institutional repository of articles, reports, electronic theses and dissertations, data sets, and other digital assets reflects the diversity of the research, scholarship, and creative activities of the ISU community.
Does the institution have one or more published policies that require its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
Do the open access policies cover all of the institution’s research-producing academic divisions?:
Text or online location of the institution’s open access policies:
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Copy of the institution’s open access policies:
Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the open access APC fund:
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies matches up to $350 per faculty member to support publication costs, exhibition fees, and open access fees. Colleges and departments match for a total of up to $1,050. This program cannot be used to pay for the publication of works by publishers known to use unscrupulous or predatory tactics. Additional details are included in the application. https://ilstu.infoready4.com/
Does the institution negotiate or participate in transformative open access agreements that are consistent with ESAC guidelines?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s transformative open access agreements with publishers:
The institution has negotiated open access publishing agreements with a variety of academic publishers. Milner Library currently administers agreements with the following publishers: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) (2024-2026); ACS (American Chemical Society) (2024-2026); Annual Reviews (Jan. 2023-Dec. 2024); Cambridge University Press (Jan. 2021-Dec. 2023; Jan. 2024-Dec. 2026); Company of Biologists (Jan. 2023-Dec. 2025); IOP (Institute of Physics) (Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2026); Microbiology Society (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2024); MIT Press (July 2023-June 2024); Royal Society of Chemistry (Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2026); Sage Publications (Jan. 2024-Dec. 2026); and Taylor & Francis (Jan. 2023-Dec. 2025). Although not registered with ESAC, these agreements are close to cost-neutral and allow ISU authors to retain copyright of articles published open access. Given Milner Library’s flat budget, the approach to negotiating these agreements has been to commit to a similar spend if the publisher will include additional “read” access and/or open access publishing APC waivers. Some agreements provide for unlimited open access publishing, others are capped based on historic publishing. Some agreements allow for publishing in hybrid or gold OA journals, other agreements only cover hybrid journals.
A listing of current agreements is here: https://guides.library.illinoisstate.edu/scholarlycommunication/agreements.
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