| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.25 |
| Liaison | Audrey McSain |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2020 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Lehigh University
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.00 / 2.00 |
Alan
Snyder Vice President and Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies Research & Graduate Studies |
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):
Which of the following best describes the open access policy? (Mandatory or Voluntary):
Does the institution provide financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges?:
A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted, any incentives or supports provided, and the repository(ies) used:
The Lehigh Libraries implemented and is fully operating the Lehigh Preserve to archive all Faculty and Lehigh publications. The Fritz Laboratory Reports are fully digitized and available through the Lehigh Preserve: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/
This year the libraries added 1273 new research articles for a total of 11,028 submissions in the repository and had over 409,825 downloads this year of research by other institution.
A copy of the institution's open access policy:
The institution's open access policy:
Not mandatory and faculty deposit into the Lehigh Preserve is on a voluntary basis.
The website URL where the open access repository is available:
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):
A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
The Libraries are educating Faculty about the research publication process by offering advice on copyright contracts with publishers and encouraging the review of the Faculty's copyright contracts. This year Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle offered a panel discussion of faculty discussing their scholarly publications and placing their publications in scientific archives and other online archives as well as the Lehigh preserve, the Lehigh institutional repository.
The Libraries are trying to encourage more Faculty to deposit their research in the Lehigh preserve to archive their work and provide global access to their work. The Libraries are digitizing more Lehigh resources- conference papers, working papers and other Lehigh publications.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
See the Lehigh research and scholarly articles that are available currently: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/
See the Lehigh research and scholarly articles that are available currently: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/
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