Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 42.20
Liaison Tracy Harvey
Submission Date Dec. 21, 2023

STARS v2.2

Loyola University Maryland
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.67 / 2.00
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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?:
No

Website URL where the open access repository is available:
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A brief description of the open access repository:
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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:
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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:
Loyola Notre Dame Library (LNDL) has access to over 300,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers in print and electronic formats.
https://www.lndl.org/search/journals
https://www.lndl.org/search (links to access articles, books, databases, e-books, and streaming media can be found here)

Loyola Notre Dame Library is a member of the USMAI Library Consortium, which provides: professional development, shared print retention, access to MD SOAR (an open access repository), a centrally-hosted and shared library system, and a shared collection with statewide lending of over 11 million items with core group-licensed e-resources. Loyola students, faculty, staff, and administrators can take advantage of the benefits of this membership at no cost.
https://usmai.org/

LNDL also offers dedicated library staff who provide publishing support at no cost. LNDL has a Copyright Information Center, which provides education about copyright matters to faculty, staff, and students through online help guides, individual consultations, and workshops. The Copyright Information Center is designed to explain U.S. Copyright laws and how they apply to basic copyright questions that arise in the course of academic work.
https://www.lndl.org/help
https://www.lndl.org/help/copyright-info

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:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Please note: Loyola University Maryland shares it's library with Notre Dame University of Maryland. https://www.lndl.org/

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