Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	66.23
Liaison	Jody Jones
Submission Date	March 18, 2024

STARS v2.2

Mount Royal University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.00 / 2.00	Courtney Stange Administrative Assistant Institute for Environmental Sustainability

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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://mruir.mtroyal.ca/xmlui/

A brief description of the open access repository:

A digital showcase of the research, scholarship, effective teaching materials, and other intellectual contributions of the MRU community, as well as materials from our University Archives and Special Collections.

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:

Open_Access_Policy.pdf

The institution's open access policy:

See attached.

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?:

Yes

A brief description of the open access APC fund:

The Library currently offers an open access fund to support scholarly publishing by MRU authors. This new initiative aims to support our authors in the open dissemination of their research by reimbursing eligible open access fees related to publishing their research.

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 Library maintains an open access journal system and currently hosts several journals maintained by students and faculty of our university using the popular Open Journals Systems platform. Members of the MRU community who are interested in establishing an OA journal can contact Richard Hayman, Digital Initiatives Librarian, at rhayman@mtroyal.ca.

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://library.mtroyal.ca/researchsupport/faculty/openaccess

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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