Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 40.09
Liaison Allison Jenks
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

New Mexico State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.67 / 2.00 Katherine Terpis
Interim Dean/Associate Dean
NMSU Library
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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://library.nmsu.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
NMSU library system has built collections in water and desert topics in particular since a great number of research and education is done in the areas relating to our Chihuahuan desert. They have particular sections all throughout the library as opposed to collections in one central place that relates to sustainability. They subscribe to many databases that are in reference to climate change, wildlife and ecology studies, water, and environmental topics.

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:
NMSU does not have an actual published policy; instead we follow State Law (The Inspection of Public Records Act, NMSA 1978, Chapter 14, Article 2) that makes all our written publications and research open access and in the public record. See link to Act below

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?:
No

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
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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:
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