Overall Rating Bronze
Overall Score 38.36
Liaison Marga Martinez
Submission Date Oct. 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Oakton College
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Charmaine John
Sustainability Specialist
Facilities
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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://researchguides.oakton.edu/oaktonauthors

A brief description of the open access repository:

Archives and Oakton Authors online guide, Archives of Oakton can be searched easily


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:

Yes, Oakton provides open access journal access to anyone who is a student, faculty, staff member can access anything in the many databases. Individuals can request materials through interlibrary loan for free from almost 90 participating libraries. Individuals can also meet with research librarians for more support.


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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