Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	54.81
Liaison	Jennifer McLaughlin
Submission Date	May 26, 2023

STARS v2.2

South Dakota State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.67 / 2.00	Jennifer McLaughlin Sustainability Intern Facilities and Services

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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://openprairie.sdstate.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:

Open PRAIRE is the SDSU open access institutional repository. The repository is maintained by the Hilton M. Briggs Library with the goal of collecting preserving and disseminating the intellectual and creative output of SDSU faculty, staff, and students while supporting the ongoing mission of South Dakota State as a land grant University.

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?:

Yes

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

Public-Access-Policy.pdf

The institution's open access policy:

The University’s Public access policy requires deposit of federally sponsored research to comply with federal funding requirements. The policy encourages deposit of all other work. This can be seen in section 3d and 3e of the policy.

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:

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:

We host several open access journals through our hosted Digital Commons repository.

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:

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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