Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.84
Liaison Paulina Szlachta
Submission Date May 6, 2024

STARS v2.2

St. Lawrence College
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Jadon Hook
Sustainability Officer
Facilities Management 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://librarysearch.stlawrencecollege.ca/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01OCLS_STLAW:STLAW

A brief description of the open access repository:

The St. Lawrence College library offers the ability to host open-access articles published by members of the SLC community, through the collections feature of our integrated library system (ILS), ALMA, called ALMA-D (digital). Currently, this institutional repository is used primarily for the Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Psychology Applied Theses, where we have 2008-present available for public access. The library provides lists of available Open Access journals via our A-Z Resource list, with the Subject filter set to “Open Access & Education Resources”. We link-check and research for additions to this list before the start of every academic year, as well as make additions on request throughout the year.


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:

Policy overview: The purpose of the SLC Institutional repository is to provide a place to host and make discoverable and accessible faculty and student-created scholarly works. Works are stored in a cloud-based repository, described/arranged by the library, and made publicly available through the Page 1+ search platform. All submissions must be reviewed carefully to ensure copyright and licensing obligations are met.


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:

The St. Lawrence College library offers the ability to host open-access articles published by members of the SLC community, through the collections feature of our integrated library system (ILS), ALMA, called ALMA-D (digital). Currently, this institutional repository is used primarily for the Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Psychology Applied Theses, where we have 2008-present available for public access. The library provides lists of available Open Access journals via our A-Z Resource list, with the Subject filter set to “Open Access & Education Resources”. We link-check and research for additions to this list before the start of every academic year, as well as make additions on request throughout the year.


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://stlawrencecollege.libguides.com/oer

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

We just don't have a written out policy for open access.


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