Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.17
Liaison James Gordon
Submission Date May 31, 2022

STARS v2.2

Thompson Rivers University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 James Gordon
Zero Waste and Environmental Programs Coordinator
TRU Sustainability Office
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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://tru.arcabc.ca/

A brief description of the open access repository:
TRUSpace is TRU’s own institutional repository, and allows the library to begin archiving and making accessible the research and local resources that make the university so unique. The acceptance of content will be staged to allow for the establishment of proper procedures, policies and to ensure that content is optimized for discovery. TRUSpace ensures that TRU meets the open access mandates put forth as part of all tri-council grants. The University Library is excited to be able to bring this resource to life, and believes it holds great promise for putting TRU and Kamloops on the proverbial and literal map.
https://tru.arcabc.ca/

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:
TRU provides free, open access journal publishing through Open Journal Systems (OJS - https://libguides.tru.ca/ojs; direct link: https://publishing.bceln.ca/).
TRU community members can start, open and access/peer-reviewed journals through OJS, which is provided by the British Columbia Electronic Library Network, a library consortium (BCELN; https://bceln.ca/services/shared-services/publishing). Journals are stored on BCELN servers. TRU librarians also support journal editors with establishing journals and troubleshooting at no cost.

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://libguides.tru.ca/openaccess

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Details about this section provided by Erin May, TRU Scholarly Communications and Liaison Librarian.

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