Overall Rating	Gold - expired
Overall Score	69.87
Liaison	Cindy Shea
Submission Date	Dec. 23, 2020

STARS v2.2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.00 / 2.00	Elaine Westbrooks University Librarian and Vice Provost - University Libraries Provost

"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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://cdr.lib.unc.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:

The Carolina Digital Repository is UNC's Open Access institutional repository. It provides long-term access and safekeeping for scholarly works, datasets, research materials, records, and audiovisual materials produced by the UNC-Chapel Hill community. The CDR expands the reach and impact of research and brings Carolina's scholarhship to the world.

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:

Open_Access_Policy.pdf

The institution's open access policy:

---

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

Yes

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:

---

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:

https://guides.lib.unc.edu/open-access-and-scholarly-communications
Information about open access journal hosting is available via websites, FAQs, and dedicated librarians.

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:

---

Additional documentation to support the submission:

---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

---

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.