Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.63
Liaison Amy Kadrie
Submission Date Jan. 6, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Rochester
AC-11: Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Karen Berger
Ph.D.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:
38

Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:
38

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A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:
The University's policy does not allow extramural research support that would impose a fundamental limitation on the freedom to publish or otherwise limit, restrict or censor the dissemination of research results. Adopted April 17, 2007

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A copy of the open access policy:
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The open access policy:
The University is committed to maintaining a teaching and research environment that fosters open research and exchange of ideas, encourages the creation and dissemination of new knowledge and promotes academic freedom. It is the policy of the University that it cannot accept extramural research support that would impose a fundamental limitation on the freedom to publish or otherwise limit, restrict or censor the dissemination of research results. A fundamental limitation is defined as any publication restriction other than a temporary restriction only to ensure that there is no inadvertent disclosure of proprietary information and/or to ensure that any patent rights are protected.

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The website URL where the open access repository is available:
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A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
The Library is in the process of establishing a formal policy. In the meantime, they generally follow the best practices laid out by the Association of Academic Library’s SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) organization.

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The website URL where information about open access to the institution's research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Guidelines for URMC at http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/libraries/miner/publishing/NIHPublicAccessPolicyMinerLibrary.cfm (for NIH-runded research)

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