Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.04
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2016
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STARS v2.0

University of South Carolina
AC-11: Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Namita Koppa
Assistant Director for Program Management
Office of Sustainability
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Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:
15

Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:
0

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A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:
USC does not have an open access policy; however, University Libraries does promote the use of open access repositories including DOAJ, Digital Commons Network, JURN, and Google Scholar.

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A copy of the open access policy:
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The open access policy:
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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:
University librarians and the office of the VP of Research provide materials for faculty letting them know how to provide open access to research and scholarly journals and articles. The website and one-on-one consultations with University Libraries provide opportunities for faculty to consider providing free access to their work.

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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:
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