Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.23
Liaison Maria Dahmus
Submission Date June 21, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of St. Thomas
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Meg Manahan
Associate Director for Collection Management & Services
University of St. Thomas Libraries
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How many of the institution’s research-producing divisions are covered by a published open access policy that ensures that versions of future scholarly articles by faculty and staff are deposited in a designated open access repository? (All, Some or None):
None / Don't Know

Which of the following best describes the open access policy? (Mandatory or Voluntary):
Voluntary (strictly opt-in)

Does the institution provide financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges?:
No

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted, any incentives or supports provided, and the repository(ies) used:
The university libraries provide support and assistance in loading articles into the university's open-access repository

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
The university does not have a formally adopted open-access policy, though we do have an open access repository.

None
The website URL where the open access repository is available:

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of scholarly articles published annually by the institution’s faculty and staff that are deposited in a designated open access repository (0-100):
4

A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
The open access repository is funded and supported by the libraries. The libraries have a library guide on Open Educational Resources which includes information about open access to research. The library liaisons consult with faculty on their research and on open access publishing options. Our discovery layer offers access to open access repositories.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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