| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.36 |
| Liaison | Marianella Franklin |
| Submission Date | Jan. 10, 2023 |
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.67 / 2.00 |
Marianella
Franklin Director of Sustainability The Office For Sustainability |
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?:
Website URL where the open access repository is available:
A brief description of the open access repository:
ScholarWorks is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material. Repositories are important tools for preserving an organization's legacy; they facilitate digital preservation and scholarly communication.
ScholarWorks@UTRGV is the institutional repository for UTRGV and provides open access to journal articles, theses and dissertations, conference presentations, datasets, and unique materials related to faculty projects. ScholarWorks is hosted on bepress Digital Commons, a widely used repository platform.
Communities in ScholarWorks:
-Institutional Repository
Pursuant to Board of Regents rule 90101, the copyrights of scholarly works are retained by their authors. By depositing their work into the collection, the author is granting UTRGV the limited, nonexclusive right to upload and preserve the work in question, which may include the creation of copies.
-School of Medicine
Materials unique to the School of Medicine
-University Archives
Materials from the University Library's Special Collections and Archives
-University Publications
Publications made at UTRGV, including digitized books and other projects.
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?:
A copy of the institution's open access policy:
The institution's open access policy:
Institutional Repository Policy (ScholarWorks) https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/about.html
Institutional Repository Policy
Pursuant to Board of Regents rule 90101, the copyrights of scholarly works are retained by their authors. By depositing their work into the collection, the author is granting UTRGV the limited, nonexclusive right to upload and preserve the work in question, which may include the creation of copies.
Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
A brief description of the open access APC fund:
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?:
A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
Due to the unique position of UTRGV, some departments may be inclined to create a specialist journal that deals with regional or unique issues. The University Library can support this goal by hosting the journal and its workflow in Open Journals System (OJS).
The University Library will only host journals that adhere to the code of conduct of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). Indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals is a recommended path to ensure journal quality and integrity.
The Journal of Epistolary Studies
JES aims to be the premier publication venue for all scholarship epistolary, publishing quality research in all areas of letters and letter writing. It is an articles-only journal published bi-annually in the spring and fall.
Río Bravo: A Journal of the Borderlands
Educational Borderlands: A Bilingual Journal
Educational Borderlands (EBBJ, ISSN 2475-1677) is a peer-reviewed journal examining educational borders, both literal and figurative. The scope is interdisciplinary, bicultural, transnational, and bilingual/multilingual. English and Spanish content.
Contemporary Research in Disability and Rehabilitation
The Contemporary Research in Disability and Rehabilitation (CRDR), is a peer-reviewed open access journal, published electronically on a quarterly basis by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. This journal is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration by publishing innovative qualitative and quantitative empirical research germane to disability, rehabilitation counseling, allied health, and other disability-related fields. In addition to original empirical research, the CRDR publishes conceptual manuscripts, position papers, comprehensive literature reviews, intensive case studies, and research critiques.
More information: https://utrgv.libguides.com/scholcomm/journals
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:
Additional information site:https://utrgv.libguides.com/scholcomm/journals
Additional information site:https://utrgv.libguides.com/scholcomm/journals
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