Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	60.54
Liaison	Jane Stewart
Submission Date	March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Washington and Lee University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.33 / 2.00	K.T. Vaughan Hal F. and Barbara Buckner Higginbotham University Librarian University Library

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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://dspace.wlu.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:

The Washington and Lee University Digital Archive serves to preserve, share, and enhance the use of materials owned or created by WLU and members of its community by making these materials available in a digital format. Faculty, students, and staff can submit their scholarship. Our archive does not accept data sets and accompanying files. However, preserving and providing open access to such data is essential to further research and is a key value of the scientific community, so we encourage you to place your data in a repository designed specifically for data. This archive is maintained by the University Library.

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?:

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

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The institution's open access policy:

N/A

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:

Yes

A brief description of the open access APC fund:

The Provost's office has limited support for publication costs of faculty research. Made possible by the generous gift of the Class of 1956, this fund can be used to support typical publication costs including publication fees, indexing, images, and so forth. Use this online form to submit a request. Typical awards range between $250 and $2,000 (max). All faculty are eligible for support, though priority will be given to junior faculty and first publications.

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?:

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:

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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:

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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:

https://wlu.libanswers.com/undergradfaqs/faq/399123

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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