| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 59.76 |
| Liaison | Lindsey MacDonald |
| Submission Date | June 6, 2023 |
Western Washington University
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Ashley
Olson Data Ambassador Sustainability Engagement Institute |
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:
Western CEDAR makes the research, scholarship, and creative works of WWU faculty, staff, and students easily discoverable and freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Mission
CEDAR advances the university’s commitment to enriching academic inquiry and strengthening communities by sharing the expertise and creativity of its faculty, students, and staff. CEDAR serves as a platform to disseminate and promote the research, scholarship, and creative works of Western faculty, students, staff, departments, centers, units, institutes, and programs. By showcasing scholarly and creative works, CEDAR facilitates their global discovery and promotes open access and sustainable scholarly communication.
Priorities
CEDAR priorities include:
Faculty and staff scholarship, including but not limited to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, gray literature, research data, and grant progress reports
Sponsored, instructor-selected, or peer-reviewed undergraduate and graduate student scholarship, original research, and creative works
Journals and conferences affiliated with Western’s faculty, students, and staff
Content created, managed, and/or stewarded by Western Libraries units that use CEDAR as an effective dissemination tool to meet their programmatic or legal responsibilities
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:
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:
This program provides up to $2,200 to assist with manuscript preparation and publication, of which up to $1,800 may be used to pay open-access fees. Allowable costs include indexing, licensing fees for copyrighted materials, page charges, open-access fees, and figure preparation. Professional editing costs for books (but not journal papers) is also supported.
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:
CEDAR is Western's open access, institutional repository, which collects and shares research and creative work. It is readily accessible to all faculty, students, and staff.
WWU faculty, staff, and students who have questions about the process for having an open access journal hosted on CEDAR are advised to reach out to the Scholarly Communications Librarian. Journal setup may begin with filling out a vendor-created intake form that seeks information on journal type, formatting and workflow needs, type of reviewing, journal design, and more. Library professionals help support, offer advice, and guide the requestors through the process.
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:
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