| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.69 |
| Liaison | Margaret Lo |
| Submission Date | Dec. 16, 2015 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Ball State University
AC-11: Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Augusta
Isley Senior Proposal Manager Sponsored Projects Administration |
Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:
Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:
A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:
Ball State University maintains a web-based platform for open access to the research products of its faculty and students. The platform is called Cardinal Scholar and makes available some 30,000 documents ranging from theses, to dissertations, to research publications -- all of which are searchable by subject, date, and author.
Date Revised: Feb. 17, 2016
A copy of the open access policy:
The open access policy:
Cardinal Scholar is a project of the Ball State University libraries, which announced its most recent platform upgrade on October 21, 2014. At that time, the system was made more accessible for searches, authentication processes, record counts, the breadcrumb trailing of web searches, as well as a streamlined process for document posting/deposit – among other new features. Ball State University also provides internal funding to offset publication costs via the Aspire Faculty Reprint Support program.
Beyond these adopted practices, the university follows all federal policies for assuring public access as required with all federal funding such as the NIH Open Access Policy and the (forthcoming) NFS Open Access Policy.
Date Revised: Feb. 17, 2016
The website URL where the open access repository is available:
Date Revised: Feb. 17, 2016
A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
Ball State's Beneficence Press provides an online forum for faculty, staff and students to share their research in an open access format.
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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