Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.94
Liaison David Greenwood
Submission Date Nov. 12, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Lakehead University
AC-11: Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
-- 0.00 / 2.00 Brett Sharman
Coordinator
Instructional Development Centre

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Although Lakehead University does not yet have an open access policy, it does have an institutional repository called ThunderSpace. The purpose of this repository is to showcase, preserve and present the scholarly output of the university to the world. The repository includes theses, research articles by university scholars, technical reports, presentations, photographs, audio and video files and other campus publications. The repository aims to provide persistent and centralized access to research, scholarship and creative activities originating from the university, to promote research and collaboration at the university and beyond, and to collect and provide access to the intellectual life of the university.
http://lurepository.lakeheadu.ca/

It is also important to note that from 2014 Canada’s federal granting agencies (Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)) requires grant recipients to ensure that any peer-reviewed journal publications arising from agency-supported research are freely accessible within 12 months of publication, either through the publisher's website (Option #1) or an online repository (Option #2).
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NSERC-CRSNG/policies-politiques/Tri-OA-Policy-Politique-LA-Trois_eng.asp

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