Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.94
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date April 30, 2014
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Oregon State University
AC-11: Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Brandon Trelstad
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Office
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Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:
144

Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:
144

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:

There have been various open access policies and resolutions adopted at OSU. The most recent and most comprehensive policy covers all OSU scholars and was adopted in 2013.

OSU OA history summary:
In 2005, Faculty Senate passed an Open Access resolution.
Beginning in 2007, all university theses and dissertations are deposited to the ScholarsArchive@OSU open access digital repository.
In March 2009, University Library Faculty pass first library faculty OA policy in world.
In March 2010, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences faculty pass OA policy.
In April 2011, in anticipation of the merger with COAS, the Department of Geosciences faculty pass OA policy.
In 2011, College of Forestry faculty pass OA policy.
In August 2011, OSU becomes a member of the Coalition for Open Access Policy Institutions.
In November 2011, OSU signs the Berlin Declaration on Open Access .
In 2011, the entire history of Extension and Experiment Station Communications publications is available open access in ScholarsArchive@OSU.
Inaugural Class of Open Access 'Hall of Famers' was established in 2011 to acknowledge those who have worked to make OSU scholarship freely available online.
In June 2013, Faculty Senate passed an Open Access policy.

Reference URLs:
http://oregonstate.edu/senate/agen/reports/2005/06d.html
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/handle/1957/10850
http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/facultystaff/files/Open_Access_Policy.pdf
http://deansoffice.forestry.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/memo254CollegeofForestryOpenAccessPolicy.pdf
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/osu-signs-berlin-declaration-open-access
http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/inaugural-class-open-access-hall-famers


A copy of the open access policy:
The open access policy:
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The website URL where the open access repository is available:
A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:

The Valley Library hosts ScholarsArchive@OSU, which is Oregon State University's digital service for gathering, indexing, making available and storing the scholarly work of the Oregon State University community. It also includes materials from outside the institution in support of the university's land, sun, sea and space grant missions and other research interests.


The website URL where information about open access to the institution's research is available:
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