| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 49.07 |
| Liaison | Janna Cohen-Rosenthal |
| Submission Date | July 3, 2023 |
University of Massachusetts Boston
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Dennis
Swinford Director of Campus Planning & Sustainability Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability |
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:
ScholarWorks at UMass Boston is a digital repository for the research, creative and scholarly contributions of faculty, staff, researchers, and students at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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:
"The Faculty of the University of Massachusetts Boston (“UMass Boston”) is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In keeping with that commitment, the Faculty adopts the following policy: Each Faculty member grants to UMass Boston nonexclusive permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles for the purpose of open dissemination. More specifically, each
Faculty member grants to UMass Boston a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid up, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same. The policy applies to all scholarly articles authored or co-authored while the person is a
member of the Faculty except for any articles completed before the adoption of this policy and any articles for which the Faculty member entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement before the adoption of this policy.
The Provost or Provost’s designate will waive application of the license for a particular article or delay access for a specified period of time upon express direction by a Faculty member.
Each Faculty member will provide an electronic copy of the author’s final version of each article no later than the date of its publication at no charge to the appropriate representative of the Provost’s Office in an appropriate format (such as PDF) specified by the Provost’s Office.
The Provost’s Office may make the article available to the public in an open access repository. The Office of the Provost, in consultation with Faculty Council, will be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving disputes concerning its interpretation and application, and recommending changes to the Faculty from time to time. The policy will be reviewed after three years and a report presented to the Faculty"
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:
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:
UMass Boston's ScholarWorks hosts a number of peer-reviewed open access journals. Current journals and conference proceedings are available to access at https://scholarworks.umb.edu/peer_review_list.html
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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