Collaborating Across Campus to Advance Open Access Policy Compliance

In 2018, the Data and Scholarly Communication Services Unit (DSCS) at the University of Colorado Boulder began implementing two open access (OA) policy workflows with the aim of increasing content in the institutional repository CU Scholar, expanding awareness of the campus OA policy that was passed in 2015, and decreasing the burden on researchers for participation in the policy. DSCS leveraged collaborative relationships with other library departments and campus units in order to mobilize the data, infrastructure, procedures, and documentation to execute these workflows. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) workflow identifies existing open access publications by CU Boulder faculty and mediates deposit in order to make them available in CU Scholar. The liaison outreach workflow partners with liaison librarians to request from faculty preprints and author’s final manuscripts of publications in which the publisher version may have copyright restrictions. At present, the DOAJ workflow has resulted in 754 articles deposited in CU Scholar, and the liaison outreach workflow has resulted in 91 articles deposited. Each of these workflows pose challenges that have required flexibility, experimentation, and clear communication between stakeholders. This case study, which includes detailed descriptions of both open access policy workflows, initial results, and plans for future implementation, may serve as a guide for other institutions wishing to adopt and/or adapt institutional repository workflows and forge collaborative relationships to further open access initiatives in their local context

Rural School District Leadership and Governance: Eating Your Veggies to Stay on the Balcony

School board trustees and superintendents must navigate overlapping roles and intersectional identities when engaging in rural school district governance work. If these individuals are not clear about the scope of their role and do not have a common understanding about the importance of high expectations for all, lack of coherent governance can negatively impact their district. Recently, one school district in rural Idaho has experienced phenomenal success. The district is in a very different place than it was just a little over five years ago. In this article insights are shared about the governance practices of trustees and the superintendent that supported their improvement

2019 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: An Update on Open Access Practices Based on Data from 2018-2019

Using data from 2018-2019, this report is the first annual update to the “State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018”: https://doi.org/10.25810/vprn-v113. It includes analyses of open access (OA) journal publishing, OA repository usage, and open data practices by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). Data used to produce this report can be found here: https://doi.org/10.25810/A8X5-K692 Key findings from this report include: 9.63% of all articles published in 2018 by CU Boulder authors were published in full OA journals, which is down slightly from 10.20% in 2017; In 2018, the CU Boulder Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totalling $91,041.36 for 57 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals (up from$51,984.56 for 37 articles in 2017); As of July 2019, there were 10,638 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository (up from 7,732 at the time of the previous report), and these items were downloaded a total of 625,325 times in 2018 (up from 477,695 in 2017); The percentage of faculty publications in the CU Scholar institutional repository doubled from 9% in 2017 to 18% in 2018; In the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA), faculty reported 56 published data sets in 2018 (up from 33 in 2017) with 34 of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (up from 16 in 2017); The Libraries registered 112 DataCite DOIs for published data sets in 2018, which was the first year this service was provided

State of Open At the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018

This report is an attempt to quantify, to the greatest extent possible given available data and methods, the current “State of Open” at CU Boulder. In addition to this initial effort to capture data on the OA activities underway at CU Boulder since 2012 when the Libraries first began coordinated efforts in this space, this report will serve as a baseline from which to measure future progress toward a more open research landscape on campus. Data used to produce this report can be found here: https://doi.org/10.25810/znb1-3k90 Key findings from this report include: ● 10.20% of all articles published in 2017 by CU Boulder authors were published in full OA journals; ● From 2013 to 2017, the Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totalling $163,522.40 for 116 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals; ● As of April 2018, there were 7,732 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository run by the Libraries, and these items were downloaded a total of 477,695 times in 2017 alone; ● Published data sets became a reportable scholarly activity in the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities in 2014, and faculty reported 33 data sets in 2017 (up from 12 in 2014) with 16 of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)

2020 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: An Update on Open Access Practices Based on Data from 2019

Using data from 2019, this report is the second annual update to the &ldquo;State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018&rdquo;: ​https://doi.org/10.25810/vprn-v113​. It includes analyses of open access (OA) journal publishing, OA repository usage, and open data practices by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). Data used to produce this report can be found here: ​https://doi.org/10.25810/p5fa-y621​. Key findings from this report include: 9.95% of all articles published in 2019 by CU Boulder authors were published in full OA journals, which is up slightly from 9.63% in 2018; In 2019, the CU Boulder Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totalling $100,588.42 for 65 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals (up from$91,041.36 for 57 articles in 2018); As of January 2020, there were 11,426 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository (up from 10,638 at the time of the previous report), and these items were downloaded a total of 760,400 times in 2019 (up from 625,325 in 2018); In the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA), faculty reported 65 published data sets in 2019 (up from 56 in 2018) with 44 of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (up from 34 in 2018) and 56 identifying a formal data repository (reported for the first time in this report); The Libraries and its partners registered 197 DataCite DOIs for published data sets in 2019 (up from 112 in 2018). </div

2022 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: An Update on Open Access Practices Based on Data from 2021

Using data from 2021, this report is the fourth annual update to the &ldquo;State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018&rdquo;: https://doi.org/10.25810/vprn-v113. It includes analyses of open access (OA) article publishing activities, OA repository usage, and data publishing practices by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). Data used to produce this report can be found here: https://doi.org/10.25810/tt4b-9v88 Key findings from this report include: 62% of articles published in 2021 by CU Boulder authors are available via some type of OA (Gold, Green, Hybrid, or Bronze) (up from 60% at the time of the 2020 report); In 2021, the CU Boulder Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totaling $89,761 for 53 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals (up from$57,769 for 34 journal articles in 2020); At the end of 2021, there were 13,791 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository (up from 11,810 in 2020), and these items were downloaded a total of 39,393 times in 2021 (down from 43,236 in 2020); In the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA), faculty reported 92 published data sets in 2021 (up from 65 in 2020) with 76 of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (up from 50 in 2020) and 68 citations identifying a formal data repository (up from 54 in 2020); The Libraries and its partners registered 416 DataCite DOIs for published data sets in 2021 (up from 320 in 2020).</p

2023 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: An Update on Open Access Practices Based on Data from 2022

Using data from 2022, this report is the fifth annual update to the &ldquo;State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018&rdquo;: https://doi.org/10.25810/vprn-v113. It includes analyses of open access (OA) article publishing activities, OA repository usage, and data publishing practices by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). Data used to produce this report can be found here:&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.25810/ktb4-ce48 &nbsp; Key findings from this report include: &nbsp; 72% of articles published in 2022 by CU Boulder authors are available via some type of OA (Gold, Green, Hybrid, or Bronze) (up from 62% at the time of the 2021 report); &nbsp; In 2022, the CU Boulder Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totaling $69,804 for 41 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals (down from$89,761 for 53 journal articles in 2021); however, these decreases have more to do with the OA Fund being exhausted earlier in the fiscal year than an actual decrease in funding; &nbsp; At the end of 2022, there were 16,090 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository (up from 13,791 in 2021), and these items were downloaded a total of 36,730 times in 2022 (down from 39,393 in 2021); &nbsp; In the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA), faculty reported 56 published data sets in 2022 (down from 92 in 2021) with 87.5% of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (up from 82.6% in 2021) and 95% of these citations identifying a formal data repository (same as 95% in 2021); &nbsp; The Libraries and its partners registered 335 DataCite DOIs for published data sets in 2022 (down from 416 in 2021); &nbsp; This is the first year there has been a decrease in either the number of reported published data sets in FRPA or the number of DataCite DOIs registered for published data sets, so it will be important to monitor these numbers in the coming years to see if this is an anomaly or the start of a new trend.</p

2021 State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: An Update on Open Access Practices Based on Data from 2020

Using data from 2020, this report is the third annual update to the &ldquo;State of Open at the University of Colorado Boulder: A Baseline Analysis of Open Access Practices from 2012 to 2018&rdquo;: https://doi.org/10.25810/vprn-v113. It includes analyses of open access (OA) article publishing activities, OA repository usage, and data publishing practices by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder). Due to the availability of new data sources, a repository software migration, and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the numbers in this report look quite different from past years. Explanations of these differences are provided in each respective section of the report. Data used to produce this report can be found here: https://doi.org/10.25810/x8nq-tb51 Key findings from this report include: 60.13% of articles published in 2020 by CU Boulder authors are available via some type of OA (Gold, Green, Hybrid, or Bronze); In 2020, the CU Boulder Libraries OA Fund funded author fees totaling $57,768.76 for 34 journal articles published by CU Boulder authors in full OA journals (reasons for the decline from$100,588.42 for 65 articles in 2019 are explained in detail in the report); At the end of 2020, there were 11,810 OA items in the CU Scholar institutional repository, and these items were downloaded a total of 43,236 times in 2020; In the annual Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA), faculty reported 65 published data sets in 2020 (same as 2019) with 50 of these citations including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (up from 44 in 2019) and 54 citations identifying a formal data repository (down slightly from 56 in 2019); The Libraries and its partners registered 320 DataCite DOIs for published data sets in 2020 (up from 197 in 2019).</p

Post-COVID postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS): a new phenomenon

BackgroundThe impact of COVID-19 has been far-reaching, and the field of neurology is no exception. Due to the long-hauler effect, a variety of chronic health consequences have occurred for some post-COVID patients. A subset of these long-hauler patients experienced symptoms of autonomic dysfunction and tested positive for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) via autonomic testing.MethodsWe conducted a chart review of a convenience sample from patients seen by neurologists at our tertiary care center for suspicion of post-COVID POTS. Patients included in our study had clearly defined POTS based on clinical criteria and positive tilt table test, were 81.25% female, and had an average age of approximately 36. Out of 16 patients, 12 had a confirmed positive COVID test result, with the remaining 4 having strong clinical suspicion for COVID infection. Our analysis examined the most bothersome 3 symptoms affecting each patient per the neurologist’s note at their initial visit for post-COVID POTS, clinical presentation, comorbidities, neurological exam findings, autonomic testing results, and COMPASS-31 autonomic questionnaire and PROMIS fatigue survey results.ResultsPalpitations (68.75%) and fatigue (62.5%) were the most common of the impactful symptoms reported by patients in their initial Cleveland Clinic neurology visit. The most frequent comorbidities in our sample were chronic migraines (37.5%), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (18.75%), and Raynaud’s (18.75%). Neurological exam findings and autonomic testing results other than tilt table yielded variable findings without clear trends. Survey results showed substantial autonomic symptom burden (COMPASS-31 autonomic questionnaire average score 44.45) and high levels of fatigue (PROMIS fatigue survey average score 64.64) in post-COVID POTS patients.ConclusionOur sample of post-COVID POTS patients are similar to the diagnosed POTS general population including in comorbidities and autonomic testing. Fatigue was identified by patients as a common and debilitating symptom. We hope that our study will be an early step toward further investigation of post-COVID POTS with focus on the trends identified in this chart review