Poster presented at the 2015 ACRL conference in Portland, Oregon.Academic libraries often play a key role in the development and passage of open access policies. This poster highlights selected results of a survey of fifty-one institutions that have pursued open access policies

Fruin, Christine

Odell, Jere D.

Sutton, Shan

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In the Harvard-style policy all faculty are automatically covered and can choose to opt-out, while faculty must opt-in on their own under policies that are statements of encouragement.43%22%18%“Harvard-style” policy that grants the institution a non-exclusive license to faculty articles, requires deposit in an institutional repository, and offers waivers.Hybrid policy, typically including elements of the Harvard-style model.Statement of encouragement to publish future works open access.THREE MOST COMMON POLICY TYPESTYPES OF POLICIESAcademic libraries often play a key role in the development and passage of open access policies. This poster highlights selected results of a survey of fifty-one institutions that have pursued open access policies.INSTITUTIONAL PROFILESA broad range of institutions have pursued open access policies, probably including one like yours.PUBLICPRIVATE65%35%LESS THAN $1M$1M - $50M$50M - $100M$100M - $250M$250M - $500MOVER $500M5%19%8%18%20%30%ANNUAL FEDERAL GRANT FUNDINGLESS THAN 500500 - 1,4991,500 - 2,999OVER 3,00024%28%21%27%FULL-TIME FACULTYKey strategies for addressing faculty concerns include promoting the library’s role in the deposit process and the positive impact of depositing articles in an institutional repository.FACULTY CONCERNS AND HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSEDThe Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) brings together North American universities with established open access policies and those pursuing such policies. It is a great resource for sharing information on open access policy development. www.sparc.arl.org/coapiWHY OPEN ACCESS IS IMPORTANTTHREE MOST COMMON REASONS USED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FACULTY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN ACCESSOpen access supports public access to research funded by tax dollars.92% 86%Open access promotes access to research by anyone, including the general public.84%Open access enables authors to retain more rights to their work.POSTER PRESENTERSShan Sutton, Oregon State UniversityChristine Fruin, University of FloridaJere Odell,  Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisIn general, libraries play a lead role in conceiving the policies, and then assume a supporting role in promoting them in tandem with a designated faculty committee.WHO CONCEIVED AND PROMOTED THE POLICYRECIPES FOR SUCCESS: OPEN ACCESS POLICIES AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN NORTH AMERICATHREE MOST COMMON FACULTY CONCERNSCompliance creates a burden on faculty. 75%Belief that publishers will refuse articles due to the policy. 65%Copyright is transferred to the institution, and unauthorized use of the deposited article may occur.65%THREE MOST COMMON RESPONSES TO FACULTY CONCERNSFaculty may publish in any journal, not just open access titles. 71%Deposit assistance is available from library. 67%There are many benefits to deposit in an institutional repository. 71%

Recipes for Success: Open Access Policies and Academic Libraries in North America

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