Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 79.37
Liaison Jillian Leach
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

California State University, Chico
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Jennifer Rotnem
Director of Energy and Sustainability
FMS
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Open access repository

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?:
Yes

Website URL where the open access repository is available:
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
ScholarWorks is a shared institutional repository that collects, preserves, and provides access to scholarship by research communities at California State University campuses. Collections include CSU faculty publications, student dissertations and theses, datasets, and teaching materials.

Chico ScholarWorks is the local institutional repository for Chico State. It is a digital collection of materials created by the Chico State community. These materials include, but are not limited to: student theses, faculty publications and reports, research datasets, and open educational resources. It is one central location for Open Access content created by our campus community.

Open access policy

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?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
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Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
No

A brief description of the open access APC fund:
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Open access journal hosting

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?:
Yes

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
CSU Open Journals provides Open Journal Systems (OJS) hosting for journals associated with the 23-campus California State University (CSU). In cooperation with the CSU libraries, the service is supported by Systemwide Digital Library Services of the CSU Chancellor's Office. CSU Open Journals is available at https://journals.calstate.edu/index.

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of peer-reviewed scholarly works published annually by the institution’s employees that are deposited in a designated open access repository:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Scholar Works: https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/

Library guide, Open Access AT Meriam Library: https://libguides.csuchico.edu/c.php?g=1100240&p=8064161

CSU Resolution on Green Open Access Policy: https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/faculty-staff/academic-senate/resolutions/2018-2019/3376.pdf

CSU Open Journals: https://journals.calstate.edu/index

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