Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	50.27
Liaison	Jessica Thompson
Submission Date	Feb. 18, 2020

STARS v2.2

Northern Michigan University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.33 / 2.00	Sarah Mittlefehldt Professor Earth, Environmental & Geographical Sciences

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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://commons.nmu.edu

A brief description of the open access repository:

The Commons is a service of the Northern Michigan University libraries. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual university departments and centers on campus.

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?:

Yes

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

NMU Academic Senate_Open_Access_Policy.doc

The institution's open access policy:

See https://lib.nmu.edu/about/policies/open-access-initiative

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

Yes

APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:

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?:

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:

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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:

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:

One of Northern's research librarians is currently working with the Research and Grants Office to develop a more systematic way to incentivize participation in the open access repository.

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