| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 58.54 |
| Liaison | Jay Price |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
AC-11: Access to Research
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2.00 / 2.00 |
Preston
Jacobsen Sustainability Manager Facilities Services |
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Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:
11
Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:
11
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A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville has a formal open access policy adopted in 2009 that requires that all theses and dissertations be submitted to the library system to be placed in the university's open access repository (TRACE).
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A copy of the open access policy:
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The open access policy:
"[Thesis and dissertation] (c)opies approved for final submission will be sent to the University Libraries after conferral of the graduate degree. A student must, as a condition of a degree award, grant royalty-free permission to the university to reproduce and publicly distribute, including by electronic and digital technologies now known or developed in the future, on a non-commercial basis, copies of the thesis or dissertation."
In assisting the university to fulfill its mission, the University of Tennessee Library Council (UTLC) supports the creation, compilation, dissemination and preservation of knowledge. We recognize both the restrictions and the rights conferred by the fair use exemption, section 107 of US copyright law. UTLC supports equitable access to ideas and the evidence supporting them. Therefore, we respect both the rights of copyright holders to govern the dissemination and use of their works, and we also encourage the university’s application of fair use principles in fulfilling its mission. Equitable access to data, ideas, and evidence is fundamental to the social, cultural, political, and economic well-being of individuals, organizations, communities, and societies. Open access to information is the best guarantee of that principle. We encourage students, faculty, and staff to explore new forms of scholarship, including open access publications, and to make informed decisions about sharing their work.
The UTLC seeks to inform members of the university community about copyright, fair use, licensing options, and open access to scholarship so they may create and use information responsibly and confidently.
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The website URL where the open access repository is available:
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A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
UT has the Open Publishing Support Fund, sponsored by the Office of Research and Engagement and UT Libraries, that helps UT authors publish in open access journals that charge article processing fees. UT also hosts the Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE), a digital archive to showcase and preserve published and unpublished works, as well as Newfound Press, which is an open access, digital imprint of UT Libraries. Additionally, UT has memberships with several open access groups and publishers, such as Biomed Central, Compact of Open Access Equity, PeerJ, and Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
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The website URL where information about open access to the institution's research is available:
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