Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.85
Liaison Sarah Williams
Submission Date Feb. 8, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Whitman College
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00 Brandon Bishop
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
Physical Plant
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How many of the institution’s research-producing divisions are covered by a published open access policy that ensures that versions of future scholarly articles by faculty and staff are deposited in a designated open access repository? (All, Some or None):
None / Don't Know

Which of the following best describes the open access policy? (Mandatory or Voluntary):
Voluntary (strictly opt-in)

Does the institution provide financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges?:
Yes

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted, any incentives or supports provided, and the repository(ies) used:
While the institution does not have an Open Access policy we do provide publishing resources to our faculty and publication access through our campus repository. Current faculty can request support for any journal that requires author payment whether this be subvention charges, page charges, or the online journal fees. The institution currently views OA fees as regressive and, in many cases a publisher profit point. We currently provided an institutional repository (ARMINDA) for faculty publications.

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
There have been institutional discussions about a formal OA policy. At this time a formal policy has not been taken.

None
The website URL where the open access repository is available:
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Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of scholarly articles published annually by the institution’s faculty and staff that are deposited in a designated open access repository (0-100):
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A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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