The UC Open Access Policy
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The UC Open Access Policy
The UC Academic Senate
passed the UC Open Access
Policy on July 24, 2013.
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How the policy works
1.
Faculty retain copyright to their work and
issue to university a non-exclusive license
to exercise rights under copyright,
including fair use rights.
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How the policy works
2.
Faculty deposit articles into an open
access repository or publish them in an
open access journal.
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How the policy works
3.
Faculty may opt-out of license provision
for any reason.
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Scope of the UC Policy
Covered:
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Not covered:
Academic Senate faculty
• “Scholarly articles,” including
materials published in
journals, conference
proceedings, etc.
• Articles with a publication
agreement signed after
July 24, 2013.
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Students
Adjuncts
Visiting professors
Post-docs and researchers
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Books
Popular, non-scholarly articles
Fiction and poetry
Lecture notes
Articles published before the
policy was passed.
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Advantages of the OA policy
The corpus of most UC faculty
works is freely available and
searchable, in full text.
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Advantages of the OA policy
Open Access articles are read
more often and are more highly
cited than articles in
subscription-based journals.
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Advantages of the OA policy
Institutions with fewer
resources, institutions in other
countries, and researchers and
patients worldwide benefit.
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When to Deposit
• Faculty on all UC campuses may deposit now.
• Faculty at UC Irvine, UCLA, and UCSF are expected
to deposit as of November 1, 2013.
• Faculty on the remaining campuses will be
expected to deposit starting in November 2014.
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Automated Harvesting
• An automated harvesting system is being built to
make deposit even easier. This system will:
– gather information about articles published by UCaffiliated authors.
– e-mail faculty to verify the data, collect the publication
(where necessary), and approve deposit.
• Available June 2014 for UC Irvine, UCLA, and UCSF.
• Available June 2015 for remaining campuses.
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How to Deposit
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4. Enter a few details about your work.
(Tip: Entering a DOI or PubMed ID
will automatically complete the form
for you!)
5. Provide a file. You can upload your
manuscript or, if your manuscript is
already openly available, provide a
link.
6. Specify how others may reuse your
work, acknowledge the deposit
agreement, then click Submit.
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Publishers
Over 200 publishers have been
informed about the policy.
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Publishers
Some may require authors to
opt out of the policy (waiver),
or to delay public access
(embargo).
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Publishers
uc-oa.info will be updated with
publisher information as it is
gathered and verified.
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Responding to Publishers
1. Go to uc-oa.info or
osc.universityofcalifornia.edu
2. Navigate to the “Get a
Waiver/Embargo” page
3. Fill out basic information and
generate a letter to give to
publishers
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For further reading…
Visit the Office of Scholarly
Communication website for:
• The full text of the policy
• Answers to dozens of
Frequently Asked Questions
• Campus contacts/resources
• And more!
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OA & Scholarly Communications Guide
http://libguides.ucsd.edu/scholcom
Ideas? Questions? Feedback?
• UC Office of Scholarly Communication
osc@ucop.edu
• UC San Diego
Nancy Stimson, nstimson@ucsd.edu
• Library liaison for department
Librarian Name, name@ucsd.edu
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Liaison Librarian Services
• Consultations:
Access to library resources (e-journals, etc.)
Literature searching service -- or advice on how to search
Citation management (EndNote, RefWorks, etc.)
Compliance with funder mandates (NIH Public Access
Policy, NSF data management plans, etc.)
– Assistance with data management planning
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• New faculty/staff orientations
– Attendance at group sessions or one-on-one orientations
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