University Faculty Senate 176^th Plenary

SUNY Canton

April 22, 2017

Resolution Calling for SUNY Open Access Repository Policies

Whereas the dissemination and sharing of the published results scholarly research is a cornerstone of communication among scholars; and

Whereas freely available access to scholarly publications is inhibited by pay-walls that are established by many scholarly journals; and

Whereas federal agencies that fund academic research require that research results and publications be made freely available to the public within a year of publication; and

Whereas the faculty of the University of California system, the University of Indiana, and many other academic institutions have established system- or campus-wide repository policies for scholarly publications; and

Whereas the faculty of Stony Brook University has adopted an Open Access Policy for SBU faculty; and

Whereas many other SUNY campuses have developed optional repositories for faculty to archive and make available their published scholarship; therefore

Be It Resolved that the University Faculty Senate urges individual campus faculty governing bodies to develop and adopt open-access policies and recommends that the Stony Brook policy be used as a guide; and

Be It Further Resolved that the UFS seeks to work with the Board of Trustees, Chancellor, Provost, and/or their designees to develop a SUNY-wide open access policy and repository that will complement but not supersede campus-based policies and repositories. Such a SUNY open access repository could serve as a central system that links individual campus repositories as well as serve those campuses without the resources to develop their own.

176-07-1

Resolution on Open Access Repositories Passed without Dissent