[BOAI] Wake Forest Univ. Library Faculty OA Policy

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from (and kudos to) Molly Keener.  --Peter Suber.]


WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Wake Forest University ZSR Library Faculty Adopt Open
Access Policy

On February 1, 2010, the faculty of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake
Forest University, unanimously adopted an open access policy to guide
deposit of the author's final version of scholarly works in the University's
institutional repository. The policy states:

Recognizing that academic scholarship hinges upon the ability to access and
utilize research output, the Library Faculty of the Z. Smith Reynolds
Library, Wake Forest University (WFU), hereby adopt an open access policy to
achieve the widest possible access to and long-term preservation of their
scholarly works.

Each faculty member grants Wake Forest University the right to archive and
make publicly available the full text of the author’s final version of
scholarly works via the University’s open access institutional repository.
This provides the University the nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable,
royalty-free license to preserve and redistribute the work. When publisher
agreements do not automatically grant permission to archive the author’s
final version, the faculty commit to negotiating for such rights. Faculty
members will submit an electronic version of the author’s final version in
an appropriate format as soon as possible, respecting some publishers’
requests for embargo.

Furthermore, the faculty endeavor to publish their scholarship in open
access venues when possible, or alternately to seek the right to archive the
final published version in lieu of the author's final version.

This policy will apply to all scholarship created while a member of the WFU
faculty, excluding works previously accepted for publication and works for
which authors entered into incompatible licensing or assignment agreements
prior to the adoption of this policy, and excepting books and book chapters
as necessary. The Dean of the Library will waive the application of the
policy for future scholarship upon written notification from the author, who
informs the Dean of the reason.


Since 2007, the Wake Forest University Libraries have encouraged broader
engagement with and understanding of scholarly communication issues across
the Wake Forest community through the creation of a Scholarly Communication
Committee, the pilot launch of an institutional repository, the creation of
an Open Access Fund, the hiring of a Scholarly Communication Librarian, and
multiple education initiatives for librarians, faculty, students, and staff.
The adoption of this policy by the Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Library faculty
is an important milestone that will serve as precedent in our future
engagement across the University.

For their influence and inspiration, the ZSR Library faculty acknowledge the
pioneering policies and resolutions previously adopted by the library
faculties at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Gustavus
Adolphus College, the University of Calgary, York University, and the
University of Northern Colorado. We also gratefully acknowledge the advice
of colleagues from Duke University and the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.

The full text of the policy and associated FAQ may be found at the Librarians'
Assembly <http://zsr.wfu.edu/assembly/> page of the ZSR Library website. For
further information, please contact Molly Keener, Scholarly Communication
Librarian, at keenerm at wfu.edu or 336-758-5829.



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Molly Keener

Scholarly Communication Librarian

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

PO Box 7777

Winston-Salem, NC 27109

336.758.5829

keenerm at wfu.edu

http://zsr.wfu.edu
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