Resources

This section contains links to various resources that may be useful.

Resources on Open Access policy formulation

The Immediate-Deposit/Optional-Access (ID/OA) mandate: rationale and model 

Optimizing OA self-archiving mandates: What? Where? When? Why? How?

How to integrate university and funder Open Access mandates

Which green OA mandate is optimal?

Open Access policy options for funding agencies and universities

Three principles for university Open Access policies

Three principles for university Open Access policies (PDF version)

 

University Open Access policy examples

University of Stirling's policy

University of Liege's policy

Queensland University of Technology's policies (research outputs and theses)

Harvard university's policies

 

Other resources

A case study in institutional openness: Salford University. Written by the Vice Chancellor of Salford University and EOS Board member, Professor Martin Hall

A video about the benefits of ORBi, the institutional repository at the University of Liege. Introduced by the Librarian, Paul Thirion, the video shows personal testimonies from Liege researchers from a variety of disciplines explaining the benefits of putting their work in ORBi.