An Institutional Open Access Policy Template & Toolkit Now Available From the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)

From CARL: 

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to announce the release of its Institutional Open Access Policy Template for Canadian institutions, which is accompanied by a toolkit to help prepare those wishing to develop such a policy on their campus.

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The sections of this toolkit (Key Principles Underlying a Policy’s Rationale, Beginning the Journey Towards an OA Policy, Lessons Learned, and more) are designed to support first efforts to create an institution-wide policy, but can also be helpful in developing faculty- or department-specific policies, or in expanding an institution’s existing policies.

CARL acknowledges that open access policy practices are evolving quickly, and plans to revise the policy template and toolkit on an ongoing basis in response to shifting norms and expectations.

This project stems from CARL’S Advancing Research Committee, which is tasked with developing CARL positions, priorities, and initiatives that collectively aim to foster a sustainable scholarly research ecosystem in Canada. CARL wishes to recognize the leadership and work of Joy Kirchner (Dean of Libraries, York University), who with support from Lise Brin (Program Officer, CARL) developed this policy template and accompanying toolkit. Thanks as well to Guylaine Beaudry, Jonathan Bengtson, Gwen Bird, Donna Bourne-Tyson, Richard Dumont, Mark Robertson, Diane Sauvé, Martha Whitehead, and Elizabeth Yates.

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