{"id":3579,"date":"2024-03-15T14:47:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:49:29","slug":"uvic-libraries-oa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/2024\/03\/15\/uvic-libraries-oa\/","title":{"rendered":"UVic Libraries Revises its Open Access Statement of Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3580\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1718\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3580\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1718\/2024\/03\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"The words Open Access, with the appropriate open lock icon in between them. The words and icon are both in orange.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2022\/08\/26\/a-big-win-for-open-access\/\">Creative Commons website<\/a>, CC BY 4.0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Effective February 20, 2024, the University of Victoria Libraries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/library\/research-teaching\/scholcomm\/policy\/uviclibrarians.php\">revised statement of commitment<\/a> asserts that any outputs (regardless of format) by UVic librarians and archivists will be shared \u201cas openly as possible and in a manner consistent with copyright agreements, legislation, and requirements by funding agencies\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.library.uvic.ca\/home\">UVicSpace<\/a> (the university\u2019 institutional repository), <a href=\"https:\/\/borealisdata.ca\/dataverse\/uvic\">DataVerse<\/a> (the repository for data produced at the university), and other trusted open access disciplinary archives are important platforms in helping UVic librarians and archivists accomplish these goals.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Copyright, Privacy, and Cultural Considerations <\/em>section outlines important exceptions to the statement. Specific mention is given to honouring the University of Victoria\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/K3CU-J5DN\">Intellectual Property<\/a> policy, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries\u2019 (CARL) <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/ZN6E-M9YE\">Freedom of Expression and Inclusive Libraries<\/a> statement, and the sovereignty of First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit to control their data (see <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/NLB4-MZDQ\">Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession principles<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/3VUQ-MXEB\">United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/8Z3V-R28X\">B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act<\/a> for more information).<\/p>\n<p>These revisions were inspired by similar statements and policies from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/about\/open-access-statement\">McGill University Library<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.usask.ca\/documents\/oa-commitment.pdf\">University of Saskatchewan Library<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/info\/policies\/library-open-access-policy\/\">Toronto Metropolitan University Library<\/a>. Many more institutions across Canada have open access statements \u2013 the Open Scholarship Policy Observatory here at UVic provides <a href=\"https:\/\/ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca\/canadian-university-open-access-statements\/\">more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the commitment expressed in this statement, the Library provides support for UVic authors to publish their scholarly work open access through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/library\/research-teaching\/scholcomm\/policy\/funding.php\">publisher membership and license agreements<\/a>. Elsewhere at UVic, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/education\/assets\/docs\/openaccesspolicy_dec52019.pdf\">Faculty of Education<\/a> has also adopted an open access policy, which came into effect December 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about open access and the newly revised policy, please contact the <a href=\"mailto:scholcom@uvic.ca\">Office of Scholarly Communications<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective February 20, 2024, the University of Victoria Libraries revised statement of commitment asserts that any outputs (regardless of format) by UVic librarians and archivists will be shared \u201cas openly as possible and in a manner consistent with copyright agreements, legislation, and requirements by funding agencies\u201d. 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