University statements on OA

• This is a list of university statements on open access, open science, open research, and related topics.
  • It does not include university OA policies. For those, see ROARMAP.
  • Nor does it include principles for negotiating with publishers.
  • In some cases, it includes statements by university consortia and statements by units within universities.

• Alphabetical by university.

---

• Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
  • Open Science Programme 2020-2024, n.d.

• Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
  • Statement of Open Values, June 26, 2019
  • Blog post about the statement, October 22, 2019
  • SPARC post about the statement, May 27, 2020

• Lancaster University
  • Principles of Open Research at Lancaster University, n.d.

• Loughborough University
  • Open Research Position Statement, December 6, 2019

• McGill University
  • Open Access Statement, last revised April 30, 2020
  • Announcement and blog post on the April 2020 revision

• Mount Royal University Library
  • Position Statement on Open Access, March 21, 2014

• Orbis Cascade Alliance
  • OCA is a consortium of 37 colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
  • Commitment to Open Principles & Practices, May 2021

• University of Aberdeen
  • Open Research Statement, n.d.

• University College London
  • Research Transparency
    • Also see this version, November 2019. (Can't tell whether there are other versions.)
  • Statement on Open Science, n.d.

• University of Cambridge
  • The University’s Open Research Position Statement; first released November 2018; last revised March 2019

• University of Dundee
  • Statement on Open Research, April 2020

• University of Manchester
  • Position Statement on Open Research, n.d.

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Statement on UMass Amherst's Commitment to Open Scholarship, August 19, 2021

• University of Reading
  • University of Reading Statement on Open Research, December 2018
  • Open Research Handbook

• University of Saskatchewan Library
  • Open Access Commitment, 2020 version
    • Renewal and upgrading of 2010 statement.
    • The announcement is dated April 29, 2021.

• University of Surrey
  • Position statement on open research, n.d.

• University of Victoria Library
  • Statement of Commitment, effective date January 1, 2012

• University of Virginia, School of Data Science
  • Open Access Guidelines and Recommendations, February 3, 2021
  • SPARC announcement about these guidelines and recommendations, February 16, 2021

• University of Wolverhampton
  • Open Research Statement, January 2020

• University of York
  • Open research statement, n.d. but launched on May 29, 2020

• Western University
  • Western Libraries Open Access Statement, n.d.
  • Presentation on the statement, February 1, 2018
  • Blog post about the statement, July 25, 2018