University statements on OA


 * This is a list of university and university-library 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 university principles for negotiating with publishers.
 * In some cases, it includes statements by university consortia and statements by units within universities.


 * Related lists in OAD: (1) Institutional principles for negotiating with publishers, (2) University rights-retention OA policies.


 * Alphabetical by university.

C

 * Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
 * CAUL Statement on Open Scholarship 2019, March 27, 2019.

D

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

G

 * GW4 Alliance
 * The GW4 Alliance is a consortium of the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, and Exeter.
 * GW4 Joint Statement: Rights Retention in Scholarly Works, n.d. (perma.cc link).
 * Announcement, November 23, 2023.

H

 * Harvard Library
 * Harvard Library’s Commitment to Open Access, October 23, 2019 (perma.cc link).

I

 * 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


 * Iowa State University
 * Iowa State University Library Open Access Commitment, September 18, 2018.
 * 2021 ISU Library OA Commitment, November 5, 2021.
 * Updating a Commitment to Openness, March 9, 2022.

L

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


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

M

 * 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

O

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

U

 * 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 Leeds
 * Statement on Research Culture, n.d. Touches on OA but does not focus on it.


 * 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 North Carolina, Chapel Hill
 * Open Access Strategy Statement, n.d.


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


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


 * University of Sheffield
 * University statement on Open Research, n.d.
 * Announced January 16, 2023.


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


 * University of Tennessee, Knoxville
 * Announcing our Philosophy of Access to Research and Scholarship, July 5, 2022.


 * University of Texas, Austin
 * Sustainable Open Scholarship, December 2021.


 * 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

W

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