Unanimous faculty votes

2013-12-16T16:17:04Z

Marc Couture: TELUQ policy added

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* This is a list of unanimous faculty votes for university OA policies. It started as an [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-10.htm#votes article] in ''SOAN'' for June 2010.

* When possible, annotate each entry with the name of the institution, the date of the vote, a link to the policy, the type of faculty body voting (e.g. full faculty, faculty senate, faculty within a division or department), and the type of policy (e.g. OA mandate, encouragement, etc.).

* For a more comprehensive list of university OA policies (not limited to policies adopted by unanimous faculty votes), see [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/ ROARMAP].

* Chronological within each section.

[[Category:Lists about institutions]] [[Category:Lists about policies]] [[Category:History of OA]]

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# February 12, 2008. [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard University], [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/ Faculty of Arts and Sciences]
#* Vote by the full faculty (of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences).
#* [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/OpenAccess/policytexts.php Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/03-02-08.htm#harvard Background and comment]
#* The Harvard FAS policy was the first unanimous faculty vote. It also appears to be the first university OA policy to be adopted by faculty rather than administrators.

# April 27, 2008. [http://www.mq.edu.au/ Macquarie University]
#* Vote by the University Senate and Council.
#* See these [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/08/oa-policy-for-macquarie-university.html excerpts from the policy].
#* [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4540.html Announcement] (August 28, 2008).
#* The Macquarie policy is the first faculty-adopted OA mandate without a waiver option.

# May 7, 2008, [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard University], [http://www.law.harvard.edu/ School of Law]
#* Vote by the full faculty (of the Law School).
#* [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/OpenAccess/policytexts.php Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/05/harvard-law-school-joins-harvard-fas-in.html Background and comment]
#* The Harvard Law School policy was the first to be adopted by a law school.

# June 10, 2008, [http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University], [http://ed.stanford.edu/ School of Education]
#* Vote by the full faculty (within the School of Education).
#* [http://ed.stanford.edu/faculty-research/open-archive/open-access-motion Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/06/details-on-stanford-oa-mandate.html Background and comment]

# October 2008, [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ University College London] (UCL)
#* Vote by the Academic Board
#* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/media/library/OpenAccess Announcement] (June 3, 2009).
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/06/oa-mandate-for-university-college.html Background and comment].

# February 11, 2009. [http://www.bu.edu/ Boston University]
#* Vote by the University Faculty Council.
#* [http://www.bu.edu/today/node/8325 Text] of the resolution approved by the Council.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/boston-u-adopts-oa-mandate.html Background and comment]

# March 6, 2009, [http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University], Library Faculty
#* Vote by the Library Faculty.
#* [http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/handle/1957/10850 Text] of the policy. Also see the [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4851.html announcement] (March 13, 2009).
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/oa-mandate-for-library-faculty-of-osu.html Background and comment]

# March 18, 2009, [http://mit.edu/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology] (MIT)
#* Vote by the full faculty.
#* [http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/faculty-and-researchers/mit-faculty-open-access-policy/ Text] of the policy.
#* The MIT policy was the first unanimous vote by the full faculty for a university-wide OA mandate.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/mit-adopts-university-wide-oa-mandate.html Background and comment]

# May 2009. [http://www.ucalgary.ca/ University of Calgary], division of [http://lcr.ucalgary.ca/ Library and Cultural Resources]
#* Vote by the Faculty Council of the division of [http://lcr.ucalgary.ca/ Library and Cultural Resources].
#* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University%20of%20Calgary:%20Library%20and%20Cultural%20Resources Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/oa-mandate-for-calgary-lcr-division.html Background and comment]

# May 2009. [http://web.up.ac.za/ University of Pretoria]
#* Vote by the University Senate.
#* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University%20of%20Pretoria Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/oa-mandate-for-university-of-pretoria.html Background and comment]
#* The Pretoria policy was the first university-based OA policy (and first OA mandate) in Africa.

# May 7, 2009, [http://www.uoregon.edu/ University of Oregon], [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/988 Library Faculty]
#* Vote of the Library Faculty.
#* [http://www.uoregon.edu/~jqj/lib-deposit-faq.html Text] of the policy.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/oa-mandate-for-u-of-oregon-library.html Background and comment]

# May 14, 2009, [http://www.uoregon.edu/ University of Oregon], [http://rl.uoregon.edu/ Department of Romance Languages]
#* Vote of the Department of Romance Languages.
#* [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4950.html Text] of the policy.
#* This was the first OA mandated adopted by a humanities department, and it made the U of Oregon the first university with two departmental OA mandates (not to mention the first with two OA mandates adopted by unanimous faculty votes).
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/first-humanities-department-oa-mandate.html Background and comment]

# May 14, 2009, [http://www.gustavus.edu/ Gustavus Adolphus College], Library Faculty
#* Vote of the Library Faculty.
#* [http://gustavus.edu/academics/library/Pubs/OApledge.html Text] of the policy (or "pledge").
#* This was the first departmental OA policy at a liberal arts college.
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/05/oa-pledge-from-gustavus-adolphus.html Background and comment]

# October 1, 2009, [http://www.yorku.ca/ York University], librarians and archivists
#* Vote by the librarians and archivists. We learned that the vote was unanimous in a [http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2009/10/york_university_open_access_po.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink blog post] by John Dupuis.
#* [http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/preview/yorkuoapolicy.en Text] of the policy.

# October, 2009. [http://www.udo.edu.ve/ Universidad de Oriente] (Venezuela)
#* Vote by the Academic Council
#* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/10/venezuelan-university-adopts-oa-policy.html Background and comment].

# November 18, 2009, [http://www.oberlin.edu/ Oberlin College]
#* Vote by the full faculty.
#* [http://www.oberlin.edu/library/programs/openaccess/resolution.html Text] of the policy.
#* [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5263.html Announcement] (November 20, 2009).

# December 2, 2009, [http://www.unco.edu/ University of Northern Colorado], [http://library.unco.edu/ Library Faculty]
#* Vote by Library Faculty
#* [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5294.html Text] of the policy.

# February 1, 2010, [http://www.wfu.edu/ Wake Forest University], [http://zsr.wfu.edu/ Library faculty]
#* Vote by Library Faculty
#* [http://blog.zsr.wfu.edu/gazette/2010/02/03/facultyoapolicy/ Text] of the policy.

# February 9, 2010, [http://www.calpoly.edu/ California Polytechnic State University]
#* Vote by the Academic Senate
#* [http://www.calpoly.edu/~acadsen/Resolutions/2009-2010/AS-701-10.pdf Text] of the resolution. This is an encouragement policy. We learned that the vote was unanimous from the CalPoly [http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=lib_dean report] (April 1, 2011) on the first three years of its institutional repository.

# February 12, 2010, [http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University] [http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/ College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences] (COAS)
#* Vote by the full faculty (of the COAS). After a COAS faculty meeting expressed unanimous support for the policy, a COAS administrative meeting voted unanimously to adopt it.
#* [http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/media/OpenAccessPolicy_web.pdf Text] of the policy.

# February 24, 2010, [http://www.virginia.edu/ University of Virginia]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate
#* [http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/03/01/faculty-senate-approves-open-access-authors%E2%80%99-rights-resolution/ Background].

# February 25, 2010, [http://www.rollins.edu/ Rollins College] Faculty of Arts and Sciences
#* Vote by the full faculty of the arts and sciences (all the faculty outside the Crummer Graduate School of Business).
#* [https://arl.org/lists/sparc-oaforum/Message/5401.html Text] of the policy.

# March 18, 2010, [http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University]
#* Vote by the Academic Council.
#* [http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/2132 Text] of the policy.
#* [http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/03/19/open-access-at-duke/ Background].

# March 24, 2010, [http://www.law.upr.edu/ University of Puerto Rico School of Law]
#* Vote by the full faculty (of the Law School)
#* [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5436.html Text] of the policy.

# April 19, 2010, [http://www.sjsu.edu/ San Jose State University]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate.
#* [http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/SS-S10-2.htm Text] of the policy.

# September 27, 2010, [http://www.unco.edu/ University of Northern Colorado]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate.
#* [https://arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5651.html Text] of the resolution.
#* The resolution encourages green and gold OA.
# October 2010, [http://www.tcd.ie/ Trinity College Dublin]

#* Vote by Trinity's "research committee" (according to [http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/18413-college-provides-online this article]).
#* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=Trinity%20College%20Dublin Text] of the policy.
# December 22, 2010, Columbia University's [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]
#* Vote by the observatory's Executive Committee.
#* The policy was [http://cdrs.columbia.edu/cdrsmain/?p=1467 announced] on February 1, 2011.

# March 15, 2011, [http://www.emory.edu/ Emory University]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate
#* The [https://blogs.emory.edu/emoryfacultycouncil/2011/03/22/council-supports-open-access/ statement] recommends an "opt-in" or encouragement policy.

# May 11, 2011, [http://www.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
#* The vote was [http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n34/senate.html announced] May 24, 2011. The text of the approved OA statement and principles will be released later.

# September 2011, [http://www.princeton.edu/ Princeton University]
#* [https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/appel/open-access-scholarly-publications-princeton Text] of the policy.
#* Vote by the full faculty.
#* The policy was [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/open-access-report.pdf proposed] in March 2011, and adopted in September 2011.

# October 19, 2011, [http://www.fsu.edu/ Florida State University]
#* [http://micahvandegrift.posterous.com/fsu-faculty-senate-unanimously-passes-open-ac Text] of the policy.
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate.

# December 8, 2011, [http://www.pacificu.edu/ Pacific University]
#* [http://www.pacificu.edu/library/services/sc/documents/PU_OA_Resolution_Approved.pdf Text] of the resolution.
#* Vote by the University Council & Faculty Senate.

# January 27, 2012, [http://www.bifrost.is/ Bifröst University]
#* Vote by the faculty (unanimous, May 18, 2011), ratified by the Bifröst University Council (unanimous, January 27, 2012).
#* The [http://www.bifrost.is/islenska/um-haskolann/frettir/nr/124866/ policy] is a variation on the Harvard model.

# February 15, 2012, [http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/oise/Home/index.html Ontario Institute for Studies in Education] at the [http://www.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto]
#* Vote by the Faculty Council (apparently unanimous, according to this [http://reganmian.net/blog/2012/04/24/oiseuniversity-of-toronto-gets-an-open-access-policy/ blog post])
#* [http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/research/UserFiles/File/OA_Policy.pdf Text] of the policy.

# April 2012, [http://www.usu.edu/ Utah State University]
#* After a unanimous vote by the Faculty Senate in April, the policy was approved by a unanimous vote of the President's Executive Committee in May.
#* [http://www.usu.edu/hr/files/uploads/535.pdf Text] and [http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/oadc/1/ procedures] of the policy. Also see this [http://www.usu.edu/ust/index.cfm?article=51244 article] about the policy.

# May 21, 2012, [http://www.ucsf.edu/ University of California - San Francisco]
#* Vote by the Academic Senate
#* See the [http://senate.ucsf.edu/2011-2012/j-lib-openaccess.html policy web site] and the [http://senate.ucsf.edu/2011-2012/j-lib-openaccess-at2.pdf text] of the policy itself.

# February 6, 2013, [http://new.wellesley.edu/ Wellesley College]
#* Vote by the Academic Council
#* See the [http://new.wellesley.edu/sites/default/files/assets/departments/provost/files/openaccesspolicy2.13.13.pdf text] of the policy.

# March 4, 2013, [http://www.wooster.edu/ College of Wooster]
#* Vote by the full faculty
#* See the [http://openaccess.voices.wooster.edu/policy/ text] of the policy.

# March 5, 2013, [http://www.uncg.edu/ University of North Carolina at Greensboro], Library faculty
#* Vote by the library faculty
#* See the [http://library.uncg.edu/services/scholarly_communication/open_access_policy.aspx text] of the policy.

# March 21, 2013, [http://www.uri.edu University of Rhode Island]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate
#* See the [http://www.uri.edu/facsen/about/legislation/legislation_documents/2012-13/Bill_12-13-29.pdf text] of the policy.

# April 2013, [http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/ Mailman School of Public Health] at [http://www.columbia.edu/ Columbia University]
#* Vote by the Faculty Steering Committee
#* The vote was sometime in April 2013, and the policy takes effect on May 1, 2013.
#* See the [http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/open-access/open-access-policies/mailman-school-of-public-health-open-access-policy/ text] of the policy. Also see the school announcement [http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/news/mailman-school-adopts-open-access-policy-its-published-research here] or [http://library.columbia.edu/news/libraries/2013/2013-5-1_Mailman_Open_Access_Resolution.print.html here].

# June 13, 2013, [http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University]
#* Vote by the Faculty Senate
#* See the [http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/open-access text] of the policy.

# December 2013, [http://www.teluq.ca Télé-université] (TELUQ), Université du Québec
#* Vote taken between September 16 and December 11, 2013 by each of the four ''Tables professorales'' (department-like governing bodies of which all professors are members); the policy takes effect retroactively on January 1st, 2013.
#* See the [http://www.teluq.ca/~mcouture/oa/open-access-faculty.htm text] of the policy.

== Borderline cases ==

* May 10, 2006, [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ University of California]
** The vote was unanimous by the Assembly of the Academic Senate. But instead of adopting a policy, the vote merely launched a "joint Senate/Administrative effort" to adopt a policy.
** [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/assembly/may2006/copyright0506.pdf Text] of the proposed Scholarly Work Copyright Rights Policy.

* May 26, 2008, [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ University of Helsinki]
** The vote was unanimous by the "university management team". What sort of faculty representation was on the team?
** [http://www.helsinki.fi/openaccess/rinnakkaistallennus/pdf-tiedostot/decision260508_eng.pdf Text] of the policy. (The link is dead; does anyone know a better one?)
** [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/4408.html Announced] June 5, 2008.
** This was the first institutional OA mandate in Finland.

* June 2009, [http://www.cbs.dk/ Copenhagen Business School]
** Vote by the Executive Management Team (consisting of the President, Dean of Research, Dean of Education and Director of Administrative Affairs, after consultation with the Academic Council and CBS Heads of Departments and Directors of Centers)
** [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5089.html Text] of the policy.
** This was the first institutional OA mandate in Denmark, and the first separate OA mandate by a business school. (The Sloan School of Management at MIT was covered by the MIT mandate in March 2009.)

* June 1, 2009, [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard University] [http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ Graduate School of Education]
** Vote by the full faculty. There were a few absentions but no dissents.
** [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/OpenAccess/policytexts.php#gse Text] of the policy.
** [http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/06/harvard-graduate-school-of-education-votes-open-access-policy.html Announcement] June 16, 2010.

* February 16, 2011, [http://www.pacificu.edu/chp/ College of Health Professions] at [http://www.pacificu.edu/ Pacific University]
** Vote by the college faculty. There was one abstention and no dissents.
** [http://www.pacificu.edu/library/services/sc/oares.cfm#puoa Announcement] of the resolution and vote.

* January 23, 2012, [http://www.purdue.edu/ Purdue University]
** Vote by the Faculty Senate.
** [http://www.purdue.edu/faculty/download.cfm?file=4E4E7243-C639-DAFE-A9C4B818974088AE.pdf&name=Senate%20Document%2011-3%20Open%20Access.pdf Text] of the resolution.
** The resolution is not a policy but a recommendation to adopt a policy.

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