University statements on OA

• This is a list of university and university-library statements on open access, open knowledge, open research, open scholarship, open science, 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.

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A

• Avignon University
  • Charte pour la Science Ouverte Avignon Université, April 13, 2023.

C

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

• Crue Universidades Españolas
  • University Commitments to Open Science, February 20, 2019. Original in Spanish. From the 70+ university members of Crue Universidades Españolas.

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

R

• Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Statement on Open Research, n.d.

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

S

• Simon Fraser University
  • SFU Open Science Principles – Draft for Community Consultation, n.d. but apparently January 2024.

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