University rights-retention OA policies
This list is part of the Open Access Directory.
- This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, scope notes, and method of organization.
- This is a list of institutional rights-retention open-access policies (IRRPs).
- Many thanks to Luke Drury, Stephen Eglen, Sally Rumsey, Peter Suber, and many more for helping put this list together.
- Please use YYYY-MM-DD for dates, this is the ISO 8601 international date standard.
- When we don't have better information, we sometimes use adoption dates rather than effective dates, and policy drafts or announcements rather than policy texts. We'll update both kinds of entries as we get better information.
- Stephen Eglen maintains a map of UK IRRPs.
- Peter Suber maintains a list of Harvard-style IRRps.
Not yet ready for launch. We're still adding more of the known policies.
| Name of Institution | Country | Effective date | Modality | Policy link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny College | USA | 2013-05-16 | Opt-out | link |
| Amherst College | USA | 2013-03-05 | Opt-out | link |
| Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University) | USA | 2014-10-09 | Opt-out | link |
| Bifröst University | Iceland | 2012-01-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Birkbeck University of London | United Kingdom | 2022-??-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Bryn Mawr College | USA | 2013-12-11 | Opt-out | link |
| California Institute of Technology | USA | 2013-06-10 | Opt-out | link |
| College of Wooster | USA | 2013-03-04 | Opt-out | link |
| Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory | USA | 2011-03-1 | Opt-out | link |
| Columbia University Libraries | USA | 2011-06-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | Ireland | 2020-08-31 | Mandatory | link |
| Duke University | USA | 2010-03-18 | Opt-out | link |
| Emory University | USA | 2011-03-15 | Opt-out | link |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | USA | 2012-11-27 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Business School | USA | 2010-02-12 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Divinity School | USA | 2010-11-15 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences | USA | 2008-02-12 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Graduate School of Design | USA | 2011-03-20 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Graduate School of Education | USA | 2009-06-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Kennedy School of Government | USA | 2009-03-10 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Law School | USA | 2008-05-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard Medical School | USA | 2014-06-18 | Opt-out | link |
| Harvard School of Public Health | USA | 2012-11-26 | Opt-out | link |
| Hope College | USA | 2011-10-15 | Opt-out | link |
| Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis | USA | 2014-10-07 | Opt-out | link |
| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya | 2012-03-?? | Opt-out | link |
| King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) | Saudi Arabia | 2014-07-1 | Opt-out | link |
| King's College London | United Kingdom | 2023-01-03 | Opt-out | link |
| Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 2022-06-?? | Opt-in | link |
| London South Bank University | United Kingdom | 2023-07-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA | 2009-03-18 | Opt-out | link |
| McGill University Librarians | Canada | 2012-10-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Miami University of Ohio, Library Faculty | USA | 2012-05-14 | Opt-out | link |
| National University of Distance Education (UNED) | Spain | 2014-07-14 | Opt-out | link |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) | Norway | 2023-04-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 2022-10-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Oberlin College | USA | 2009-11-18 | Opt-out | link |
| Ohio State University Libraries | USA | 2012-03-15 | Opt-out | link |
| Olin College of Engineering | USA | 2012-11-28 | Opt-out | link |
| Oregon State University | USA | 2013-06-13 | Opt-out | link |
| Princeton University | USA | 2011-09-19 | Opt-out | link |
| Rollins College | USA | 2010-12-25 | Opt-out | link |
| Rutgers University | USA | 2012-10-19 | Opt-out | link |
| Sheffield Hallam University | United Kingdom | 2022-10-15 | Opt-out | link |
| Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy (Harvard University) | USA | 2014-12-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Stanford University School of Education | USA | 2008-06-10 | Opt-out | link |
| Stanford University School of Education, Doctoral Students | USA | 2013-05-24 | Opt-out | link |
| Strathmore University | Kenya | 2011-02-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Trinity University | USA | 2009-10-23 | Opt-out | link |
| UiT The Arctic University of Norway | Norway | 2022-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 2023-01-05 | Opt-out | link |
| University of California | USA | 2013-07-24 | Opt-out | link |
| University of California, San Francisco | USA | 2012-05-21 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 2023-04-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Durham | United Kingdom | 2023-03-31 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 2022-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2023-09-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Hawaii-Manoa | USA | 2012-03-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Illinois Chicago, Library Faculty | USA | 2011-11-21 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Kansas | USA | 2009-04-30 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Lancaster | United Kingdom | 2023-03-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 2023-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 2023-01-24 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 2023-03-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | USA | 2012-07-27 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Nairobi | Kenya | 2012-12-?? | Opt-out | link |
| University of New South Wales | Australia | 2021-12-01 | Mandatory* | link |
| University of Newcastle | United Kingdom | 2022-08-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oregon, Dept of Romance Languages | USA | 2009-05-14 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oregon, Library Faculty | USA | 2009-05-07 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oslo | Norway | 2023-01-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 2023-01-31 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Puerto Rico Law School | USA | 2010-03-04 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Rhode Island | USA | 2013-03-21 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 2023-01-17 | Opt-out | link |
| University of St. Andrews | United Kingdom | 2023-02-01 | Opt-out | link |
| University of Stavanger | Norway | 2023-??-?? | Opt-out | |
| University of York | United Kingdom | 2023-01-24 | Opt-out | link |
| Utah State University | USA | 2012-04-?? | Opt-out | link |
| Wake Forest University, Library Faculty | USA | 2010-02-01 | Opt-out | link |
| Wellesley College | USA | 2013-02-06 | Opt-out | link |
Notes:
- The University of New South Wales policy is more or less mandatory. "Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the President and Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise" it is not characterized as a simple opt-out and so we do not treat it as such.