| Name: | The University of Hong Kong Libraries |
| Type: | Academic/research institution |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.hku.hk/ |
| Country: | Hong Kong SAR |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://hub.hku.hk/local/oaPolicy.jsp |
| Effective date from: | 2010-02-19 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "... The Librarian, or the Librarian’s designate will waive application of the policy for a particular article upon written notification by the author, who informs HKUL of the reason..." |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Doctoral thesis |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft, Publisher's version of record |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | Unspecified |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...In legal terms, each Libraries member grants to HKU a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to each of his or her scholarly articles, in any medium, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit, and to authorize others to do the same..." |
| Where to archive?: | Institutional repository |
| Name of specified archive: | The HKU Scholars Hub |
| URL of specified archive: | http://hub.hku.hk |
