| Name: | Boston University |
| Type: | Academic/research institution |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.bu.edu/ |
| Country: | United States |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.bu.edu/library/files/2015/02/Open-Access-Policy-2015.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2015-02-11 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "The Provost or Provost’s designate
will waive application of the
license for a particular article
or delay access for a specified period of
time upon express direction by a Faculty member" |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | At time of publication |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "Each Faculty member grants to Boston University permission to make available his or her scholarly articles. More specifically, each Faculty member grants to Boston University a nonexclusive, irrevocable, 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: | OpenBu |
| URL of specified archive: | https://open.bu.edu/ |
