| Name: | Penn State University Libraries |
| Type: | Academic/research institution |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/home.html |
| Country: | United States |
| Open Access policy: | Request |
| Policy link: | http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/pubcur/LFOandOA/Libraries_OA_Policy_Notes.html |
| Effective date from: | 2015-02-11 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "The Dean of the University Libraries & Scholarly Communication or the dean’s designate will waive application of the license for a particular article or delay access for a specific period of time upon express direction by a Faculty member, and there will be no penalty for any faculty member who chooses not to make a particular work freely available to the public in a digital format." |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| Are there any exceptions to deposit any kind of document? (check any if apply): | Yes |
| 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?: | As soon as possible |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Grantees retain copyright and license specific rights to publisher |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "Each University Libraries Faculty member grants to Penn State University permission to make available his or her scholarly articles and to exercise the copyright in those articles. More specifically, each faculty member grants to Penn State 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?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | ScholarSphere |
| URL of specified archive: | https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/ |
