The San José State University Academic Senate has passed "SS-S10-2, Sense of the Senate Resolution, Support for Open Access to Scholarly Work and Research."
Here's an excerpt:
Resolved: that the San José State University Academic Senate support the principle of open access to scholarly work and research, and
Resolved: that the San José State University Academic Senate support new models for scholarly publishing that will promote open access and are consistent with standards for peer review and scholarly excellence, and
Resolved: that the San José State University Academic Senate encourage the university to promote the use of the institutional repository—and other new and existing infrastructures—for the dissemination of knowledge created at SJSU to the local, state and global community.
Resolved: that the Academic Senate of San José State University continues to affirm the rights of faculty to publish in the publications of their choice.
Resolved: that the Academic Senate encourage the university to promote the use of the institutional repository and to develop a formal organizational process that shall clearly indicate:
- which academic unit (such as the Library) will manage acquisition and maintenance of open access material and issue communications regarding the use of the open access repository;
- the scope of the term "faculty" in relation to the open access archive;
- the procedure for notifying the faculty how to submit material into the repository;
- the nature of the material to be included in the repository;
- a procedure for identifying the costs of maintaining the repository and allocating funds to maintain the repository;
- a unit outside of the repository unit (such as the Provost Office) responsible for monitoring the progress of the repository and for resolving conflicts or uncertainties regarding the operation of the repository.
