Utah State University Embraces Open Access

Utah State University Adopts Open Access Policy, This is the result of an effort led by the University Libraries. “For the library and, indeed, the whole university, this is a momentous occasion,” said Richard Clement, USU’s dean of libraries. “It enables faculty authors to retain rights to their own publications and to make the fruits of their research and scholarship freely available to all.”

The new policy is available in this document link (PDF), which starts with a fresh look at the University's Mission:

"In harmony with the institutional mission of serving the public through learning, discovery, and engagement, Utah State University is committed to the widest dissemination of employees’ scholarly articles, including utilizing new technologies to facilitate the open sharing of their scholarly articles."

The policy empowers the University to directly engage in such dissemination by licensing the scholarly articles under Open Access terms...