Collection Development Policy for Open Access and Born-Digital Resources - University Libraries - UNT

"The Libraries of UNT are committed to the principles of open access, as outlined in the IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation. Resources provided by the University of North Texas Libraries include open access and born-digital products to support the educational and research-related goals of the university.

In addition, the Libraries provide support for members of the UNT community who want to publish in open access formats. For more information about open access support for scholarly works produced at UNT, please visit Open Access @ UNT....

All materials within the scope of this policy shall be cataloged and findable by conducting a search of the UNT Libraries catalog for the title, subject, author or publisher. Entries for serial titles shall be added to the e-journals index, and entries for databases shall be listed in the databases index. In addition, the article-level content of serial items, when available, shall be included in article discovery service indexes.

Once identified by searching the UNT Libraries catalog, materials shall be accessible from the discovery record, via the Internet without fee and with minimal or no barriers.

Additional access points for open access and born-digital materials shall be provided via subject guides and class pages published by the various subject liaisons...."