PRINCIPLES FOR OPEN ACCESS TO ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AT UIT THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY

"UiT’s Rights Retention Strategy

UiT is introducing a Rights Retention Strategy to facilitate that all academic literature from UiT, not just that with external funding, is made available with Green OA.

As of 1 January 2022, the following applies: Irrespective of the publication channel, full-text versions of research articles written by employees and students at UiT must be uploaded (deposited) continuously in the national register (currently called Cristin).

- If a Gold OA channel has been used, the publisher’s PDF (the published version, Version of Record) must be uploaded.

- If a closed subscription-based channel has been used that does not allow self-archiving of the publisher’s PDF, the latest peer-reviewed manuscript version (the author’s accepted manuscript, “postprint”) must be uploaded.

The requirement about uploading full-text versions applies to peer-reviewed articles in journals and anthologies. However, UiT also encourages authors to upload other genres of academic literature, including books (monographs), popular science articles, newspaper articles and other research-based dissemination activities. This will not have retrospective effect and applies to all articles published on or after 1 January 2022. In the long term, the proportion of deposited and accessible articles may be of significance for UiT’s allocation of results-based budgets to the faculties.

All full-text versions uploaded will be made openly available in the institution’s repository (currently called Munin). Authors wishing to reserve themselves against the full-text version being made available in Munin may apply for an exemption. Such applications shall be sent using a separate solution via UiT’s website.

By failing to apply for an exemption from the rule concerning Open Access, UiT’s employees and students give the institution permission to make full-text versions available in the open research archive (currently called Munin) under a Creative Commons license, in line with prevailing international practice within Green OA infrastructure. 2

UiT wishes to point out to publishers of academic literature that the institution’s employees and students hereby give UiT permission to make their academic works available online under a Creative Commons license, provided that the individual right to request an exception is not exercised...."