Resolution adopting the principles of Open Access of Research by the Iowa State University Faculty Senate


"THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate strongly encourages ISU scholars when they publish:

1. to seek high quality and rigorous peer-reviewed journals that are broadly recognized by scholarly communities as suitable to meet the standards of promotion and tenure, and that also, when possible, allow open access archiving in the ISU Digital Repository; or

2. when possible, to publish in similarly high quality peer-reviewed journals, suitable to meet the standards of promotion and tenure, that are already published open access; and

3. to submit their published research to the ISU digital repository as soon as possible after acceptance for publication, and preferably no later than the next year’s annual review; and

4. to grant ISU a non-exclusive license to archive selected previously published journal articles in its digital repository....

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ISU Faculty Senate strongly encourages colleges and departments across the university to work with library specialists to identify and promote Gold Open Access journals2 within each discipline that have, or hold the near-term potential to have, the prestige and rigorous peer review to satisfy our promotion and tenure process, and as a result might become possible avenues for future publishing by our scholars."