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Open Access at UCSC

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About the UC Open Access Policies

UC Open Access Policies - Text of Policies
The UC open access (OA) policies reserve rights for UC faculty and employees to make their scholarly articles and conference papers freely available to the public in an open access repository. To read the text of the policies, use this link to connect to the policy for your specific role (academic senate member or UC employee).

Basic Definitions:

Green Open Access
Previously published works can be deposited in open access repositories such as University of California's eScholarship Repository, arXiv, or SSRN.
Gold Open Access
Many publications are openly available for free to end users, but commercial publishers of OA materials may charge Author Processing Charges.
Open Access Definition
From the Budapest Open Access Initiative
Pre-prints and Post-prints defined
From SHERPA RoMEO

Observing the OA policy

This is a checklist of what you need to do:

Publish, as you would, in any journal. Agree to normal publication contracts.
Have at the ready the correct pre-publication version of your paper (this is the author’s final version, post peer review--see information about versions: FAQ - How do I know I'm depositing the right version?). This is the version that you will upload to eScholarship. (Note: Keep track of versions regardless of whether you are the first author or a co-author).
When to contact the library: If you have any questions or if the publisher asks for a waiver to the UC Open Access Policy. Contact us at research@library.ucsc.edu or get answers on the Office of Scholarly Communication’s website.

Instructions to Deposit Your Work in eScholarship
Once you deposit your work, it will be available for public access on eScholarship