University of California Open Access Policy

The Academic Senate of the University of California passed an Open Access Policy on July 24, 2013, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge.

Watch a 90-second introduction to the policy.

For more information, please visit: uc-oa.info

The Academic Senate of the University of California

passed an Open Access Policy in July 2013

ensuring that future research articles

authored by faculty at all 10 UC campuses

will be made publicly available

at no charge.

This means you can now share your work

broadly and easily with anyone in the world

And that means:

greater recognition of your research

more thorough engagement with your ideas

and an increase in scientific, scholarly,

and critical knowledge in our world.

So what do you need to do?

Faculty at UC Irvine, UCLA, or UCSF

should deposit all articles published after July 24, 2013

in eScholarship, UC's open access repository.

Faculty on other campuses may also deposit

but are not required to until next fall.

Deposit is simple.

Select your campus

enter a few identifying details about your material

such as title, author name(s), and discipline

and upload a copy of your article.

If your article is already openly available

just let us know where.

And if you need a waiver, embargo,

or Creative Commons license, we can help with that.

Finally, stay tuned

for a new publication harvesting tool

that will make your participation in this policy

even easier!

To get started or learn more

visit: uc-oa.info