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Open Access Policy
Hope faculty affirms the core value of the college “to contribute to the body of knowledge
in the academic disciplines”
with a vision “to pursue truth so as to renew the mind, enrich the disciplines and
transform the culture.”
Furthermore, the faculty recognizes that knowledge and understanding are gifts from
God and are to be shared with others. Thus the faculty is committed to the broad dissemination
of its scholarly works, and as a result adopts the following policy:
Each member of the faculty of Hope College grants to Hope College permission to make
their scholarly work as defined below openly accessible in the College’s Institutional
Repository.
The permission granted by each member of the faculty of Hope College is a nonexclusive,
irrevocable, non-commercial, paid-up, worldwide license. Hope College is permitted
to exercise any and all rights under United States copyright law related to the scholarly
work designated above provided that (a) the works are neither sold for a profit nor
used for any commercial purposes and (b) the faculty member has not formally designated
that a specific scholarly work is not to be so disseminated. The permission also allows
Hope College to authorize others to do the same.
This policy applies to all peer-reviewed, published scholarly journal articles and
conference proceedings written while the author is a member of the faculty of Hope
College. Faculty members shall submit all such scholarly articles for addition to
the College’s Institutional Repository. A faculty member may formally designate that
a specific scholarly work is not to be disseminated by requesting a waiver. Reasons
for doing so may include the existence of an incompatible license or agreement. However,
faculty members may opt out of such dissemination of a scholarly work for any reason.
Details of How it Works
To assist the College in cataloging and distributing the published scholarship of
its faculty, each faculty member will make available an electronic copy of their final
version of the article at no charge to the Hope College Library. The article will
be provided to the library in an appropriate format and using a submission method
specified by the library. The library will make the works available to the public
in an Institutional Repository. The article will be submitted by the faculty member
no later than the date of its publication and may be embargoed in the Institutional
Repository for a period of time as required by the publisher’s policies. The library
will automatically waive application of the policy at any time for a particular article
upon written request by the author, explaining the need for the waiver.
The Library Committee, acting under the authority of the Academic Affairs Board, will
be responsible for interpreting this policy, resolving any disputes related to its
interpretation and application, and recommending changes in the policy, if needed,
to the Academic Affairs Board. The Library Committee and Academic Affairs Board will
review the policy periodically, and every five years at a minimum. The faculty authorize
the Dean of Libraries, working with the staff of the Hope College Library, to develop
and maintain the Hope College Institutional Repository and to develop, initiate, and
monitor a plan for adding scholarly works of the faculty and disseminating those works
to the general public without cost.
"Our Mission: About." Hope College. Accessed March 13, 2025.
. Quote found under:
THE CORE VALUES THAT SHAPE HOPE
"Our Mission: About." Hope College. Accessed March 13, 2025.
. Quote found under:
THE VISION THAT MOTIVATES HOPE
(Last revised March 2025.)
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