The Academic Senate of the University of California adopted 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. A precursor to this policy was adopted by the UCSF Academic Senate on May 21, 2012.

On October 23, 2015, a Presidential Open Access Policy expanded open access rights and responsibilities to all other authors who write scholarly articles while employed at UC, including non-senate researchers, lecturers, post-doctoral scholars, administrative staff, librarians, and graduate students.

Deposit your work Upload a copy of your article or provide a link to an open access version.	Get a Waiver/Embargo If your publisher has requested a waiver or embargo of UC’s open access policies, get it here.	Policy FAQ Get quick answers and see a flow chart of how to comply with the policies.
Implementation Plan Learn about the publication management system being developed to make it as easy as possible for authors to share their publications.	Policy History Find older versions of the policies, press releases, and related documents.	Publishers Contacted UC has contacted hundreds of publishers. See which ones are complying with UC’s policies and which ones are requesting that authors opt out.
Read the Policies Read the full text of UC’s open access policies.	OA Policy Contacts See who you can talk to on your campus or in the Office of Scholarly Communication if you have more questions.	Get the Word Out Get reusable graphics to share on your website or in local presenations.

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