The Academic Senate of the University of California (UC) adopted an Open Access Policy on July 24, 2013, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC would be made available to the public at no charge once authors deposit them into eScholarship, UC’s open access repository.
On October 23, 2015, a Presidential Open Access Policy expanded open access rights and responsibilities to all other UC employees, including non-senate researchers, lecturers, post-doctoral scholars, administrative staff, librarians, and graduate students.
View a quick-start guide to participating in the OA policies for:
Note: These policies apply to scholarly articles. Learn more about UC’s Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations as well as campus graduate division policies on open access for student works.
Take Action or Learn More:
Deposit Your Scholarly Articles
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.
OA Policies FAQ
Get quick answers about the terms of the policy and what to do.
To read the text of UC’s open access policies or learn more about their history, visit the UC Open Access Policies Background page.
Questions? Contact your campus library or osc@ucop.edu.
