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Open Access Policy

Hope faculty affirms the core value of the college 鈥渢o contribute to the body of knowledge in the academic disciplines鈥�1 with a vision 鈥渢o pursue truth so as to renew the mind, enrich the disciplines and transform the culture.鈥�2

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 熊猫在线视频 grants to 熊猫在线视频 permission to make their scholarly work as defined below openly accessible in the College鈥檚 Institutional Repository.

The permission granted by each member of the faculty of 熊猫在线视频 is a nonexclusive, irrevocable, non-commercial, paid-up, worldwide license. 熊猫在线视频 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 熊猫在线视频 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鈥檚 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 熊猫在线视频 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鈥檚 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 熊猫在线视频 Library, to develop and maintain the 熊猫在线视频 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.

  1. "Our Mission: About." 熊猫在线视频. Accessed March 13, 2025. /about/mission.html. Quote found under: THE CORE VALUES THAT SHAPE HOPE.
  2. "Our Mission: About." 熊猫在线视频. Accessed March 13, 2025. /about/mission.html. Quote found under: THE VISION THAT MOTIVATES HOPE.

(Last revised March 2025.)