Open Access and Institutional Archive Policy
GAZI UNIVERSITY
CORPORATE ARCHIVE POLICY AND PRACTICES WITH OPEN ACCESS
Based on these application principles, Articles 4/c and 42/d of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and the Open Access and Open Science Circular published by the Higher Education Council Publication and Documentation Department; It covers the issues related to the compilation of scientific studies belonging to members of Gazi University, their long-term protection and security, and accordingly, storing scientific knowledge and experimental results in the Institutional Archive of Gazi University and presenting them to the service of the scientific world.
In this application principles;
- Open Access: Researchers can access the full texts of scientific outputs free of charge in the digital environment without legal and technical barriers,
- Academic Study: Articles, graduate theses, papers, seminar texts, technical notes, project reports, books, book chapters, patent documents, open course materials, etc., published or in the process of being published in scientific journals. publications,
- Institutional Archive: An open access system, which includes all the services produced by university members, where scientific outputs are collected, stored and preserved in a digital environment,
- Gazi University Member: Gazi University faculty members and graduate students,
- Open Science and Open Access Commission: It refers to the commission that plans and evaluates the operability of the university regarding open science and open access, and proposes measures when necessary.
GAZİ UNIVERSITY OPEN ACCESS AND CORPORATE ARCHIVE POLICY
- Ensuring free, easy and fast access to the information produced at our university to wider masses,
- Creating an electronic archive and transferring it to future generations with the understanding of storing and storing the information produced at the institutional level,
- Enabling more citations by using more widely the scientific studies in the open archive and increasing the impact values by increasing the access channels of the publications,
- Contributing to national and international open archive studies.
- Increasing the visibility of our university.
AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OPEN SCIENCE AND OPEN ACCESS COMMISSION
Establishment of Open Science and Open Access Commission
The Open Access Commission consists of faculty members determined by the Rector for three years, the relevant Vice-Rector and the Head of Library Documentation Department, considering the basic fields of the University. The Chairman of the Commission is carried out by the relevant vice-rector. Members whose term has expired may be reassigned in the same manner. The Head of Library Documentation Department is a permanent member of the commission.
Duties of Open Science and Open Access Commission
Open Science and Open Access Commission, within the framework of the Higher Education Council Open Access and Open Science policies and Gazi University Open Science and Open Access policy;
- Establishment of Open Access Archive System,
- Ensuring integration with the European Open Access Infrastructure (OpenAIRE),
- Organizing introductory meetings to encourage academic staff and graduate students to Open Access and including them in the system,
- Revising and changing Open Access Policies when necessary,
- Reporting of studies at regular intervals,
- It carries out the activities of organizing the information entry of Open Access and Open Archive stakeholders into the system.
Open Science and Open Access Commission Operation
- The Commission meets at least twice a year under the chairmanship of the Rector or the Vice-Rector. However, an extraordinary meeting may be held upon the call of the Chairman of the Commission.
- The Secretariat of the Commission is carried out by the Head of the Library Department.
- Commission decisions are sent to the General Secretariat for implementation.
