In 2010, the Duke University Academic Council adopted an open access policy that applies to all Duke faculty members and provides Duke a license to make scholarly works authored by Duke faculty freely available in DukeSpace, a repository administered and maintained by the Duke University Libraries. The preamble to the policy states:
"The Faculty of Duke University is committed to disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible. In addition to the public benefit of such dissemination, the following policy is intended to serve faculty interests by promoting greater reach and impact for articles, simplifying authors’ retention of distribution rights, and aiding preservation."
Full text of the OA Policy is in Section 6.4 of the Faculty Research Policy Manual.
The Open Access Policy grants Duke a non-exclusive right to distribute articles submitted to DukeSpace and applies a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license. This allows anyone to read and reproduce the publication, as long as they cite the original author and source and do not use it for commercial gain. Any commercial use still requires permission from the copyright holder.
Publications and data in a Duke repository are linked from your Scholars@Duke profile, further increasing their visibility, and making it easier for others to find, use, and cite your work.
DukeSpace is an online, open access repository and home to an extensive collection of scholarly works by Duke authors. Scholarly works are made available by the authors themselves under the purview of the Open Access Policy.
The guide to depositing scholarly works in DukeSpace provides detailed policies, deposit instructions, and frequently asked questions.
*The Open Access Policy does not apply to student, post-doc, or non-faculty authors. Ensure you are the rights holder of the work before depositing.
Most scholarly works, especially articles published in journals, are only available to members of subscribing institutions. You can increase the reach and impact of your work by depositing a copy in an open access repository, like Duke’s, which makes the articles available to anyone with an internet connection. DukeSpace is indexed by Google Scholar and other search engines, and your work will be more easily found by the broad audiences that use those services, but who may not be at a research university.
Other questions about DukeSpace? See our FAQ page.
