In support of open access, the Libraries adheres to the following principles:

• when appropriate and advantageous, the collections budget may be applied to emerging licensing models such as Read & Publish agreements, Subscribe 2 Open, and investments in OA publishing, as well as activities or initiatives that advance local, community, and scholarly open access goals, including those that do not result in specific resources being acquired for Columbia’s owned collections (e.g., institutional membership in an organization that aids, promotes, develops, aggregates, and/or provides open access to content), as well;

• collecting librarians systematically evaluate, select, support, and promote the use of open resources, whether as alternatives or in addition to existing traditional resources;

• licensing and acquisitions agreements entered into by the Libraries should not prevent Columbia’s scholars from using open access repository and distribution systems.