Q. How do I know whether a particular journal is eligible for the OAK Fund Program?

According to the posted eligibility criteria for the OAK Fund Program, the following criteria are expected to be met:

Eligible journals must:

• Provide free online access to all peer-reviewed articles they publish. Journals with a hybrid open-access model or delayed open-access model are not eligible.
• Be published by a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) OR by a publisher that adheres to the OASPA Code of Conduct.
• Have publicly available a standard article fee schedule.
• Have a policy to waive fees in cases of economic hardship (though some exceptions to this requirement may be allowed).
• Many, though not all, eligible journals will be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Eligible monographs must:

• Provide free online access to all scholarly monographs or book chapters they publish. Monographs with a hybrid open-access model or delayed open-access model are not eligible.
• Be published by a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) or by a publisher that adheres to the OASPA Code of Conduct.
• Have publicly available a standard Open Access publishing fee schedule
• Have a policy to waive fees in cases of economic hardship (though some exceptions to this requirement may be allowed).

The Libraries checks the following resources when evaluating whether a given journal meets the criteria:

• Ulrich's Global Serials Directory, https://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/
• Directory of Open Access Journals, http://www.doaj.org/
• Directory of Open Access Books, http://www.doabooks.org/
• OASPA members