On April 23, 2019, the Penn State Faculty Senate voted to endorse the Open Access Policy Recommendations from the University’s Open Access Task Force and the Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology. The policy, AC02, was approved by the president of the university and went into effect on January 1, 2020.

For more information regarding open access, funder open access policies, article processing charges, and open access at Penn State, visit and review our Open Access library guide.