Penn State's open access policy, AC02, requires that you provide your accepted manuscript (or "post-print") to the Libraries to be made available to the public in an open access repository "no later than the date of publication."

If you have signed (or wish to sign) a publication agreement giving up your right to provide immediate access, you can either

• get a waiver for that article or
• direct the Libraries to delay access to the article for the period of the embargo.

The second option is recommended, as it provides access to your article as soon as the embargo ends. You can set this embargo period when depositing an accepted manuscript in ScholarSphere using the Researcher Metadata Database.

With questions about the open access policy, please contact the Libraries' Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright.