You can provide a copy of your article to the Libraries in one of the following ways:

1. Using the Researcher Metadata Database: All members of the Penn State community can use RMD. Penn State users can also act as proxies on behalf of other Penn State users (with the users’ approval).
2. Using Activity Insight (Digital Measures): Faculty who use Activity Insight can upload a copy of their accepted manuscript there.
3. Using ScholarSphere: If you are not able to use one of the methods above, please provide a copy of your article to the Libraries by depositing it in ScholarSphere, an open access repository maintained by the Libraries. To meet the terms of the policy, please select “public” as the visibility level when depositing your article. Anyone with a Penn State Access ID can deposit in ScholarSphere. If you do not have an Access ID but need to deposit, please contact the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright.
4. Using another OA repository or an OA publication method of your choice

The policy also allows university researchers to get a waiver for a particular article.