Promoting a culture of openness: Institutional open access policy development and evaluation at a Canadian university

Institutional open access (OA) policies can act as a solid foundation on which to build university-wide support for access. This is the first paper reflect entire process of developing, implementing, and reviewing an institutional policy at Canadian post-secondary institution. Simon Fraser University (SFU) one few universities with policy. As leader in access, SFU well positioned share observations our experiences three years OA Throughout this paper, we role that plays broader culture openness resources supports provided researchers. Other institutions may find adoption SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, results) appreciative inquiry framework useful they explore future development or review work promote within their university community.