The UMass Amherst Open Access Policy (UMA OAP) was passed by the Faculty Senate on April 7, 2016 and went into effect on July 1, 2016. It was sponsored by the Research Council, and it stipulated: “The policy will be reviewed by the Provost (or designee) after three years and a report presented to the Faculty Senate." The University Libraries have acted as the Provost’s designee to administer the UMA OAP and manage ScholarWorks, the institutional repository through which UMA faculty can share their author accepted manuscripts for articles and book chapters. The UMA OAP review was conducted by the Libraries over the 2024-25 academic year in consultation with the Research Council and Research Library Council.