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Independent review pendingDataset 2026.08-calibration-3

Check the evidence for University of California-Berkeley.

This packet lets a second reviewer independently check the official sources and all six first-pass assessments. It evaluates public discoverability, not institutional prestige, research quality, or the private quality of services.

First pass
2026-08-28
Dimensions
6/6 mapped
Official sources
2

Reviewer declaration

Independence is part of the evidence.

Reviewer name and affiliation: __________________________________

Relevant expertise: ____________________________________________

Conflict with this institution: □ None □ Described below

Conflict note: _________________________________________________

Independence confirmed: □ Yes □ No

Public attribution consent: □ Yes □ No

First-pass summary

Berkeley stands out for the breadth of its scholarly-communication and information-policy expertise, backed by lifecycle data support.

Standout signal

The library explicitly covers author rights, contracts, privacy, text and data mining, and responsible AI alongside open access.

Clearest opportunity

Create a central author journey that adds visible manuscript readiness and journal-submission support.

Dimension review

Check the score, note, and evidence boundary.

Confirm only when the note is supported by the cited institution-owned pages. A missing public signal means it was not discoverable in the reviewed evidence, not that the service does not exist.

Findability and navigation

13/15

A researcher can find a coherent support hub, subject expertise, and a clear route to help.

Data and scholarly-communication services are prominent, though the full support journey is distributed.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Literature search and evidence synthesis

13/15

The institution offers practical help with searching, evidence synthesis, citations, and research discovery.

Subject expertise, research consultations, and data discovery support evidence work across disciplines.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Manuscript preparation and submission

14/20

Researchers can find guidance for writing, reporting, publication strategy, and preparing work for submission.

Publishing consultations and scholarly-policy expertise assist authors, with less emphasis on manuscript editing or submission templates.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Open access, copyright, and publishing

19/20

Public support covers publishing options, open access, rights, repositories, and author-cost questions.

Scholarly Communication and Information Policy provides unusually broad expertise in open access, rights, contracts, privacy, and AI.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Integrity, reproducibility, data, and AI

18/20

Researchers can access data-management, reproducibility, research-integrity, and responsible-AI guidance.

Data-management consultation covers planning, security, metadata, publishing, sharing, and reproducibility.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Practical access and maintenance

9/10

Help is actionable through consultations, workshops, templates, accessible pages, and current maintenance.

Direct specialist email and consultation routes are clearly available.

□ Confirmed   □ Corrected   □ Insufficient evidence

Reviewer note: __________________________________________

Official evidence review

Open every source before deciding.

Source 1

UC Berkeley Scholarly Communication and Information Policy

Open official source ↗

The office advises on open access, copyright, author rights, contracts, licensing, privacy, text and data mining, and AI-related information policy.

Supports: Findability, Manuscript, Publishing, Integrity and data, Access

Source resolves and is institution-owned: □ Yes   □ No

Source 2

UC Berkeley research data management guidance

Open official source ↗

The program offers consultation and training before, during, and after research on plans, security, metadata, workflows, publishing, and sharing.

Supports: Evidence, Integrity and data, Access

Source resolves and is institution-owned: □ Yes   □ No

Independent outcome

Record a decision that can be audited.

Outcome: □ Confirmed   □ Corrected

Required note: ________________________________________________________________

Official evidence supporting any correction: _______________________________________

Reviewed on (YYYY-MM-DD): __________________

Email completed reviewAttach the completed Markdown or PDF. Manusights verifies corrections before updating the public record.