![Progress report on implementing HEFCE's Open Access policy](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Are you wondering how UK HEIs are getting on with implementing HEFCE’s open access policy? Neil Jacobs, Head of Scholarly Communications Support at JISC, has…
![ORCID...what is it?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Over 1.2 million researchers worldwide have signed up to ORCID…but what is it? First, let’s look at what ‘ORCID’ stands for – Open Researcher and Contributor ID. …
![SHERPA/REF...what is it?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
There’s a new report published which brings together the findings of a HEFCE-commissioned consultation of stakeholders on a new service, SHERPA/REF. The aim of this new…
![Ever wondered about using twitter to disseminate your research?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Ever wondered about using twitter to disseminate your research? A post on the London School of Economics blog aimed at university academics and researchers is a user-friendly…
![Open Access checklist for Universities published](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The European Universities Association has published ‘Open Access Checklist for Universities: a practical guide for implementation’. This document is designed to help universities develop and implement…
![Westmister Briefing events- hear the latest details of RCUK's Open Access policy](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Two new events, in London and Manchester, have been announced where you can learn the latest details about RCUK’s policy on open access. Keynote speaker at both events is…
![RCUK block grant for 2015/16 announced](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Research Councils UK today announced how much it will be paying to institutions from the 2015/16 block grant. The total amount to be distributed during…
![Open Access profiles for European Union countries](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Have you seen this on OpenAIRE’s website? Open Access repositories, publications, statistics and information about the open access national environment for each EU nation. The information is well organised,…
![HEFCE study released](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
A major HEFCE study on “Monographs and open access” has been released. The study was led by Geoffey Crossick and focuses on monographs in the…
![New open access ebook](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Cambridge University published ‘Open Access and the Humanities’ in November 2014, with the ebook version available as open access. Subtitled ‘Contexts, controversies and the future’ it…