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A UK-wide agreement has been signed with the publisher Wiley to cover the costs of open access. From 2 March 2020, this new agreement means…
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There are many types of Open Access. Green Open Access for example means depositing or ‘self-archiving’ a copyright-free version of your work in a digital…
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The European Commission launched the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot early in 2015, https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot, to fund Open Access publishing fees for publications arising from finished…
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Then check out the Versions Toolkit for authors, researchers and repository staff produced by LSE. Written with open access(OA) in mind this practical guide is…
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Are you involved in Humanities research and concerned about publishing your research open access? Then you may be interested in a new collaborative open access…
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EC/OPenAire Gold Open Access Pilot Project reports on its first technical workshop. The FP7 post-grant Gold OA Pilot aims to set up a two pronged…
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Sir Bob Burgess, former University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor as chair of the committee which reviewed the RCUK Policy on Open Access commented that the review…
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Have you benefited from FP7 funding? Then this pilot may be of interest. A fund of EUR 4m has been established to help cover the…