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 that all authors affiliated with institutions whose libraries pay for the Wiley journal subscription package
As we enter 2020, we are celebrating reaching 15,000 records deposited in the University’s research repository! You can browse all discoverable records online. Our 15,000th discoverable record was: Vogogias, T., Visualisation Support for Biological Bayesian Network Inference, the thesis of
Edinburgh Napier University supports the ‘green’ route to open access, where authors deposit copies of their research in the institutional repository. Many authors also want to publish articles in ‘gold’ open access in journals with Creative Commons licenses. There are
When an academic publishes a journal article, who owns the copyright in the text, and what are you permitted to do with it? The answers to these questions can be surprisingly complex, and will vary depending on both an institition’s
We’ve been busy organising some foyer roadshows during international Open Access Week 2019. These roadshows will take place at the following times: Monday 21st October 11am – 1pm – Sighthill Tuesday 22nd October 11am – 1pm – Craiglockhart Thursday 24th
Frank Manista reports from the General Assembly for OpenAire Advance and Legal Entity meeting held in Hungary in January. 34 members of the OpenAire Advance group were updated on the progress being made with the 10 work packages associated with
UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland along with 9 other European funding agencies have signed up to “Plan S”. The plan is seen as a transformative development towards achieving full open access to research outputs. The key principle of Plan S
Here’s some good news for a Friday! If you’re a member of the British Psychological Society, you will not be charged an article processing charge (APC) if you publish your work in any of these Wiley journals: British Journal
Information Services and RIO have organised a number of events on all campuses to participate in Open Access Week. This annual international celebration of ‘all things open access’ is taking place from 23rd – 29th October. There are Foyer Roadshows