![New post on the Jisc Scholarly Communication blog](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
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…
![SHERPA RoMEO - the really, really useful tool for researchers](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2017/10/Sherpa-Romeo.png)
Here’s something useful. Something practical that will help you quickly and easily find an essential piece of information when you’re trying to decide which journal…
![Thinking of doing some research this summer?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
If you’re thinking of doing some research over the summer, we’ve got some great resources to help you. Have you seen our Decision Tree? This…
![Sherpa REF beta service now available](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Last year we blogged about the development of a new service that wasn’t quite available yet, called Sherpa REF. The beta version of Sherpa REF is now available…
![JISC Open Access Update](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Have a good read of JISC’s first ever quarterly digest of news about their work in open access. Open Access Update gives plenty of links…
![Open Access Week 2015 at Edinburgh Napier University](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/10/28795.jpg)
After a very busy Open Access Week we thought it would be a good idea to do a round-up post. The foyer roadshows were well attended and on each…
![How accurate is SHERPA/FACT?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2015/07/sherpafact.jpg)
Well, the answer is that SHERPA/FACT is more than 95% accurate at checking publisher’s policies against funders open access requirements. A recent study by the…
![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…
![Centre for Research Communications launches new blog.](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The Centre for Research Communications (CRC) at the University of Nottingham works nationally and globally with researchers, funders, institutions and publishers, on challenging and exciting…