![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…
![Questioning research assessment](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Simon Marginson, writing for the Guardian, asks a very pertinent question- UK research is getting better all the time- or is it? He questions the large…
![The cost of open access](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Executive Director of Jisc Digital Resources and CEO of Jisc Colections, Lorraine Estelle, has written a very thought provoking piece about the price of open access…
![Early Career Researchers and Open Access](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Dr Caroline Edwards, Co-Director of the Open Library for Humanities, gave a keynote speech at ‘Discovering Open Practices’ training event for PhD students. She discussed…
![New phase of funding with OpenAire2020 - an EC funded project starting January 2015.](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
This A pan-European Open Scholarship Initiative involving 50 partners, from all EU countries, and beyond, will collaborate to work on this large-scale initiative that aims…
![Creative Commons and Open Licenses](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
How do open content licences work? How do I choose the most suitable licence for my individual needs? Where can I find open content online?…