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 blogged a summary of a JISC-commissioned review of the progress made so far. The study
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 consortium agreement which means that authors won’t have to pay to make their research open
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 an open access policy for their institution. The general guide is aimed at researchers, librarians and university management. There
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 had received a largely positive response to the policy with over 85 submissions of written
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 Professor Sir Bob Burgess, Chair of the Independent Review of RCUK Policy on Open Access.
Check out JISC’s updates and outline plans of services which help with meeting Open Access requirements – http://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/03/12/jisc-plans-for-oa-services/
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 opportunities in opening access to research. The recently-launched CRC Blog http://thecrcblog.wordpress.com will provide updates on
If you are unsure as to what is meant by “date of acceptance” the FAQs for the Policy for Open Access in the next REF have just been updated with clear information and guidance. Check it out at – http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/ New questions
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, easy to find and access and gives a good idea of what’s happening in that
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 Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The report identifies many issues involved with applying open access