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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…
![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…
![Open Access infographic](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
We’ve just found this open access infographic on our @ednaplib twitter account. Published in ‘Science’, it uses a timeline to show the increase in scientific information published and shows the rise in open…
![Open Access and the early career researcher](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
As an early career researcher, Wiley Advisor and Sense About Science Voice of Young Science member, Daniel Amund shares his thoughts and feelings on Open Access. He sees the benefits…
![HEFCE publish open access policy requirements for post-2014 REF](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Earlier today HEFCE published information and audit requirements for the policy for open access in the post-2014 REF. Go to their website where you’ll see…
![Making Open Access work on a European level](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
New Jisc blog by Mafalda Picarra discusses the European approach to Open Access. Is it as high on the agenda for researchers across Europe as it is…