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Category Archives: Open Access
UKRI Article Processing Charges and Gold Open Access at the OU
The UKRI block grant is now in it’s 6th year. The grant pays for Open Access Article Processing Charges for articles and conference proceedings that are the result of a UKRI funding body grant. (1) There is nothing particularly unique … Continue reading
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Copyright and your thesis: new guidance for conquering copyright confusion
We are pleased to announce the release of a new guidance document entitled ‘copyright and your thesis’ (OU log-in required), designed to help postgraduate research students understand their copyright responsibilities during thesis production. Copyright law can be confusing, but for … Continue reading
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What is a post-print and where do I get it? Guidance on what can be added to repositories and where to find it
The people behind the Open Access discovery tool Open Access button have recently published 2 useful guides. The first Pre-prints, post-prints, and publisher’s PDF explained offers some guidance on how to identify: Pre-prints (or Submitted Versions) Post-prints (or Accepted Author Manuscripts) Published … Continue reading
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#ThesisThursday at The Open University
So Dan Weinbren quotes Steven Rose the OU’s first professor of biology in his history of the OU. (1) It’s not just true of research in general but also postgraduate research: The Open University is a destination for PhD students. And that’s … Continue reading
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A roundup of free online training
There have been a few new, free online training resources for researchers released lately, so we thought with summer here it would be worth a roundup. From a focus on working with data and data management to a broader range … Continue reading
Open Access and ORO – not just about mandates!
The biggest challenge facing Institutional Repositories like ORO is not meeting the REF Open Access policy, although that is important! Rather it is demonstrating their long term value to the research community they serve. Take the case of the discussion paper authored by Dr … Continue reading
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Event for authors and researchers – Explore open access books
Springer Nature is holding a multidisciplinary event on Monday 23 April in London during Academic Book Week, exploring how open access books can help authors make the most out of their research. The event is open to all researchers and … Continue reading
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REF 2021 Open Access Policy – Update
The Open Access policy for the next REF has been amended. To be eligible for submission to the next REF, HEFCE now requires that the full-text of journal articles and published, peer-reviewed conference proceedings (with an ISSN) are deposited in … Continue reading
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July ORO downloads – how do people get to ORO?
This is second of three posts looking at the benefits and functions of the institutional repository through the lens of the top monthly downloads. This post looks at the different ways people get to the Open Access papers in ORO. … Continue reading
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Repository Downloads – March & April 2017 Edition
This edition of the downloads report from ORO forms 2 posts. In the first I look at the general characteristics of repository downloads and repository web sessions. In the second I will focus on a single item in ORO and … Continue reading
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