In this post, Carolyn Alderson gives us an update on an initiative we’ve been pursuing to describe how journal publishers can help with OA compliance. Last year Neil wrote about the steps publishers might take to help their customers in the management of Open Access, in order to meet funder requirements and also to assist […]
This conference will bring together leading experts from the UK, US and Europe to explore the current critical issues and innovations in digital scholarship, facilitating an international exchange on leading practice and policy. We are pleased to announce that Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principle of Jesus College and Professorial research fellow in Computer Science at […]
Attendees at this year’s UKSG conference heard details about Jisc’s collection of open access (OA) services, including an update on the Publications Router. When moving to OA, the main challenges universities and researchers face are achieving compliance, managing costs, and realising the benefits of OA. An overview of how Jisc’s OA services can help institutions […]
In this post, Rob Johnson of Research Consulting reports on the results of recent research to inform the development of Jisc’s OA services. We think the findings will be of wider interest. Rob writes: Back in February we were asked by Jisc to help inform the development of Jisc’s future open access (OA) services, including […]
Today marks the start of another chapter on the UK’s road to open access (OA) as the UK education funding councils’ post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) OA policy comes into effect. It’s been a long time coming. The REF OA policy was announced in 2014, and subsequently revised in 2015, following further extensive consultation with […]
