Categories
Uncategorized

Jisc Open Access Digest for OA Week

We are pleased to announce that the third Open Access Digest is now available on Jisc’s Open Access Website; it outlines much of the work we’ve been doing around OA, as well as points you to where you can learn more, or indeed engage with services such as the Publications Router and Jisc Monitor. You […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Offsetting models: update on the Springer Compact deal

In a recent blog post, Jisc Collections reported how the Springer Compact agreement was progressing in the UK. This blog post assesses the progress made in the first 9 months of the agreement between January and September 2016. The Springer Compact agreement was launched in January 2016, following a pilot phase between October and December […]

Categories
Uncategorized

In the context of Open Access policies in the UK, what is a “repository”?

Repositories are an established part of the research communication process and there are many policies which now have requirements for open access to published research using a repository. But what does “a repository” mean? Jisc has carried out a piece of work to propose a functional definition of a repository. This short note provides a […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Investigating OA monograph services – Final report

The Investigating OA monograph services project has been exploring potential future services to support peer-reviewed OA monograph publishing. With the release of the final report, Eelco and I, as project leads, highlight some of the key work packages, outcomes and recommendations. Two of the most productive work packages were on metadata and publisher information. In […]

Categories
Uncategorized

IRUS-UK Case Studies and Improving Open Access Support

Understanding usage of Institutional Repository content is important Being able to track how many people are accessing repository content and to be able to identify the usage of particular items offers many benefits and provides valuable evidence of the potential impact that a repository is having. In addition, being able to compare repository usage between […]