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Open access briefing: OA monographs in the UK

This paper was written by Graham Stone and Caren Milloy and published as part of Open Access Week 2018. It can also be downloaded as a PDF document.  Introduction This paper outlines the current UK landscape for arts, humanities and social science (AHSS) monograph publishing, the state of business models to support open access (OA), […]

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Open access briefing paper: The potential of global identifiers to support more efficient workflows for all kinds of OA

This paper was written by Chris Brown, Katie Shamash, Helen Blanchett and Balviar Notay. Is was published as part of Open Access Week 2018 and can also be downloaded as a PDF document. Introduction This document describes the potential of Persistent Identifier (PID) registries, in particularly for researchers and organisations, and how, if properly used, […]

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Open access briefing paper: Fixing the UK repository landscape

This paper was written by Neil Jacobs and published as part of Open Access Week 2018. It can also be downloaded as a PDF document. Introduction This paper outlines the current state of the organisational, cultural and technical landscape related to OA repositories in the UK, trends and recent developments, and suggestions for improvement. Background OA […]

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Open access briefing paper: Alternatives to green and gold for journal articles and conference papers

This paper was written by Neil Jacobs and published as part of Open Access Week 2018. It can also be downloaded as a PDF document.  Introduction Much of the debate and policy direction on OA over the past 10-20 years has been dominated by two particular routes to OA for short-form research publications, that is via […]

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Open access briefing paper: Considering the implications of the Finch Report

This paper was written by Liam Earney and published as part of Open Access Week 2018. Please note that it was originally written as an internal briefing paper for Jisc in spring 2018. It can also be downloaded as a PDF document.  It is now six years since the publication of the Report of the Working […]

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Open Access Week 2018 briefing papers

    The world of open access is a fast-changing environment, but it seems especially so in 2018. Both the newly formed UKRI and the Wellcome Trust are reviewing their OA policies and it seems barely a week goes by without a new development or report, culminating in the announcement of Plan S. As part […]