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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 […]

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The Springer Compact offset model: update on progress

In this blog post, Jisc Collections provides an update on how the Springer Compact agreement is progressing in the UK. In March 2015, Jisc Collections announced that it had reached an agreement with Springer for an offset model to contain the costs of publication and subscription access for UK institutions. Six months have passed since […]

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Groups looking at OA

I produced a slide showing what i understand (or, perhaps in some cases, misunderstand) to be the groups in the UK and Europe with a remit that covers OA. This is not comprehensive, I’m sure. Because i created it for Jisc purposes, it has a Jisc flavour to it. However, it might be useful for […]

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OA Publisher Compliance Document

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 […]

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Shaping the future of Jisc OA services – A sector-wide view

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 […]

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Helping with REF OA compliance – update on Jisc services

We are getting closer to April and the implementation of the HEFCE open access policy for REF outputs. Jisc has been working with HEFCE, publishers and the community to develop services which will help the sector in complying with this policy to maximise both the outputs which are eligible for REF and, of course, the […]

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Report on open access monograph publishing

We recently blogged on Jisc’s work in the area of open access books. One of the projects we discussed was OAPEN-UK, a five year study into open access monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences. This project has now completed and the final report, written by Ellen Collins and Caren Milloy, is now available. […]

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Open Access books: Jisc work in the area

Most of the posts on this blog concern open access to journal articles. In this post, jointly authored by Neil Jacobs, Caren Milloy, Neil Grindley, Chris Keene and Liam Earney, we take a look at Jisc’s current work in the area of OA books. Books are integral to teaching and research. Academics feel strongly about […]

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End of year update on Jisc OA work related to journal articles

As a busy year draws to an end, i thought it would be a good time to release another update on where we are with the various services and projects that Jisc is working on to help HEIs implement OA for journal articles. (Update on our work in books due shortly). Here it is: Jisc […]

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A Schema for Open Access policies

There are now many Open Access (OA) policies, from universities, research institutions and funders listed in SHERPA/JULIET, ROARMAP and MELIBEA. Such policies are often expressed in different ways, making the OA policy landscape complex for all the stakeholders involved in the process of sharing and publishing research outputs. This is particularly the case for authors […]