The tension in the modern research environment between the long-standing academic principle of free and open access to research and the commercial need for confidentiality to protect competitive advantage, is well known to the academic community.…
Anyone reading this blog is likely to agree that we are at the beginning of potentially the most exciting, creative and fruitful period in the history of science.…
This guide has been produced to give researchers, publishers, librarians and information professionals a basic understanding of the Open Access movement and where we currently stand.…
One of the most recurring (and sometimes tiresome) debates in our area is the one about the relative merits of institutional and subject-based repositories. Which if the two is better for the long-term curation of content?…
A new RIN/NESTA project will look at a series case studies examining what motivates researchers to work in an open way with regard to their data.…
I attended the Repositories Support Project?s ?The role of open access and repositories in the arts: a forum for discussion?…
The RIN and Universities UK have published new detailed and practical guidance for all those who deal with the arrangements for paying for open access publication charges. News release - 21 April 2009 …
The RIN and UUK have produce new practical guidance aimed at all those involved in the arrangements for paying the fees charged by publishers for making articles open access.…
This guidance gives advice on paying for open access publication charges in journals and sets out recommendations for higher education institutions, publishers, research funders, and authors.…
We were delighted to be invited to Scotland?s first conference on the Open access research repository ? what?s in it for you? on 13 February at the University of Stirling.…
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