Top full text content in 2011
Here is a quick round-up of a busy and interesting year for Research@StAndrews:FullText In June we celebrated reaching the landmark total of 1000 items in the repository. We finished the year with 1247 items. During…
Here is a quick round-up of a busy and interesting year for Research@StAndrews:FullText In June we celebrated reaching the landmark total of 1000 items in the repository. We finished the year with 1247 items. During…
A new policy document published this week shows that the UK government is committed to making publicly funded research outputs available as open access. Para. 6.9 of Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth…
Once again it is encouraging to see a range of content types being accessed from Research@StAndrews: FullText. The list below of our top 10 most downloaded items in November 2011 includes articles, e-theses, a…
New information has been provided by SHERPA services that shows encouraging statistics for journals in the SHERPA/RoMEO* database. Their blog headline states that 60% of journals allow immediate self-archiving of…
A new website has been launched to provide real examples of the way that open access can transform scholarship. One of the stories describes the overwhelming response for St Andrews researchers following the decision…
In our top ten most viewed items this month (Oct) we have published articles, e-theses, a technical report, e-book and article from a hosted University journal. It is great to see such a range of items being used in…
The UK OAIG has just released two new reports on the benefits of open access to the private sector, and the practicalities of implementing ‘gold’ open access in HE. Benefits to the Private Sector of Open Access to…
Back in June, we celebrated reaching 1000 items in Research@StAndrews:FullText with some of the contributors to our landmark total. One of our thesis authors was unable to attend our event, but has been back in touch…
We are pleased to announce that we can now report on downloads from Research@StAndrews:FullText via Google Analytics. Since 2009 we have been able to count visits and page views for our repository. Now, with the help…
As part of our Open Access Week initiatives, we are launching new web pages to support our researchers. We have created a guide to the open access policies of major research funders to ensure that you are fully…