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Thursday July 2, 2020
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The University of St Andrews has signed up to a 2-year Publish and Read deal with the Microbiology …
Thursday May 28, 2020
The University of St Andrews has now signed up to a three-year Transitional Open Access deal with the …
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Jisc strikes deal with Wiley
Announced on 2 March, the Jisc-Wiley UK transitional Read and Publish agreement means researchers in participating institutions can publish their work in eligible fully Open Access and hybrid (OnlineOpen) journals at no direct cost to them. Read and Publish agreements are a new type of big deal that combine subscription and Open Access elements and…
21 April 2020Open access Publishers
2 ways to (legally) bypass publisher paywalls
Publisher paywalls are a perennial problem, as it just isn’t possible for institutions to subscribe to all online academic journals and databases. With University staff and students working remotely, we will all be making even greater use of electronic resources, so it’s likely we will all encounter paywalls with increasing frequency. Luckily, there are…
27 March 2020Open access
Open Access and COVID-19
With St Andrews academics, support staff, and students now working off-campus, free and immediate access to scholarly literature online has never been more relevant to our community. Put simply, our homes have become proxies for labs, offices, classrooms, and of course the Library too. “COVID-19 highlights why all research articles should be published Open Access”…
26 March 2020News Open access