Highlighting open access outputs in School of Classics
Following collaboration between the Library repository team and School computing officers, the University of St Andrews School of Classics has developed new web pages highlighting content from Research@StAndrews:FullText.
Using RSS feeds and scripts to repurpose the data, the new Classics site provides a dynamic list of completed theses, with options to view abstracts and link to the full text. There are also handy links back to Library web pages with further information on finding theses and general advice on open access. (Note, not all theses are available to download immediately due to embargoes).
In addition there is a page that links to open access research publications by staff in Classics, all of which have full text available in Research@StAndrews:FullText
Our embedded usage stats show healthy downloads for some of these research outputs, for example ‘Written Into the landscape : Latin epic and the landmarks of literary reception‘ (PhD thesis by James S McIntyre, 122 downloads) and ‘Training athletes and explaining the past in Philostratus’ Gymnasticus‘ (Book chapter by Dr Jason Konig, 70 downloads).
Link to School of Classics Postgraduate research and staff publications from http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/research/