REF2029: New year, new OA requirements
Maybe you celebrated the new year with champagne and fireworks, but we in the open access team celebrated with something far more exciting: the implementation of new open access requirements for REF2029! …
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Open access, Christmas, and public domain
In the summer, we touched on common questions and issues surrounding copyright and licensing in open research, sharing a video featuring all the various Creative Commons licences and conditions one might apply to open…
Theses in the St Andrews Research Repository: More Than Just a Final Resting Place
This is a guest post by Theses team colleague Leena Mitford. With winter graduations just around the corner, the end of the thesis cycle for 2025 is fast approaching. For the Libraries and Museums team, it has been a…
Who owns our knowledge? Reflections from UKSG 2025
Earlier this year I attended the UKSG Conference in Brighton, a key event for those of us working in scholarly communication and open research. This annual event brings together librarians and other HEI professionals,…
Open Access Week 2025: Who owns our knowledge?
Today marks the beginning of International Open Access Week, which this year coincides with Independent Learning Week at the University of St Andrews. As students and staff take a week to gather up and build on all…
Electronic Research Notebooks: Upcoming Training
Search ‘Library’ on PDMS to register. Introduction to LabArchives Electronic Research Notebook Thursday 9th October 1-2pm Introduction to Inventory Wednesday 29th October 11am-noon Building Basics: Forms,…
Open access in the UK vs. internationally
The summer is gone, the population of golfers in St Andrews is giving way to the return of staff and students. Almost half of the student body at the University of St Andrews is comprised of international students, and…
Rights retention at the University of St Andrews
Many of the emails and questions the Open Access team receives can understandably be boiled down to: My article was accepted – how do I pay the open access fees? Open access fees, or article processing charges (APCs),…
Navigating copyright and licensing in open research
Imagine: you’ve submitted an article to a journal, and, after a few minor tweaks and changes, it’s been accepted. Congratulations! After diligently creating a record and depositing your accepted manuscript in Pure (as…
Exploring diamond open access options
Recently, I’ve visited several schools, offering some details on our open access policy, including what is expected of St Andrews researchers and offering details on the differences between gold and green open access.…