As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to open research, there has for many years been an Open Research Working Group. The ORWG brings together researchers, the Library, Research and Innovation Services, and…
Following the implementation of the new UKRI Open Access Policy, we would like to clarify the current position with Nature-branded journals. The University currently has an agreement in place with Springer Nature for…
UKRI announced the new open access requirements in August 2021, replacing the previous policy which has been in place since 2013. Loading… This new policy brings UKRI into alignment with other Plan S signatory…
The Open Research team and the Library are delighted to announce a new Read and Publish agreement between the University of St Andrews and John Benjamins Publishing Company. This three-year agreement aims to aid John…
Today we’re highlighting a recently published open access book, by Tomasz Kamusella of the School of History – ‘Words in Space and Time: A Historical Atlas of Language Politics in Modern Central Europe’. Words in Space…
To bring Open Access Week to a close, we are excited to announce the release of a new open access digital booklet from the St Andrews Network for Climate, Energy, Environment and Sustainability (STACEES)! The digital…
In addition to Open Access week, it is also the Centre for Energy Ethics’ conference on Energy transitions & planetary futures which coincides neatly with the upcoming COP26 summit. To highlight these events, and to…
Today we are taking a look at the OA Diamond Journal Study, which dovetails nicely with this year’s Open Access Week theme of building structural equity. Published in March this year and commissioned by cOAlition S and…
It’s Open Access Week, and tied with the theme of ‘equity’ in OA publishing the Library and Open Research team are today announcing a new publisher agreement with PNAS – or for those with an aversion to acronyms, the…
It’s that time of the year again when the world celebrates and promotes open access! Institutions across the globe will be sharing knowledge, running events, webinars, and seminars – so follow the OA Week Twitter…