Are you new to open access or hearing about Creative Commons for the first time? Do you want to know how to find content that has a specific open access licence? Have you had an article accepted for publication and…
We are always delighted at the wealth of content we discover through our open access services, and the insight we get on the amazing research going on in our academic community. To celebrate this, we have created a…
To coincide with Open Access Week 2014, the University of St Andrews has published a position statement on open access. John MacColl, University Librarian & Director of Library Services introduces the new Open Access…
To start this year’s Open Access Week, the Library has added to its Libguide on open access with a page about open access monographs. In addition to developments in journal publishing, there are many exciting things…
Are you confused by ‘Green’ and ‘Gold’? Unsure what your research funder requires or whether your publisher allows it? When can you get funding to publish open access? How can you deposit your work in our institutional…
The new RCUK Policy on Open Access was implemented on 1st April 2013. We have updated a short two page document which describes the key points in the new policy and gives useful guidance information for St Andrews…
The UK Government’s Business, Innovation and Skills Committee published their report today following an inquiry into open access. Parliament announced the report, emphasising the role of repositories: “The Government’s…
Scholars in Humanities and Social Sciences now have an opportunity to publish open access monographs with Brill’s new initiative: “As a major publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Biology and International Law,…
In what is becoming a regular summer event, this week we celebrated another landmark for our open access repository with the 3000th item made available in Research@StAndrews:FullText Akira O’Connor deposited a version…
On behalf of UK higher education funding bodies, HEFCE has announced a consultation on open access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework. The funding bodies are committed to a policy that supports increased…