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Countdown to 2000 in Research@StAndrews:FullText

We are delighted to see that we have less than 20 items to go until we reach 2000 in our open access repository! Just over a year ago we celebrated reaching a landmark 1000 items in Research@StAndrews:FullText so it…

Open Access message for Wellcome grant holders

Earlier this year there was news that the Wellcome Trust would be introducing a tougher stance on compliance with their open access policy, and they have now outlined the steps they will take: The Wellcome Trust today…

Finch Report released

The report of the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings (Finch report) has been released. The report is very clear on its expectation for open access to become the norm in scholarly…

PeerJ introduces radical new business model for OA

Yesterday saw fascinating news of a new open access journal that may shake up a business model or two. The scientific journal PeerJ has revealed its pricing plans that are based on author membership rather than a…

EU and World Bank provide boost for open access

The European Union has thrown its weight behind a transition to open access for publicly-funded research outputs, with a proposed requirement for all peer-reviewed research funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme to…

International petition in support of open access

A White House ‘We the People‘ petition has been posted to gather international support for open access to scholarly articles arising from publicly-funded research. If the petition receives 25,000 signatures in 30 days,…

EPSRC reminder on open access

EPSRC has published a reminder to grant holders that published research arising from EPSRC funding must be made openly accessible by any available route. “The current EPSRC policy requires that all published research…

UK Government minister’s support for open access

The Government Minister for universities and science, David Willets, made a significant speech yesterday in support of a transition to open access. Speaking to the Publishers Association, he made strong statements of…

Spreading the word on public engagement

A group of researchers at St Andrews recently published an assessment of their public engagement activities in the open access journal PLoS ONE. One of the authors, Mark Bowler stated: It’s great to have it in a high…

Discovery service for open access books

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) has just been launched with over 750 academic books available under an Open Access licence. Books are available in a range of subjects with a particularly strong presence in…