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…
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…
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),…
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…
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.…
In 2024, Scottish Universities Press, a publisher built out of the collaboration of 20 academic libraries across Scotland, began publishing open access books by Scotland-based academics. The remit for proposals was…
Open access first became available in scientific circles way back in 1991, when Paul Ginsparg founded the arXiv archive, which was initially housing only preprints (that is, research pre-peer review and acceptance) for…
Depending on what your role is at the university – staff, student, actively involved but distant cousin of a student or staff member – your relationship to open access will likely vary. Maybe you’ve published open…
In honour of International Open Access (OA) Week, which started yesterday, the open access team is starting this blog up once again, reviving it after having laid dormant for the past year. Given the time of year,…