This April, we are celebrating 15 years of hosting journals at the University of St Andrews. The Journal Hosting Service now hosts 12 current journals, with 6 additional journals having ceased publication over the…
This is the first part in our 2026 series on data. When it comes to planning for data, there is often a sense of overwhelm. Templates or other guidance can help, but sometimes these still don’t clarify what’s required.…
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! …
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…