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Jisc plans for OA services
Many readers of this blog will know that Jisc offers, or is developing, services to help universities implement open access. In this post I’d like to explain where we are on several of these, and to...
View ArticleJisc Publications Router update
In my last post, covering most of the Jisc services and projects supporting OA, i said that we’d post an update on the Jisc Publications Router shortly, and this is it. The Jisc Publications Router is...
View ArticleHow publishers might help universities implement OA
It is the responsibility of authors (sometimes as grant holders), and their institutions, to meet the OA requirements of funders. However it is clear from, among other things, the review of the RCUK OA...
View ArticleAssessing progress towards implementation of the HEFCE OA policy for the...
With the date at which HEFCE’s policy on open access in the next REF comes into force just under a year away (1st April 2016), now seems like a good time to ‘temperature test’ how much progress has...
View ArticleOffsetting agreements for open access publishing
More journal publishers are keen to introduce offsetting systems to reduce the total cost of publishing for institutions, so we have just published new guidelines, ‘Principles for Offset Agreements’....
View ArticleORCID consultation
Jisc would like to consult you about your institution’s interest in joining a UK ORCID consortium membership agreement. ORCID is an international, interdisciplinary, open, not-for-profit organisation....
View ArticleResearch Services and Systems Survey
As part of Jisc’s consultation on our Research at Risk Co-design challenge requirements for shared preservation, archiving and repository services were identified. Our colleagues in Jisc Digital...
View ArticleJisc Monitor – The Final Episode – From ideas to prototypes
Back Story Frank Manista provides a summary update of the Jisc Monitor project. Completing at the end of May 2015, with inputs from over 60 UK institutions, the Jisc Monitor project is tasked with...
View ArticleCollection and sharing of APC data
Stuart Lawson here provides an update on Jisc’s plans to collect and share APC data from universities. For the last two years Jisc Collections has been working with higher education institutions to...
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Implementation of the HEFCE Open Access policy for the post- 2014 REF: a...
Background Over the past month, Research Consulting has been undertaking a review of UK higher education institutions’ progress towards implementation of the open access policy for a post-2014 Research...
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Jisc projects and services update
In March on this blog I outlined where Jisc was, and what the next steps were, with respect to a range of our activities. To avoid repeating a lot of the background information about these activities,...
View ArticleJisc OA pathfinders address OA challenges
Two of Jisc’s OA pathfinder projects (those led by UCL and Manchester) have agreed that, to reflect specific challenges currently facing universities in implementing OA, they will over the next year...
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OpenAIRE2020 and the FP7 Post-Grant Gold OA Pilot
Mafalda Picarra and Pablo de Castro, EC Gold Open Access Pilot Coordinator, LIBER, provide an update of Jisc’s role in the OpenAIRE2020 project and detailed information on the recently launched pilot...
View ArticleHow offsetting schemes can reduce APC costs
In order to manage the transition to open access publishing, Jisc Collections has been working with publishers to implement offsetting mechanisms in which payments for journal subscriptions and article...
View ArticleORCID consortium for UK universities
ORCID – a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem – will now be offered to UK higher education institutions through a...
View ArticleJisc Publications Router enters a new phase
Demand for a service to help institutions capture their research outputs remains unabated, and any drive to help automate it will need to break challenging new ground. Jisc Publications Router is now...
View ArticleRepository and open access managers welcome findings on SHERPA/FACT accuracy
The finding announced today that SHERPA/FACT has an accuracy score of over 95% has been welcomed by repository and OA administrators and managers in UK universities. SHERPA/FACT is a tool for checking...
View ArticleCERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI9) by Frank Manista
Representatives from Jisc attended OAI9 from 17-19 June in Geneva Switzerland, where many institutions and individuals discussed a variety of rich undertakings around Open Access. Here are some...
View ArticleOpenAIRE2020 National Open Access Desk
Since the start of the OpenAIRE2020 project in January, Jisc became the UK National Open Access Desk (NOAD). This means that Jisc is now providing support and information to help UK HEIs and...
View ArticleJuly update on Jisc activity supporting OA for research papers
As we head toward the summer, I thought it would be useful to provide a further update on the range of projects and services that help universities implement OA for research papers. The update is in...
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