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The Springer Compact offset model: update on progress
In this blog post, Jisc Collections provides an update on how the Springer Compact agreement is progressing in the UK. In March 2015, Jisc Collections announced that it had reached an agreement with...
View ArticleBrexit: implications for OA in the UK, and Jisc’s work in this area
Introduction This post outlines some potential new issues arising for OA in the UK, and Jisc’s work in this area, arising from Brexit. It has been drafted rather quickly, and is intended as an aid for...
View ArticleJisc open access digest, issue 2, now available
Dear Colleagues, The second issue of the Jisc open access digest is available on the Jisc open access webpage: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/open-access It is also available at the following PDF...
View ArticleJisc Off-Setting Workshops: Helping Universities Get the Most from the Deals
Background and Context: Over the past four months (31 March, 31 May, and 25 July), Jisc has scheduled and run 3 separate workshops covering the scope of the 6 publisher deals which we negotiated on...
View ArticleJisc supports Wellcome’s OA requirements for publishers
Wellcome this week has published a set of requirements for open access publications, which will come into force next spring. Jisc as well as, SCONUL, ARMA, UKCoRR and RLUK are supportive of these...
View ArticleOpenAIRE’s National Workshop in the UK
On the 1st of November, the Jisc-partnered project, Open access infrastructure for research in Europe, or OpenAIRE, will be hosting its national workshop in the UK. Entitled, “OpenAIRE workshop for UK...
View ArticleIRUS-UK Case Studies and Improving Open Access Support
Understanding usage of Institutional Repository content is important Being able to track how many people are accessing repository content and to be able to identify the usage of particular items offers...
View ArticleInvestigating OA monograph services – Final report
The Investigating OA monograph services project has been exploring potential future services to support peer-reviewed OA monograph publishing. With the release of the final report, Eelco and I, as...
View ArticleIn the context of Open Access policies in the UK, what is a “repository”?
Repositories are an established part of the research communication process and there are many policies which now have requirements for open access to published research using a repository. But what...
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Offsetting models: update on the Springer Compact deal
In a recent blog post, Jisc Collections reported how the Springer Compact agreement was progressing in the UK. This blog post assesses the progress made in the first 9 months of the agreement between...
View ArticleJisc Open Access Digest for OA Week
We are pleased to announce that the third Open Access Direct is now available on Jisc’s Open Access Website; it outlines much of the work we’ve been doing around OA, as well as points you to where you...
View ArticleInstitutions join Publications Router following its launch as a Jisc service
Publications Router went live as an official Jisc service in August 2016. Since then, new institutions have started to take advantage of the service. On the Router’s web site there is a full list of...
View ArticleIRUS-UK and ORCIDs
Introduction In a changing research environment, we are seeing increased importance placed on Open Access materials available via institutional repositories. Providing open access to research outputs,...
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Shaping our open access support services
Open Lock. Jisc and Matt Lincoln. CC-BY-NC-ND Two ways in which we have supported institutions in meeting the challenges of implementing open access over the last couple of years are through the open...
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Sharing lessons from open access good practice
Following the completion of the Open Access Good Practice (OAGP) initiative, we have produced a new handbook based on the experiences of the nine pathfinder projects. It is aimed at staff involved in...
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Latest open access digest now available
We are pleased to announce that our latest Open Access digest is now available. It contains news on the developments of our services and projects. You can also sign up to receive the Digest...
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Springer Compact agreement: first year evaluation
It has now been more than one year since the start of the Springer Compact agreement in January 2016...
View ArticleOpenAIRE: Impact and Measurement of Open Access
On the 14th of February, OpenAIRE held a workshop in Oslo, Norway entitled “Impact and Measurement of Open Access” at the University College of Applied Science. Since the OA movement started, much has...
View ArticleWhat are the possibilities for an Open Access Dashboard?
We’re excited to announce a new project, which will test the feasibility of developing an Open Access Dashboard that would visualize data collected by Jisc’s open access services and other relevant...
View ArticleA leaner, faster interlibrary loan service?
Jisc is pleased to be taking forward a project to assess the feasibility of a service in the discovery/ interlibrary loan (ILL) workflow utilising Open Access Button functionality to aid the discovery,...
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