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Following the end of the Pathfinder project last year, we’ve been working with our marketing team to summarise the lessons learned and good practice developed during the project into a shareable leaflet and poster. You can now download the finished products … Continue reading
At Northumbria we launched web pages to support our policy on Open Access, which requires all staff to deposit the accepted manuscript of their journal articles in Northumbria Research Link (NRL), our repository, while also making funds available for the … Continue reading
The University of Lincoln is the third case study report from our Pathfinder project. As mentioned in our previous post, as part of our Jisc-funded Pathfinder we have travelled to HEIs around the country to hold Open Access focus groups, aiming to find out … Continue reading
This is the second case study report of our pathfinder project. As mentioned in a previous post, as part of our pathfinder we have travelled to HEIs around the country to hold Open Access focus groups, aiming to find out … Continue reading
Just a quick update: we’re running a small workshop today (27th October) at Northumbria University with representatives from two other Pathfinder projects (representatives from 5 HEIs in total will be participating) on “How to be innovative with limited resources”. We’ll … Continue reading
One of the positive aspects of the first meeting of the Open Access Implementation Community last month was the mixture of research support staff and library staff discussing together how OA affects them – and the solutions to those challenges. As … Continue reading
I’ve worked at Northumbria University since January 2011 and have seen many changes to how we ‘do’ Open Access. This is an attempt to summarise where we are with our systems, policies and governance, in another post I’ll talk about how we … Continue reading
From 30th June – 4th July 2014 the University Library and Research and Business Services are holding a Researcher Development Event. It’s open to Northumbria University staff and postgraduate research students. Join us at a Research Showcase in Mea … Continue reading
I thought I’d write briefly about my experience of current engagement with OA at the University of Sunderland; obviously, these are only my impressions, and don’t constitute an official ‘position’. As I’m sure is also the case with other institutions, … Continue reading
Project aim Our Jisc-funded Pathfinder will develop shared tools and best practice policies and procedures to enable HEIs with limited external resources to effectively and creatively respond to the challenges and opportunities that Open Access poses. In doing this we aim to … Continue reading
Optimising resources to develop a strategic approach to Open Access 