Rights retention is an opportunity for the sector to challenge the existing paradigm. Implementation of funders’ rights retention policies has prompted many academic institutions to take even stronger steps towards supporting their researchers to retain rights by adopting Institutional Rights Retention Policies (IRRPs). We have been supporting all UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in accelerating […]
Jisc commissioned Research Consulting to undertake a review of institutional and supplier systems workflows, including identifying institutional sources of truth for equipment data records, in order to optimise data harvesting for the Equipment Data Service (EDS). The project took place between February and April 2024 and involved interviews, written contributions and a workshop webinar. The […]
To support the launch of Jisc’s Institutional Rights Retention Policy (IRRP) Teams channel, Ruth Harrison (Head of Scholarly Communications Management at Imperial College London) shares her experience of developing and implementing Imperial’s policy. We hope that her experience will support others similarly tasked. This post aims to present some practical advice based on my experience […]