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Navigating the introduction of rights retention: Lessons from Leeds Beckett University

This is a guest post by Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor (Copyright), Library and Learning Services, Leeds Beckett University  On 1 September 2024, Leeds Beckett University (LBU) formally introduced a new rights retention policy. This was the culmination of a year’s work. The project began in December 2022 with the appointment of our new […]

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Knowledge applied: Rights retention at Sheffield Hallam (3)

This is the last in a three-part guest blog post written by Eddy Verbaan, Head of Library Research Support at Sheffield Hallam University. The previous two posts focused on the creation of an IRRP at Sheffield Hallam, including the  practical issues of implementation, such as data capture and management. The final post in the series […]

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Knowledge applied: Rights retention at Sheffield Hallam (2)

This is the second in a three-part guest blog post written by Eddy Verbaan, Head of Library Research Support at Sheffield Hallam University. We need more data! When we started thinking about the practical implementation of our new policy, one of the first questions we addressed was: what data do we need to capture to […]