This three-part post is written by Eddy Verbaan, Head of Library Research Support at Sheffield Hallam University. Rolling out your own institutional rights retention policy (IRRP) can be a challenge. The work starts with writing a policy, linking it to existing Intellectual Property (IP) and other policies (and employment contracts) and getting the approval from […]
Author: ahughes
Last year, in preparation for the launch of the UKRI open access policy for monographs, book chapters and edited collections, Jisc and the Open Access Books Network came together to hold a series of online events which focused on different publishing models for open access books. We held three 90-minute webinars with panel speakers including publishers, […]
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 […]