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PALOMERA: the case for open access academic books

This is a guest post by Ursula Rabar, Project Community Manager at OPERAS. In January 2024, a new open access policy from UKRI for monographs, book chapters and edited collections comes into force. Jisc is supporting the implementation of this policy, and we feel that participation in the PALOMERA project will be of mutual benefit […]

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UKRN-Jisc report on collaborating across diverse professions

Without a whole range of professional and technical staff in institutions, open research would be next to impossible. The skills and roles needed to enable open research can be found right across an institution, from the library to the marketing and communications team, from the finance office to technology transfer professionals and research software engineers, […]

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Open Institutional Publishing Association: Introducing a New Community of Practice

This is a guest post by Dominique Walker, Publishing Officer – Scottish Universities Press, and Kate Petherbridge, White Rose Libraries Executive Manager. We’re really excited to share information about a new association that will support open access publishing activities at UK universities. The Open Institutional Publishing Association will launch over the summer in 2023, and […]