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 […]
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, […]
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 […]