Background OPERAS is the Research Infrastructure (RI) dedicated to advancing open scholarly communication in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) within the European Research Area (ERA). Its mission is to coordinate and federate resources in Europe to effectively and efficiently address the scholarly communication needs of European SSH researchers. Established in response to the needs and […]
Anna Hughes, Development and engagement manager, Jisc, recently attended the Netherlands National Open Science Festival at the University of Groningen. Held annually for the past five years, it is an opportunity for the Dutch open science community – professional research support staff, researchers from across all disciplines, librarians and open access publishers – to mingle […]
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, […]