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Institutional rights retention policies – what next?

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 […]

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Supporting open access publishing by rights retention: Imperial College London

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 […]

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Updated resources: understanding key concepts of the UKRI open access policy

Following the original series of short guides which explain key concepts in the UKRI open access policy, as well as open access more broadly, we are happy to announce that new resources have been added. Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Each guide gives an overview of a concept, product or platform, the process involved, the […]