On 4th September 2018 Science Europe announced a new open access commitment named cOAlition S, or Plan S, signed by 11 major research funders in the EU, including UKRI (formerly RCUK). Plan S states that after 1st…
There are only three months left to claim funding for Open Access via the European Commission's Post Grant Pilot scheme. A total of €4 million have been allocated to the Pilot, designed to support open access…
Tomasz is a frequent depositor in our research information system, Pure and, as an author of foreign language publications, often helps Library staff interpret their copyright. In the last of our blogs to mark 4000…
The European Commission has launched its Horizon 2020 programme of research funding. Open access remains a core principle, and the model grant agreement describes the expectations for grant recipients. All…
Science Europe has just released a position statement on the transition to open access. Their press release states: Science Europe’s 51 member organisations are all committed to ensuring that results of publicly-funded…
July 16 was a big day for open access in the UK. The latest SPARC Open Access Newsletter (SOAN) by Peter Suber describes the 'tipping point' for the open access movement. SOAN #165 (Sep 2, 2012) gives a detailed…