Why not deposit Open Access?
I hear concerns about depositing publications in our Open Access repository: Leicester Research Archive and think we need to address them. Some I think are good reasons not to simply go with Open Access. With many others I’m aiming for engagement and probably reassurance and encouragement rather than agreeing with barriers. As ever, I could […]
Trust and Digital Preservation
On 4th June 2013 I attended the first day of Trust and Digital Preservation organised by the Alliance Permanent Access to the Records of Science in Europe Network (APARSEN) at the elegant library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. We were welcomed by William Kilbride, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and given an Introduction to the […]
Why deposit your research in LRA
This morning I helped present a short session in the library and on-line as part of our Research elevenses sessions on Managing your research output: Making your publications available through the Leicester Research Archive. A recording will be available soon. My part was on why a researcher might want to deposit their research in our archive. I collected some […]
Why Green Open Access?
I’m interested in promoting open access to research and will help present next week’s Research elevenses half hour talk on Making your publications available through the Leicester Research Archive. I’m starting with Why Green Open Access? I expect to think on this topic and expand in the future on it. Eprints: Open Access has some useful pointers: Mandates and Metrics: How Open […]
Linking datasets and articles for publication
On 30 April 2013 I attended Linking datasets and articles for publication – cross-linking and workflows at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the countryside in Oxfordshire. I used to live in High Wycombe and hadn’t seen the soaring Red Kite birds for years so I enjoyed the trip to the lab. (Thanks to Chris Frewin for the picture) […]
Making a start
I’m just getting started in my new job as manager of Leicester Research Archive. I plan to use this blog as a companion as I learn about digital preservation, the open access political landscape and the workflows and technologies of open access archiving of research publications and in the future the data behind the publications. […]
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