Category Archives: Jisc

Guest Post — Why Are UK Libraries Signing a Springer-Nature Deal They Don’t Seem to Like?

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Libraries continue to sign Transformative Agreements while becoming increasingly convinced that they do not represent the desired transformation. Peter Barr explains why this happens.

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Making the Case for a PID-Optimized World

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In the second of two posts on persistent identifiers in scholarly communications, Phill Jones and Alice Meadows share information about a new cost-benefit analysis showing the value of widespread PID adoption

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SHERPA Services has joined Jisc

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Staff at the Centre for Research Communications are delighted to say that we have now completed our transfer from the University of Nottingham to Jisc, to improve the long-term stability, sustainability and growth of the CRC and SHERPA Services, RoMEO, JULIET, OpenDOAR and FACT.
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All of the services will continue with their current URLs and contact information, and users should see no interruption to services while we work on new developments made possible by the transfer.
Further information can be found here:

http://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/08/sherpa-services-join-jisc/

SHERPA Services has joined Jisc

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Staff at the Centre for Research Communications are delighted to say that we have now completed our transfer from the University of Nottingham to Jisc, to improve the long-term stability, sustainability and growth of the CRC and SHERPA Services, RoMEO, JULIET, OpenDOAR and FACT.
[…]
All of the services will continue with their current URLs and contact information, and users should see no interruption to services while we work on new developments made possible by the transfer.
Further information can be found here:

https://scholarlycommunications.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/08/sherpa-services-join-jisc/

Ensuring that UK institutions pay just once for research output

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Ensuring that UK institutions pay just once for research output

Since April 2013, when RCUK and the Wellcome Trust introduced policies and funds for open access, concern has risen that the UK will end up paying twice  for research, and even footing the bill for larger contributors of research output such as the US and China. In an op-ed for The Guardian David Willetts, Minister of…