Open for good: rights retention at the University of Leeds – Leeds University Libraries Blog

“On 7 February, Professor Nick Plant, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation introduced the updated University of Leeds Publications Policy that came into effect on 1 January 2023, and which supports researchers to retain the intellectual property of their work. Nick emphasised how the updated policy complements the Open Research Statement to support an inclusive and collaborative research culture.

Following Nick’s introduction, Claire Knowles, Associate Director: Research and Digital Futures, welcomed Dr Theo Andrew from the University of Edinburgh, to talk about how and why their Rights Retentions policy was developed and lessons learned since its launch. Claire went on to discuss how we updated the Publication Policy at Leeds.  

Full event recording on YouTube: Open for good: rights retention at the University of Leeds …”

University of Leeds Publications Policy – Research and Innovation Service

“Author requirements

Authors must comply with their funders’ policies relating to open access and research data management. 
Authors must register for an individual ORCiD identifier and should link it to their University Publications Database profile [2], include it on any personal webpage, when submitting publications, when applying for grants, and in any research workflow to ensure that the individual is credited for their work and that the correct institutional affiliation is achieved.  
Authors must use a standardised institutional affiliation “University of Leeds” in all research outputs to ensure clear affiliation with the University of Leeds. 
Authors must specify authors’ contributions in all research outputs to ensure individuals’ roles are identifiable and duly recognised. 
Authors must include a Data Access Statement in all research outputs even where there are no data associated with the publication or the data are inaccessible. The statement informs readers where the associated underlying research materials are available and how they can be accessed.  
Authors must acknowledge the source of grant funding associated with a research output in all research outputs. Information about the grant should also be linked, by the author, to the record of the publication in the University Publications Database. Grant information in the University Publications Database is fed automatically from the University’s Grant Information System [3].  
Authors must retain the necessary rights to make the accepted manuscripts of research articles, including reviews and conference papers, publicly available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. Recommended wording to include in manuscript submissions is in Appendix 1. This requirement does not apply but is strongly recommended for outputs solely or jointly authored by PGRs (only).  
Authors must record bibliographic details of all research outputs in the University’s publications database. For peer-reviewed research articles, including reviews and conference papers, this must be done as soon as possible after acceptance for publication. When creating the record in the University’s publications database, complete the appropriate fields to confirm that a data access and a rights retention statement have been added to the output itself. 
Authors must deposit full text copies of final accepted peer-reviewed research articles, including reviews and conference papers into the institutional repository, via the University’s publications database as soon as possible after acceptance for publication. Where the output is already available open access via the publisher website a link may be provided instead. The deposit of other outputs e.g. monographs is also encouraged where copyright permits. 
Where copyright allows and there are no confidentiality or commercial constraints, the research outputs in the institutional repository must be made ‘open access’, i.e. freely accessible over the internet. 
Outputs must be made open access as soon as possible after acceptance [4]….”

New Publications Policy makes rights retention a must | Library | University of Leeds

“A new publications policy takes effect from 1 January 2023.

A major update to the University’s Publications Policy will help authors to follow good open research practices. The policy also supports authors to retain intellectual property rights in their work.

Until recently, open research practices have focused on making journal articles openly accessible. Now open access is seen as one part of the wider open research movement, which considers a broader range of research outputs. One key aim is to make more outputs immediately available so that everyone can benefit from access to the most recent research….

The updated Publications Policy features three new author requirements:

Authors must identify all contributors in all roles in all research outputs.
This aligns with research culture initiatives to make sure all contributions are valued and recognised.
Authors must include a Data Access Statement in all research outputs, even when there are no data associated with the publication or the data are inaccessible. The statement says where the associated research materials are available and how they can be accessed.
This enables compliance with the UKRI open access policy.
Authors must retain the necessary rights to make the accepted manuscripts of research articles publicly available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This includes reviews and conference papers….”

Introducing the University of Leeds Open Research Statement, January 16 2023 | Online Event | AllEvents.in

The University of Leeds Open Research Statement was published in October 2022 and demonstrates our commitment and support for open research practices for staff, students, partners, and the wider community. Leeds is just the latest university to publish such a statement, following the lead of the University of Reading in January 2019. For this online event, we are very pleased to welcome Dr Robert Darby from that pioneering institution to hear about how Reading have worked to embed open research practices, their successes and challenges, next steps and what they have learned along the way. Robert is the Research Data Manager at the University of Reading and a senior member of the Library’s Research Engagement team, which provides research publishing, research data management, bibliometrics and digital humanities services, and supports the University’s initiative to develop a culture of Open Research. He has played a strategic role in developing this initiative and was instrumental in drafting the University’s Statement on Open Research. He is currently involved in a UK Reproducibility Network project that will develop a toolkit to assist institutions in implementing research assessment policies and procedures that include recognition of Open Research. Also speaking will be Dr Bernadette Moore, chair of the Open Research Advisory Group, a subgroup of Research Culture, who will introduce the statement and chair a discussion about the future of open research at Leeds and across the sector.

Open Research Case studies by faculty – Leeds University Libraries Blog

“These are the Sway resources from the Open Research Case Study project developed by Dorka Tamás and PhD candidate Christopher Cox from interviews conducted across the University of Leeds. For more information about the project see previous post: Case by case: Open research in different disciplines

Note that not all case studies have yet been approved by contributors. More will be added to this list over time….”

Open Research Case studies by faculty – Leeds University Libraries Blog

“These are the Sway resources from the Open Research Case Study project developed by Dorka Tamás and PhD candidate Christopher Cox from interviews conducted across the University of Leeds. For more information about the project see previous post: Case by case: Open research in different disciplines

Note that not all case studies have yet been approved by contributors. More will be added to this list over time….”