Category: Open access
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Open Research Blog Series #3: Open at every stage
The two contributions below are from researchers in different fields and at different stages of their careers. Chris is a senior lecturer and Open Research Lead for his School, while Calum is a postgraduate student at the early stage of a research project. Both used the Open Science Framework (OSF); a free open platform to support research and…
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Open Access in Iran: Navigating Academic Barriers
The theme for International Open Access Week 2024 is “Community over Commercialisation”. As part of the Library’s OA Week activities, we asked our research community to tell us about their experience of Open Access. One of the most compelling responses came from Mahtab and Fatemeh, two postgraduate researchers from Iran currently studying in Dundee. In…
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Open Access Week 2024!
Its International Open Access Week 2024 (21-27 October). The theme this year is “Community over commercialisation”, a continuation of last year’s theme emphasising the benefits of Open Access to the public and academic community. The theme is still appropriate for Open Access and Open Research at the University of Dundee as initiatives such as Library-led…
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Copyright fact-finding in Leeds
On Thursday 5th September, Bridget McCall, Michael Duncan, and Kirsty Knowles attended the ICEPOPS Copyright Conference at Leeds Beckett University. This was the fifth year of the conference that takes a lighter look at the labyrinth of copyright. The conference is an opportunity for professionals and copyright enthusiasts from libraries, universities, industry and other sectors to…
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Introducing ‘high-spec’ PCs to the Main Library
These state-of-the-art workstations are for all students and are designed to elevate your study experience by delivering the computing power necessary for resource-hungry engineering and design software.
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UKRI’S Open Access Policy on books and book chapters – an update
In a previous blogpost, Funded by UKRI? Planning to publish a book? Here’s what you need to know some details of UKRI’s policy on open access publication for books and chapters were outlined. As a reminder, the policy comes into effect on 1st January 2024 for any in-scope publications (academic monographs, book chapters and edited…
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Funded by UKRI? Planning to publish a book? Here’s what you need to know.
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) and its constituent research councils have operated an Open Access policy for journal articles and conference proceedings for several years, but will extend the policy to include monographs, book chapters and edited collections published from 1st January 2024. There will be 2 ways for Dundee authors to meet UKRI’s open access…
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PGR Wellbeing Matters: Insights from a Unique Comic Strip – a guest blog post from Dr Sandra Oza, Doctoral Academy Manager at UoD.
Postgraduate research can be an incredibly rewarding experience, but it’s not without its challenges. From navigating the demands of academia to managing your personal life, the pressures can take a toll on your mental health and wellbeing. For this reason, the Doctoral Academy at the University of Dundee decided to create a comic strip about…
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It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new University of Dundee, Open Access, student journal in this guest blog from Dr Anna Robb and Dr Richard Holme
In early 2020, on the eve of the global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, two colleagues (Dr. Anna Robb and Dr. Richard Holme, Division of Education and Society) – who lead the highly successful Master of Education (MEd) programme – discussed the prospect of establishing a new open-access journal that would publish and share the best…